JULY 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2281

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF CHERTSEY.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, five years from the 1st August, 1913; but subject to resumption at any time in the event of the land being required by the Government.

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

3. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up unless it is necessary to renew the grass, in which case it shall be laid down in grass and clover in a satisfactory manner with a small quantity of oats for shelter, the oats to be fed off, and not harvested. No crop of any kind shall at any time be taken off the land.

4. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and 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 on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, nor for any other cause.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. 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, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee fails 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.

Possession will be given on the 1st August, 1913, before which date the present lessees have the right of removing any fencing erected by them on the land.

Full particulars may be ascertained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Land in Hauraki Mining District for License.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for license under the Regulations for the Occupation of Pastoral Lands, in Hauraki Mining District; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 28th July, 1913.

The ballot for the land, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 31st July, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—COROMANDEL COUNTY.

37½ ACRES in Block VII, Otama Survey District.

Weighted with £31 15s. for improvements, comprising 9 acres felled and grassed and 22 chains fencing.

Altitude, 20 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. One-third undulating land, balance broken; about 5 acres manuka forest; 9 acres felled and grassed; remainder scrub land. Soil fair to very poor, on slate formation. Distant two miles and a quarter from Whitianga by cart-road. The only available water is brackish, being subject to tidal influences.

Term of License.

Term, twenty-one years, with conditional right of renewal. All applications are subject to the approval of the Land Board; and applicants who are landless within the meaning of the Land Act shall have preference at the ballot, if one is necessary.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land to be disposed of under Section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, under section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or after Thursday, the 21st day of August, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—MAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land to be disposed of under Section 138 of the Land Act, 1908.

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

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 138 of the said Act on or after Friday, the 1st day of August, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—OPAKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. BULLARD,
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.—KAIPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.