MAY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2129

tussock. An area of about 300 acres consists of flats, which
are well suited for grazing cattle. The altitude is from
2,000 ft. to 8,000 ft. above sea-level. Access is difficult,
being by a bridle-track, and the Dart River has to be crossed.
Distant about seventeen miles from Paradise Post-office.

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

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 19th May, 1914.

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 Thursday, 27th August, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 8, Block XII, Waipahi Survey District: Area, 106
acres and 17 perches.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Wellington Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small
grazing-run is open for lease under the provisions of
the Land Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will
be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday,
29th July, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOTARA COUNTY.—
MOMAHAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

This run is situated in the Puketotara Block, the access
being up the Wanganui River by steamer from Wanganui
for a distance of about forty miles to the mouth of the Otaupare Stream, just below Jerusalem, thence for a distance of
about three miles up the Otaupare and Rangitatau Streams
to the northern end of the run by road practically all formed.
Rough and broken forest land, with occasional patches of
easy land. Soil of fairly good quality, resting on papa formation; well watered by gorgy streams. Forest is light, and
comprises rata, tawa, tawhero, and a little rimu and matai.

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

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at
the Courthouse, Masterton, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday,
30th June, 1914, under the provisions of the Education
Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’
Leases Act, 1908. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MASTERTON COUNTY.

Term: Twenty-one Years.

SECTIONS 2 and 12, Block I, Waipoua Township: Area,
3 acres 2 roods 8 perches; upset annual rental, £10.

Lot 3 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District,
and Sections 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15, Block II, Wai-

poua Township: Area, 11 acres 1 rood; upset annual rental,
£36.

Lot 4 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District,
and Sections 17, 19, 21, 23, and 25, Block II, Waipoua Township: Area, 14 acres 1 rood 30 perches; upset annual rental,
£30.

Term: Two Years and Three Months.

Lot 5 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District,
and Sections 6 and 26, Block II, Waipoua Township: Area,
13 acres 1 rood 4 perches; upset annual rental, £23.

Lot 6 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District:
Area, 34 acres 3 roods; upset annual rental, £44.

Lot 7 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District:
Area, 17 acres; upset annual rental, £12.

These lots are situated within one mile from the Masterton
Post-office. The access is from Queen Street by metalled
road. The lots comprise flat and undulating land in grass,
the soil being of a light or alluvial nature on a shingle formation. The improvements, which comprise grassing and
fencing, are included in the capital values, and are valued as
follow: Sections 2 and 12, £12; Lot 3 and Sections 2 to 15,
£49 10s.; Lot 4 and Sections 17 to 25, £46; Lot 5 and Sections 6 and 26, £48; Lot 6, £93; Lot 7, £70.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered and lease and
   registration fees (£2 2s.) to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. Term of lease is as stated, without right of renewal.
3. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor
   shall any be allowed by the Crown, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.
   In the event of the land being reoffered at the expiration
   or sooner determination of any lease, however, the incoming
   lessee to pay the value (to be handed over to the outgoing
   lessee) of the improvements effected with the consent of
   the Land Board. Failing disposal, the land and improvements to revert to the Crown without compensation.
4. Land Board to approve of improvements proposed.
5. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of
   the Land Board.
6. Interest at rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid
   on rent in arrears.
7. Buildings on land to be insured to their full insurable
   value.
8. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
9. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
10. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds,
    rabbits, and vermin.
11. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the
    consent of the Land Board.
12. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.
14. Lessee not to take more than three crops in succession,
    one of which must be a root crop; after the third crop the
    land to be left in pasture for at least three years; at least
    two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the
    expiration of term. Penalty for breach, £5 per acre.
15. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains,
    ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and to
    yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the
    expiration of his lease.
16. Lessee to have no right to any minerals, all rights to
    which, together with rights of access for the purpose of working the same, are reserved by and on behalf of the Crown.
17. The right is reserved to the Crown to enter at all times
    on any of these allotments for the purpose of making surveys,
    constructing protective works, or for any other similar purposes.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
at this office.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 12th May, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 22, Block XI,
Tadmor Survey District, containing 22 acres, will
be disposed of under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908,
on or after Friday, the 14th day of August, 1914.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.