TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the 1st day of July, 1911.
2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free
   from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st day of January
   and 1st July in each year.
3. The lease shall be for a term of fourteen years from
   the 1st July, 1911, but subject to termination by twelve
   months' notice in the event of the land being required by
   the Government.
4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either
   for improvements he has put upon the land, or on account
   of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause, but he
   may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease,
   remove all buildings and fences erected by him, but not
   otherwise.
5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise
   dispose of his interest in the land comprised in his lease,
   without consent.
6. The land shall not be cropped or broken up except with
   the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds on the land
   comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable
   despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds
   or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands.
9. 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.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Auckland Land District
open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 8th May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment is open for selection on
renewable lease, and applications will be received at this
office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 26th day of June,
1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

The ballot for the allotment, if there is more than one
applicant, will be held at this office at 11 o'clock a.m. on
Thursday, the 29th day of June, 1911.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-OTAMATEA COUNTY.—TOKATOKA SURVEY.—NAUMAI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly Rental.
61 XI 5 1 18·1 85 0 0 1 14 0
Flat land, growing tall manuka and raupo; alluvial soil
of first-class quality; water may be obtained by artesian
wells. Situated one mile from Naumai Wharf by formed
road. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1911.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The land described above is first-class land, and is
   a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on renewable lease for periods of sixty-six years under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act").

2. The rental stated above shall be the price at which
   the land shall be open for selection.

3. Applications for lease shall be made in manner as
   provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Auckland; and the lease shall be issued in accordance with
   the provisions of Part I aforesaid.

4. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the prescribed declaration.

5. The applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot.

6. The rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
   1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in
   section 180 of the said Act; and the first half-year's rent is
   payable as before provided.

7. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
   the lease shall be as provided in Part III of the said Act.
   The provisions of section 162, and all other provisions of
   the said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall
   apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The
   provisions of section 159, and all other provisions of the
   said Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

8. The lessee shall not divide, sublet, or transfer the land
   held by him under these regulations, except under and subject to the provisions of Part I of the said Act.

9. No lessee shall apply for or hold more than one allotment, and such allotment shall be held for his or her sole
   use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other
   person whomsoever.

10. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
    shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations, and to the applications and leases to be made and
    issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created,
    and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are
    thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
    other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
    case.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Matakanui Settlement, Otago Land District, open
for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on
Monday, the 12th day of June, 1911, under the provisions of
the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—LAUDER SURVEY
DISTRICT.—MATAKANUI SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly Rental.
3A III 499 0 16 1,080 0 0 24 6 0
Open agricultural land, at an elevation of about 1,150 ft.
above sea-level. The land is flat and undulating, and the
soil is light. About 100 acres on the west of the main road
is in tussock. The allotment is ring-fenced, and subdivided
into four paddocks. The distance to Omakau Railway-station is one mile by a good dray-road. The improvements,
which are included in the price of the land, consist of
289 chains of boundary-fences and 137 chains of subdivisional
fences, all valued at £149 16s. 8d.

E. H. WILMOT,
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, 1,280
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.