MAY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1673

Lands in Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 18th April, 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 Wednesday, the 26th day of July, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY, WINTON HUNDRED.

First-class Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Buddo Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 25th April, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 31st May, 1911.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, at 10 o’clock a.m., on Thursday, 1st June, 1911, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of the district in which he resides.

The ballot for the sections for which there is more than one applicant will be held on Thursday, 1st June, 1911, at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, at the close of the examination of applicants.

Preference will be given to landless applicants, and the decision of the Land Board as to which of the applicants are landless shall be final and conclusive.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMAIRI COUNTY.—CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—BUDDO SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

*Weighted with £16 5s., valuation for improvements.

Section 3 is situated about a mile and a half north-eastward from the Belfast Railway-station, which is nine miles from Christchurch on the northern trunk railway-line. The land is practically level, and consists of alluvial deposit on a substratum of shingle. Suitable for homes for workers employed in the industries established at Belfast.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

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District Lands Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 29th May, 1911, for leases of the undermentioned reserves, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Mangaweka.

Situated on the main street. Access is from Mangaweka Railway-station, which is about one mile distant. Flat land, all cleared. The soil is of good loam on papa formation.

Town of Parkville.

39 | 0 3 24 | 0 10 0 | Seven years.

The section has a frontage to High Street, which is a metalled road. Access is from Eketahuna Railway-station, which is about a mile distant. The section comprises flat land, which has been felled and grassed. The soil is of fair quality.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

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. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the term specified, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

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

7. 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.

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

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Auckland Land District to be disposed of under Section 138 of the Land Act, 1908.

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District Lands Office,
Auckland, 6th March, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the adjoining lessee, under section 138 of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 8th day of June, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area comprising 340 acres, more or less, being part of Section 99, also Sections 100, 101, 102, part 104, Sections 105, 106, and part 110, Parish of Karamu, Raglan County.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.