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Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, five years, without right of renewal.
2. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for improvements put on the land or for any other cause; but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove all buildings or fences erected by him, but not otherwise.
3. All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the New Zealand State Forests Act, 1908, or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber, or for cutting and removing flax.
4. The Commissioner of State Forests may issue licenses at any time during the currency of grazing lease to the lessee or other persons to cut and remove either standing or felled timber under the State Forest Regulations, or to cut and remove flax, without the payment of compensation to the lessee.
5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lessee shall not be entitled to cut and make use of any timber on the land, and shall take all reasonable steps to preserve such timber from destruction by fire or otherwise.
8. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.
9. Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.
10. Tenders to be indorsed on the outside "Tender for Lease," and to be accompanied by the first half-year's rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee, £1 1s.
11. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pukearuhe Domain, Taranaki Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 16th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for a lease of the undermentioned domain will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 16th July, 1913, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.--BLOCK VI, MIMI SURVEY DISTRICT.--PUKEARUHE DOMAIN.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.
2. 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 acceptance of tender.
4. The lessee shall pay all rates, taxes, or other assessments.
5. The lease shall be for the term specified, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
6. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.
7. 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.
8. The lessee shall not be allowed to fell, cut down, or destroy in any way any tree or shrub that may be upon the domain, and he must prevent stock from trespassing on the portion of the domain containing bush.
9. The lessee shall at all times during the said term keep in good repair and condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, all hedges, fences, and gates in, upon, and about the said land, and shall so yield them up at the expiration of the term.
10. 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.
11. The lessee shall not during the said term plough or crop any portion of the land without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
12. The public shall at all times have the free right of ingress and egress over the land comprised in the lease for bona fide recreation, but no person shall trespass with dog or firearms on the said land.
13. No buildings shall be erected on any portion of the domain.
14. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

Tenders should be addressed "The Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth," and marked on the outside "Tender for Domain."

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th May, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 25th day of August, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.--ORAHIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned Crown land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 2nd day of October, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.--TUTAMOE SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.