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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

Land in Taranaki Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 15th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, the 20th day of December, 1911, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—OHURA COUNTY.—OHURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

The improvements, which are included in the upset price, consist of the following: 55 acres felled only, £68 15s.; 105 acres felled and grassed, £52 10s.; 5 chains wire netting on posts, 12s. 6d.; 101 chains fencing, £84 7s.; 58 chains fencing-wire on posts at homestead, £4 7s.; house, £90; whare, £15; pataka, £5: total, £320 11s. 6d.

The section is situated on the Aorangi Road, about a mile and three-quarters by good horse-track from Aukopae Landing, Wanganui River, which is about sixteen miles from Taumarunui by the river. There is also access from Taumarunui by a good horse-track, about twenty miles.

The section comprises flat, easy sloping, and rather steep country. The soil is of good quality generally, on papa formation. The forest is varied, ranging from fern and manuka to heavy bush consisting of rata, tawa, totara, rimu, miro, matai, white-pine, hinau, tawhero, &c., with a fairly dense undergrowth of supplejack, raurekau, punga, and other soft woods and ferns. The section is well watered. Elevation ranges from 600 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 11th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 19th day of December, 1911, for leases of the undermentioned reserves under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Reserve 1264A is situated at Burke’s Pass, and known as the Police Reserve, and comprises land of good quality, and well sheltered on the west and south-west sides.

Part 394 | .. | Bealey | 7 0 0* | 20 0 0 | 3 years.

Part Reserve 394 is situated at Bealey, known as a Police Reserve, and bounds the Post-office Reserve, and is situated a few chains to the eastward of the Bealey Hotel, fronting the main road. There are some old buildings on the reserve.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders should be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and indorsed on the outside “Tender for Lease of Reserve.” One year’s rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.

2. Possession will be given on acceptance of tender.

3. Possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, may be resumed at any time by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice of intention so to do.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause; but he will be allowed, on the expiration of his lease, or in the event of the land being resumed as hereinbefore provided, to remove any fencing or buildings erected by him upon the land.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, without consent.

6. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

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, 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.

9. The lessee will be required, during each of the first three years of the term, to thoroughly clear of gorse and other noxious weeds not less than one-third of the area comprised in his lease, so that the whole of the area shall be thoroughly cleared at the expiration of the third year of the term, and thereafter be kept clear during the remainder of the term.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

11. 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.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Preliminary Notice of a Sitting of the Native Land Court to make Orders respecting Waimarino C and D Blocks.

Native Land Court Office,
Wanganui, 29th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of the Native Land Court to be held at Wanganui on a date to be hereafter notified the Court will, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 5 of the Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1911, proceed to make orders vesting the lands known as Waimarino C and Waimarino D Blocks in the persons entitled thereto as set out in the Kahiti of the 15th day of May, 1895, substituting, where necessary or advisable, the representatives of such persons as may be dead (in accordance with succession orders to be made at the same time or theretofore made), and, if expedient, combining the two blocks in one order as if no boundary-line existed between them, such order to be deemed to be a freehold order under the Native Land Act, 1909, to antevest to such date as the Court appoints in accordance with the provisions aforesaid.

Thereafter, if such order is made, the Court shall hear and determine all applications for partition of the land comprised therein as shall have been lodged with the Registrar of the Native Land Court at Wanganui in the meantime.

All persons desirous of having the partition proceeded with should make application on the prescribed form forthwith.

A. H. MACKAY,
Registrar.