JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1961

may be asked, 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 section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held on Friday, the 30th June, 1911, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., at the District Lands Office, Christchurch.

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.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY.—FOUR PEAKS SURVEY DISTRICT.—TRIPP SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Situated on the north bank of the River Waihi, about two miles and a half north-westward from Woodbury, eight miles from Geraldine, and about twelve miles and a half from Orari Railway-station, on the main trunk line from Christchurch to Dunedin. The section consists principally of undulating agricultural land, with heavy soil on clay subsoil.

The improvements, which are included in the price of the section, consist of 97 chains of fencing, valued at £29 12s.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserves in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 11th April, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at this office, at 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the 21st day of June, 1911, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

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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 Waitohi 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.

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Pastoral Lands in Hauraki Mining District, Auckland Land District, open for License.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 10th May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for license, under the regulations for the occupation of pastoral lands, in the Hauraki Mining District; and applications will be received at the District Lands Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 24th July, 1911.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

COROMANDEL COUNTY: 2,850 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks XIV and XV, Coromandel Survey District.

Locality and Description.

Rough, broken, forest country, situated on the Coromandel–Mercury Bay Road, from eight to eleven miles from Coromandel and nine to twelve miles from Mercury Bay.

Terms and Conditions.

Applications must be made on the prescribed form, and must be accompanied by a plan or sketch of the land applied for.

Landless applicants within the meaning of the Land Act shall have preference at the ballot.

Applications will be subject to, and licenses will be issued under, the regulations for the occupation of lands in the Hauraki Mining District.

Copies of the regulations, application forms, and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.