Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2853

Small Grazing-run in Wellington Land District open for Application.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run is open for lease; and applications will be received at this office and the Gretna Hall, Taihape, on Tuesday, the 31st day of October, 1911, up to 4 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.--KAITIEKE COUNTY.--RUAHINE SURVEY DISTRICT. Second-class Pastoral Land.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

This run is situated on the slopes of the Ruahine Ranges, at the head-waters of the Makino Stream; access is from Utiku, which is about seventeen miles distant, by a formed dray-road for about fourteen miles, partly metalled --the remainder is bridle-track. The run comprises about 600 acres of mixed bush on easy slopes, and remainder rough birch country and open country, with tussocks and weeds, on which snow lies during the winter months. The soil is from fair to good, on papa, sandstone, and shell-rock formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, maire, matai, kowhai, and birch, with a thick undergrowth of rangiora, kotukutuku, manuka, tarata, tawhiwhi, and tupari. Well watered by small streams. Elevation ranges from about 1,850 ft. to 4,600 ft. above sea-level.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th August, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Friday, the 6th day of October, 1911, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.--MATAMATA COUNTY.--PATERE NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.--SELYWN SETTLEMENT.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. One-half year's rent, the lease fee (£1 1s.), and rent for the period from the date of auction to the 31st December, 1911, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Immediate possession will be given.

3. The lease will 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 rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st January and 1st July in each year, free from all deductions whatsoever.

5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without consent.

6. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either for improvements he has put on 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.

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 weed on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable dispatch 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.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Ngatapa Settlement, Hawke's Bay Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 4th September, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office and the local Lands Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 13th day of October, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the local Lands Office, Gisborne, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Monday, the 16th day of October, 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 section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held on Monday, the 16th October, 1911, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., at the local Lands Office, Gisborne.

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.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.--COOK COUNTY.--WAIKOHU SURVEY DISTRICT.--NGATAPA SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Otago Land District open for Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 1st August, 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run is open for lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 10th day of October, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.