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.
Section. | Block. | Area. | Upset Annual Rental. | Term.
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
Part 1 of 17 | III | 0 0 20 | 5 0 0 | 14 years.
Part 2 of 17 |,, | 0 0 20 | 5 0 0 | 14 ,, 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 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 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 sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease;
   and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause
   to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, 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.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash,
at this office at 11 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, 23rd October,
1913, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—
HOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Rural Land.

The section has been cultivated and laid down in grass;
light soil resting on gravelly subsoil. Situated about four
miles from Riversdale by formed and partly gravelled road.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance, together with Crown grant
fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part
of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited
and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.
Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-settlement Allotment in Auckland Land District for
Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th May, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-
homestead allotment is open for selection on renewable
lease, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, on the
terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto ; and
applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock
p.m. on Monday, 28th July, 1913.

The ballot for the allotment, 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, the 31st July,
1913.

Preference will be given to landless married applicants with
children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding
two years been twice unsuccessful at former ballots.

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RAGLAN COUNTY.—MANGATI
VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.
(National Endowment.)

Altitude, 30 ft. above sea-level. Level land, covered with
grass, pennyroyal, and ragwort ; low-lying, and subject to
flood. Soil of first-class quality, on clay subsoil; well watered
by Mangati Stream. Situated in Mangati Village, about
twenty-nine miles from Ngaruawahia and about eleven miles
from Te Akau deep-water landing by formed cart-road in
each case.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE OF LANDS IN MANGATI
VILLAGE-SETTLEMENT.

1. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and
   is a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on renewable
   lease for periods of sixty-six years under the provisions
   of the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as "the
   said Act").

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326
of the Land Act, 1908, that the land described in the
Schedule hereto will be disposed of under the provisions of
section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or
after Thursday, the 16th October, 1913.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—ALTON
SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. M. McCLURE.
Commissioner of Crown Lands.