Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4297

Commissioner of Crown Lands may from time to time determine.

The holders of miners’ rights and mining privileges shall have the right to use all watercourses for the purpose of discharging therein tailings, mining debris, or waste water, and the licensees shall have no right to any compensation whatsoever on account of any damage or injury alleged to have been caused by the exercise of such right.

Runs 27A and 119 are offered subject to the rights of the outgoing licensees to valuation for improvements, in terms of section 244 of the Land Act, 1908.

Possession of Runs 27A and 119 will be given on 1st March, 1915, and of the other runs on the day of sale.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Town of Hokitika for Sale by Public Auction under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 3rd November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, under the provisions of the said Act, at this office on Thursday, the 11th day of February, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF HOKITIKA.

Town Land.

SECTIONS 1197, part 1198, part 1199, and part 1200 (grouped): Area, 2 roods 17 perches; upset price, £50.

Weighted with £50, valuation for improvements consisting of house, outbuildings, &c.

Sections part 1200 and part 1201 (grouped): Area, 1 rood 13·3 perches; upset price, £25.

Situated at the junction of Fitzherbert Street and Spencer Street, about three-quarters of a mile from the post-office.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1) and valuation for improvements (if any), 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.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Westland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 16th November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, 23rd December, 1914, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendment.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Block VII, Mawheranui Survey District: Area, 20 acres 0 roods 27 perches; upset annual rental, £2 10s.

Weighted with £240, valuation for improvements consisting of hotel and outbuildings, stable, cow-shed, clearing and fencing.

Comprises wholly flat, cleared land of good quality. Situated on the Ngahere–Ahaura Road, about a mile and a quarter from Ngahere Railway-station, and about half a mile from Ngahere Post and Telephone Office.

Part Section 1, Block I, Cobden Survey District: Area, 53 acres 2 roods 10 perches; upset annual rental, £5.

Weighted with £14, valuation for improvements consisting of clearing, cultivation, and fencing.

Comprises about 30 acres flat, and balance terrace, the whole covered with mixed bush, fairly light along the river frontage. Soil good on flat, and fair on terrace, but some-what wet. Situated on the Greymouth–Barrytown Road, adjoining Rapahoe Post and Telephone Office, seven miles from Greymouth.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One year’s rent at the rate bid, together with £2 2s. lease fee, to be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the date of sale.

3. Term of lease is fourteen years, without right of renewal.

4. On the expiry of the lease the lessee will be entitled to compensation for improvements, valued by arbitration.

5. No conditions are imposed as to residence or improvements.

6. Rent is payable half-yearly, in advance.

7. Lessee to have no right to dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. Lessee to prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds.

9. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions not fulfilled within thirty days after the date the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th October, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 14th December, 1914.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, at 12 o’clock noon on Tuesday, the 15th December, 1914, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of the district in which he resides.

The ballot, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, immediately after the examination of applicants.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

SCHEDULE.

LEVELS COUNTY.—AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—MEADOWS SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 13, Block IX: Area, 10 acres 1 rood 32 perches; capital value, £340; half-yearly rent, £7 13s.

Weighted with £37, valuation for improvements consisting of hut and fencing.

All flat land of good quality, on subsoil of clay and gravel. Situated about a mile from the Washdyke School, and four miles from Timaru.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent, 4½ per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and on being declared successful deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. Order of selection is decided by ballot, preference being given to landless applicants with children dependent on them, or who have within preceding two years been twice unsuccessful at former ballots.

7. No person may hold more than one allotment.

8. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

9. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.