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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 9

4. The leases shall be for the terms specified, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
5. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.
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 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.
8. 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.
9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at this office at 11 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.--WANGANUI COUNTY.--RAKE-TAPAUMA BLOCK.

Class A.

National Endowment.

Survey District. Section. Block. Area. Upset Annual Rental.
Moawhango Part 3 XIII
" 4 "
Maungakaretu Part 4 IV
" 5 "
" 6 " 1,400 acres £90.
" 7 "
" Part 3 VII
" 4 "
" 5 "

Term, one year from 1st March, 1912, on which date possession will be given.

DESCRIPTION AND LOCALITY OF RUN.

This run comprises flat and undulating land to the westward of the Hautapu River, immediately to the north of the Hihitahi Railway-station. The soil is rather inferior, being chiefly volcanic and pumiceous. Is well watered by small streams. Altitude, from about 2,300 ft. to 3,000 ft. The Main Trunk Railway and main coach-road pass through the block. The vegetation comprises tussock and native grasses, and there is fair feed in spring and summer time. The improvements comprise 177 chains of fencing, valued at about £177. The successful bidder, if other than the present licensee, will require to pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington, the value of the improvements, to be fixed later, before he is admitted into possession. The Crown reserves the right to dispose of the timber or flax on the land, and in the event of the disposal thereof the licensee shall allow free right of ingress, egress, and regress to persons duly authorized, or having the right to cut or remove timber or flax growing on any portion of the land included in license. The right to take any roads and tram-lines thereto that may be required during the currency of the lease is hereby reserved.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke's Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 28th November, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office and at the local Lands Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 21st day of February, 911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.--COOK COUNTY.--HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.--TINIROTO VILLAGE.

First-class Land.

COOK COUNTY.--HANGAROA SURVEY DISTRICT.--TINIROTO VILLAGE.

Situated close to the Gisborne-Wairoa Main Road, about forty-two miles south-west of Gisborne. Generally undulating open land, with fair soil.

Immediate possession will be given.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 5th January, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at this office at 11 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 496, Vincent County (Class B): Area, 1,310 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £25; valuation for improvements, £56 7s. 6d.

Run 497, Vincent County (Class B): Area, 2,275 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £48; valuation for improvements, £50 12s.

Run 501, Tuaepka County (Class B): Area, 4,495 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £66; valuation for improvements, £123 17s.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1911, subject, however, to the right of the present pastoral licensees to occupy the country up to 31st March, 1911, on condition that they pay the incoming tenants the proportion of rent for the month of March, 1911.

Locality and Description.

Run 496.--Open, broken, pastoral country, two-thirds of the area being winter country, well grassed and watered; the balance is summer country, not so well watered or grassed. Altitude, 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. Distant about twelve miles from Alexandra. The improvements consist of fencing on boundary with Run 425B, 26 chains, at 5s. per chain, £6 10s.; fencing on half boundary with Butler's pastoral run, 133 chains, at 7s. 6d. per chain, £49 17s. 6d.: total, £56 7s. 6d.

Run 497.--Similar to Run 496. Has a frontage to the main road. The improvements consist of fencing on boundary with Run 425B, 76 chains, at 3s. per chain, £11 8s.; fencing along road, not on boundary, 104 chains, at 6s. per chain, £31 4s.; stone hut, £8: total, £50 12s.

Run 501.--Rough, broken, pastoral land, summer country only. Altitude, 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. Distant about nine miles from Roxburgh. The improvements consist of fencing on boundary with Run 425B, 176 chains, at 6s. per chain, £52 16s.; fencing on half boundary with Small Grazing-run No. 500, 98 chains, at 7s. per chain, £34 6s.; fencing on half boundary with Small Grazing-run No. 502, 36 chains, at 10s. per chain, £18; fencing on half boundary with Small Grazing-run No. 502, 50 chains, at 7s. 6d. per chain, £18 15s.: total, £123 17s.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.