3472

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 90

Lands in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 9th December, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Village Land for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 10th December, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Friday, 17th January, 1913, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT. — DANNEVIRKE COUNTY. — VILLAGE OF MATAMAU.

Situated within a short distance of the Matamau Railway-station. Flat and broken land, which has been cleared of bush, logged, and grassed. The soil is of alluvial character on shingle formation.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. One half-year's rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on fall of the hammer.

2. No declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the date of sale, from which date the rent will commence.

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

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

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. 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.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date upon which the same ought to be fulfilled.

The land is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Westland Land District classified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th December, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed to classify and report upon pastoral runs in Westland Land District have reported to His Excellency the Administrator of the Government that the runs enumerated in the Schedule hereto have been classified by them as therein noted.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

CLASS B.—PASTORAL AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Being Lands adapted in Part for Pasturage and in Part for Agricultural Purposes, but suitable for Subdivision in Areas not exceeding 5,000 Acres.

Run No. 429, Greenstone.—All that parcel of land in the Westland Land District, containing by estimation 7,450 acres, being 4,950 acres of national endowment land and 2,500 acres of Crown land, situated in the Hohonu Survey District, and bounded as follows: Starting at Trig. B.K. on the Marsden Road, and running thence generally in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of Run 621 about 4 miles 10 chains, and Run 623 about 60 chains; thence due south by western boundary of the aforesaid Run 623 about 70 chains, and the western boundary of Section 2442 a distance of 6073·9 links, across a road 117·4 links, and again by Section 2442, 3527·9 links; thence due west by the northernmost boundary of the Hohonu Water-race Reserve No. 956, 436·4 links, and continuing in the same direction along the northern boundary of Section 2482, 1996·8 links, across a road 215·3 links, and by the northern boundary of Section 2481, 5537·6 links, and across a road 103·8 links; thence generally in a southerly direction along the western side of Clifton Road a distance of 11296 links; thence generally westerly and northerly about 100 chains by Little Hohonu River about 75 chains, by Greenstone main road, and about two miles along the northern bank at the Big Hohonu River to the bridge on the Marsden Road; and thence generally in a northerly direction by the eastern side of the Marsden Road about three miles and a half to commencing-point: save and excepting all roads and reserves situated within the above boundaries.

Run No. 27A, Cook River.—All that parcel of land in the Westland Land District, containing by estimation 5,360 acres, being 700 acres of national endowment land and 4,660 acres of Crown land situated in the Gillespies and Karangarua Survey Districts, and bounded as follows: Starting at Trig. J.D. on the main South Road, and running thence south-west across the Cook River and along the main South Road, 120 chains; thence in a south-easterly direction along the main South Road, 60 chains; thence generally in a south-westerly direction along the main South Road, 100 chains; thence in a north-westerly direction along the northern boundary of Run 60 and Boyd's Creek to high-water mark about six miles; thence along the coast-line and across the mouth of the Cook River about a mile; thence in an easterly direction to the western corner of Native Reserve 14, 15 chains; along the south-western boundary of the aforesaid reserve, 1080 links; thence along the south-eastern boundary of the said reserve to the river-bank about 11 chains; thence