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9. The lessee shall at all times during the term of the lease
   keep in good order and repair all fences now existing on the
   land comprised in the lease, and he shall on the expiration
   or sooner determination of the lease deliver up in their en-
   tirety the said fences, so kept, to the Crown.
10. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse,
    broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds on the land com-
    prised in the lease, 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.
11. The lessee for the first six years of his lease shall plant
    with marram-grass, lupins, lucerne, or other suitable vege-
    tation an area of at least four acres per annum of the sand-
    hills on Sections 16 and 17, in a locality to the eastward of
    the main road to be indicated by the Commissioner of Crown
    Lands.
12. The lessee shall depasture travelling stock at the fol-
    lowing rates per head per night, viz.: Horses and cattle, ten
    or under, 6d.; eleven to fifty, 3d.; over fifty, 1d. Sheep,
    twenty-five or under, 1d.; twenty-five to two hundred and
    fifty, ½d.; over two hundred and fifty, ¼d.
13. The lessee shall provide a paddock for horses with proper
    shelter, and supply accommodation for horses at a charge not
    to exceed 1s. 6d. for each horse-feed, and paddocking at a
    charge not exceeding 1s. per night.
14. 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 have been fulfilled.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves
will be offered for lease by public auction, on the
terms and conditions set forth below, at this office at 2.30
o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 27th August, 1913, under the
provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF RANGATAUA.

Situated in Rangataua Township, fronting Nei Street.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent, and £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid by
   the successful bidder on the fall of the hammer.
2. No declaration is required. Residence and improve-
   ments 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 day of sale.
4. 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.
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, except
   with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands
   first had and obtained.
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 and plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of
   Crown Lands.
8. 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.

In the event of the owners of the improvements not
becoming the purchasers of the new leases they will be
allowed two months from date of sale in which to remove
their buildings, &c.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be
received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday,
the 25th day of July, 1913, for a grazing lease of the under-
mentioned land, under the provisions of section 315 of the
Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.

Lot 7, Mareretu-Waipu Forest Reserve; area, 617 acres.
Minimum annual rental, £7 10s.

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 pur-
   poses 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 dis-
   pose 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 cove-
   nant 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.

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.