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watered by Hook River. Access by good road, seven miles from Waimate.

Section 3.—Altitude, from 500 ft. to 720 ft. above sea-level. Flat and undulating agricultural and pastoral country, intersected by deep gully with about 40 acres of Native bush and scrub in it. The lessee is not to cut or burn the bush in this gully without the permission of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. Watered by stream and race. Access by good road, six miles and a half from Waimate.

Section 4.—Altitude, from 450 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Flat and undulating agricultural country; watered by water-race. Access by good road, six miles and a half from Waimate. Some of the buildings on this section—namely, cottage and outbuildings, stable and chaff-house, and two huts—are to be removed to Section 5.

Section 5.—Altitude, 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Flat and undulating agricultural country; watered by race. Access by good road, six miles from Waimate.

Section 6.—Altitude, 350 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Flat agricultural land; will be watered by water-race proposed to be constructed. Access by good road, five miles and a half from Waimate.

Section 7.—Altitude, 300 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Flat agricultural land; watered by Hook River. Access by good road, four miles and three-quarters from Waimate.

Section 8.—Altitude, 300 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Flat agricultural land; will be watered by water-race proposed to be constructed. Access by good road, four miles and a half from Waimate.

Section 9.—Altitude, 300 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level. Flat and undulating agricultural country; watered by Hook River. Access by good road, four miles from Waimate.

The cottage is to be removed to Section 8.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 22nd December, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of 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 Tuesday, the 24th March, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

An estimated area of 1 acre at the southern extremity of Section 11, Block I, Upper Taieri Survey District.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th November, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease, in two lots, by public auction at this office at 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 14th January, 1914, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—OXFORD SURVEY DISTRICT.—RESERVE 2718.

Reserve 2718 is situated on the north bank of the Eyre River, immediately to the south-west of the Township of West Oxford, and comprises old river-bed land of fair quality.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease shall be for the term specified, without right of renewal, and subject to resumption by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Crown.

2. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation, either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, or for any other cause; but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove any buildings or fencing erected by him, but not otherwise.

3. The land comprised in the lease shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped.

4. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

5. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. 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.

8. 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 noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee shall once a year during the said term, and at the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim all live fences now on the demised land, or which may be planted thereon during the said term.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

11. 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.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 1st October, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 8th day of January, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing 1,890 acres, more or less, and situated in Block III, Kongahu Survey District. Bounded towards the north and west by a school reserve; again towards the north and west by Section 3; again towards the north by a road, by Sections 5 and 6, by another road, and again by Section 6; towards the east and again towards the north by W. M. Jenkin’s renewable lease; towards the east generally by a road, a gravel reserve, and again by a road; towards the south by a cemetery reserve; towards the south-east generally by the road along the edge of Lake Hanlan; towards the south by Section 6; towards the west generally by Sections 19, 22, and 21; again towards the south by the last-mentioned section; and towards the south-west by the road along the right bank of Glass Eye Creek: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 13/265A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing 557 acres, more or less, and situated in Block XIV, Oparara Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections 14 and 13; towards the east generally by a road; towards the south-west and south-east by Section 27; again towards the south-west and south-east generally by the road along the right bank of Granite Creek; towards the south by Sections 5 and 3; again towards the south-east by Section 2; towards the west generally by Sections 15, 1, and 2; and towards the north and again towards the north-west by other part of the forest reserve first above mentioned: excepting two small portions of Section 6 which are included within the above-described boundaries: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 13/265B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 543 acres, more or less, being Section 5,