1832

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 45

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Nelson Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 26th May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that, surrenders of the leases of the undermentioned lands having been accepted by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 30th May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction at the local Lands Office, Gisborne, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Saturday, the 15th day of July, 1911, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.—WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Locality and Description.

Flat land, all in grass, except where cultivated. Situated about eight miles and a half from Gisborne and two miles from Ormond by good metalled road. A large sum has been spent on the property during the previous leases. Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level. Soil of good quality, partly silt from papa and shale limestone country. Improvements which go with the land comprise fencing.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years, subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

2. A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 ls. lease fee, together with valuation for improvements on the sections which are weighted, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

3. Possession will be given on date of sale, from which date rent will commence.

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

5. 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.

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 have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

8. All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for such purposes as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may deem expedient.

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

10. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall at all times during the said term keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses upon the land; and the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or any other person appointed by him, shall have power at any time to enter upon and make through the land any drain that he deems necessary, without payment of any compensation to the lessee.

11. The lessee shall, whenever necessary, but not less than once a year during the term of the lease, properly clean and clear from weeds, and shall at all times during the said term keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses upon the land; and the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or any other person appointed by him, shall have power at any time to enter upon and make through the land any drain that he deems necessary, without payment of any compensation to the lessee.

12. The lessee will at all times during the term of the lease keep all fences upon or about the land in good and substantial repair.

13. 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.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Palmerston, Otago Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 17th May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 23rd day of August, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF PALMERSTON.

Town Land.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.