MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1497

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF PICTON.

Description of Reserves.

Section 81 fronts unformed road. Hilly; under manuka.
Sections 84 to 87 front unformed road. In manuka and grass. Sloping; good aspect.
Section 132 fronts Waikawa Road and Harbour. Fairly good section; rather cut up by watercourses.
Section 302.—Sloping hillside; partly under grass. Fronts Wellington Street.
Section 304.—Sloping hillside; partly under grass; fairly good view. Fronts Wellington Street.
Parts of Sections 330, 331, 333, 334, 336, and 337, and Section 338.—Situated between Auckland Street and the Wai-tohi Stream. Fairly flat land, under grass.
Sections 341, 343, 344, 345, 346, and 1169.—Generally flat and undulating, covered with grass and scrub. Waitohi Stream runs through Sections 343 to 346. Fronts unformed parts of Auckland and Scotland Streets and roadway.
Section 616.—Frontage on formed part of Durham Street. All flat and in grass.
Sections 957 to 959, 965, 967, 969, 971, 973, 975, and 977.—Partly flat to undulating; cold aspect; in grass. Fronts on to good formed road (Wairau Road).
Sections 989, 991, 993, and 995.—Fronting on Wairau Road. Chiefly hilly; partly in grass.
Sections 997 and 999.—Rough, broken land, covered by fern and manuka.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.
3. The leases shall be for the term of fourteen years, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without consent.
6. 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.
7. The lease will 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.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 23rd February, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 22nd day of May, 1911.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOKIANGA COUNTY.—OMAPERE SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Westland Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Hokitika, 6th February, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 129 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 1911.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Te Araroa.

Registrar’s Office, Gisborne, 25th April, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Te Araroa on the 9th day of May, 1911, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Gisborne, 1911–16.]

HAROLD CARR, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICATION FOR PARTITION.