JULY 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2271

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 98, Block VI, Wairarapa Survey District, Wellington Land District, will be disposed of in two portions, under section 129 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 25th day of October, 1911.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 17th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 12B, Block VII, Tutamoe Survey District, Auckland Land District, will be disposed of, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Monday, the 23rd day of October, 1911.

ERIC. C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Marlborough Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 17th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction, for a term of eight (8) years, at the District Lands Office, Blenheim, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 20th September, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.

Pastoral Run No. 15 (Jordan Accommodation-house), 296 Acres. Upset Annual Rental, £15.

THIS run is situated in the Awatere Valley, about twenty-one miles from Seddon, and consists of moderately sloping hillsides, with small portions of flat terraces near the Awatere River. Altitude, about 1,300 ft.

Ten acres of the flat has been cultivated, 70 acres cleared and sown in English grass, and there is a small orchard and garden; the balance is part tussock and part manuka scrub. Weighted with £610, valuation for improvements consisting of nine-roomed house built partly of rimu and partly cobb, dairy, scullery, stables, and sheds, two miles and a half of post-and-wire fencing, garden, orchard, and cultivations.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1912.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 17th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 20th day of September, 1911, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT. — MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £130, valuation for improvements, consisting of clearing of burnt bush and surface sowing over about 150 acres and erection of 64 chains of iron standard seven-wire fence. All hill, rough, broken country, covered originally with birch bush, but fires have been through the greater portion. Thirteen miles from Blenheim by road, about one mile and a half being unformed.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the 1st January, 1912.
2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. The lease shall be for a term of fourteen years from the 1st January, 1912, 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 the lease, except with the consent of the lessor.
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 he 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.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 18th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 24th day of October, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—HUKERENUl SURVEY DISTRICT.

BAY OF ISLANDS AND WHANGAREI COUNTIES.—HUKERENUl SURVEY DISTRICT.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.