APRIL 4.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

£131 5s. The improvements not included in price of section, but which must be paid for separately, consist of new wool-shed (six stands) and stable (eight stalls, two loose boxes), machine-shed, and storeroom lined with wood, all under one roof, built of iron on jarrah piles, £400; new cottage (four rooms), bathroom, and wood-shed, built of wood and roofed with iron, tongued-and-grooved lining, £300; wool-shed, £10 : total, £710.

Section 15.—Altitude, 530 ft. to 1,030 ft. All in English grass, excepting about 4½ acres in garden, orchard, and plantation one year and a half old, and 15½ acres in tussock; hilly faces rather steep, but excellent limestone soil; well watered by springs and small creeks. Situated eighteen miles and a half from Timaru by well-formed road. Improvements which are included in price of section consist of about 277 chains of fencing, valued at £93 10s. The improvements not included in price of section, but which will have to be paid for separately, consist of a quite new dwellinghouse, built of wood, with tile roof, lined with plaster and wood, all well finished, containing six bedrooms, drawing-room, kitchen, scullery, bathroom, dairy, wash-house, coal-house, two store-rooms, cupboards, &c., verandah, hot and cold water service, bells, and pipes laid for acetylene gas, valued at £1,275; much below cost price.

Section 16.—Altitude, 530 ft. to 1,020 ft. All limestone hill in English grass, except 10 acres, which is rather broken, covered with tussock and English grasses; all but a few acres ploughable; good soil; fairly well watered by springs and one small creek. Situated seventeen miles and three-quarters from Timaru by well-formed road. The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 129 chains of fencing, valued at £42 15s.

Section 17.—Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,039 ft. All ploughable limestone hill in English grass, a little broken in part ; soil very good, fairly well watered by springs and small creek. Situated seventeen miles from Timaru by well-formed road. The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 156 chains of fencing, valued at £49 7s.

Section 18.—Altitude, from 600 ft. to 980 ft. Hilly limestone land; 160 acres have been ploughed and laid down in English grass; the balance, most of which can be ploughed, is in tussock and English grass; all is very good soil, well watered by springs and creeks. Situated eighteen miles from Timaru—seventeen miles and a quarter of which is well formed, remainder to be formed. The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 232 chains of fencing, valued at £73 10s.

Section 19.—Altitude, from 570 ft. to 980 ft. Hilly limestone land; about 230 acres have been ploughed, and are now in English grass; balance tussock and English grass; 15 acres good flat at southern end; all very good soil; well watered by springs and creeks. Situated seventeen miles and a quarter from Timaru by well-formed road. The improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 194 chains of fencing, valued at £62 10s.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Hawke's Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,

Napier, 27th March, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands Office, Napier, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, 13th June, 1912, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendment.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.-WEBER COUNTY.-WEBER SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section. Block. Area. Upset Annual Rental.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
6 III 74 0 0 26 0 0
Situated about a mile and a quarter from Weber on the main Dannevirke to Herbertville Road. Well watered by the Tahuokaretu Stream. Soil fair, on clay formation; small portion in flat, and balance is undulating and hilly; all in grass.

5 VII 220 2 30 100 0 0
Situated about two miles and a quarter from Weber and a mile and a quarter from the main Dannevirke to Herbertville Road. Well watered by several streams. Section is somewhat rough and broken by steep gullies; soil is good; all in grass, with the exception of about 35 acres,

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Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years, subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

2. A deposit of a half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease fee must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

3. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1912, from which date rent will commence.

4. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

5. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may hold, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

8. All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for such purposes as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may deem expedient.

9. 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.

10. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious weeds 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.

11. The lessee will at all times during the term of the lease keep all fences upon or about the land in good and substantial repair.

12. 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.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Cheviot Estate, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

Department of Lands,

Wellington, 11th March, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 29th day of April, 1912.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board, at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 2nd day of May, 1912, 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 sections for which there is more than one applicant will be held at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants. 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.-CHEVIOT COUNTY.-CHEVIOT ESTATE.

First-class Land.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.

CHEVIOT COUNTY.-CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

33 IV 60 0 0 900 0 0 22 10 0
34 " 54 0 0 950 0 0 23 15 0

CHEVIOT COUNTY.-LOWRY PEAKS SURVEY DISTRICT.

19 VIII 59 1 20 750 0 0 18 15 0
29 XII 62 2 25 850 0 0 21 5 0
30 " 46 0 0 690 0 0 17 5 0
31 " 56 2 0 990 0 0 24 15 0
32 " 62 1 0 1,090 0 0 27 5 0
33 " 50 0 0 880 0 0 22 0 0
34 " 33 2 0 590 0 0 14 15 0
30 XVI 67 0 0 840 0 0 21 0 0
31 " 57 1 0 720 0 0 18 0 0
32 " 25 1 24 390 0 0 9 15 0