1768

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 44

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 for a term of seven years, 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.

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

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 Sections 8 and 15 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.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Notice of Registration of Adoptions under Section 50 of the Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.

Native Land Court Office,
Wanganui, 22nd May, 1911.

NOTICE having been lodged with me by Karena te Ha, of Puketotara, New Plymouth, that he has taken Noho Tupuhi, the child of Miri Tatana, to be his adopted child, and a certificate by a Judge of the Native Land Court as required by Regulation No. 6 having been received, it is hereby notified that the said notice of adoption has been duly filed and registered.

A. H. MACKAY,
Registrar.