MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1495

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 1st May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Reserves in the Town of Horndon (Darfield), Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 1st May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 7th June, 1911, for leases of the undermentioned reserves under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF HORNDON (DARFIELD).

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Tenders should be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and indorsed on the outside “Tender for Lease of Reserve.” One year’s rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.

2. Possession will be given on acceptance of tender.

3. Possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, may be resumed at any time by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice of intention so to do.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause, but he will be allowed, on the expiration of his lease, or in the event of the land being resumed as hereinbefore-provided, to remove any fencing or buildings erected by him upon the land.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, without consent.

6. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessees will be required, within six months from the commencement of the lease, to securely fence the land, and thoroughly clear it of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds now growing upon the land, and to so keep it cleared during the whole of the term.

10. The leases of Reserves 3630 and 3631 will be subject to the right of the local body to enter upon the land at any time and remove gravel therefrom without payment of any compensation whatsoever.

11. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

12. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Southland District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 2nd May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at this office, at 11 a.m., on Friday, the 30th day of June, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 494, Class A, Southland County: Area, 1,260 acres; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £8. Possession will be given on date of sale. The run is situated in the Forest Hill Hundred, about fifteen miles from Centre Bush. It is rather broken, and is partly open and partly covered with scrub and bush. Altitude, from about 1,000 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.