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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

9. No extension of time for removal of timber will be
   allowed purchasers who bleed, or permit bleeding of, kauri-
   trees included in this sale, unless full payment of purchase-
   money is first made.
10. In lots where terms of payment may have been ar-
    ranged, any breach of the foregoing conditions of sale will
    render the “on demand” promissory notes liable to be pre-
    sented for immediate payment.
11. The right is retained to the Commissioner of Crown
    Lands to decrease during the time of sale the advance in bid
    on each lot.
12. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted, and all
    lots herein described are submitted for sale subject to the
    final approval of the successful bidder by the Minister of
    Lands or the Commissioner of State Forests, as the case
    may be.
13. In the event of a bidder purchasing two or more adjoin-
    ing lots, the Commissioner of Crown Lands may, at his dis-
    cretion, during the time of sale, increase the time for removal
    of timber.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 14th July, 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, the 22nd October, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 23 and 25, Block IV, Mimi Survey District : Area,
416 acres.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in Southland Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 14th July, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserve de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease
by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday,
the 21st August, 1914, under the provisions of the Education
Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’
Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WENDON SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 13 and 14, Block IV : Area, 13 acres 0 roods 20
perches ; upset annual rental, £3 6s.
Weighted with £151 18s., valuation for improvements con-
sisting of buildings and fencing.
Open land, subject to floods, which have stripped off most
of the soil and left deposits of gravel. Situated about a mile
and a quarter from Waiparu Railway-station by good gravelled
road.

Abstract of Conditions.

1. Possession will be given on the date of sale, and the
   term of the lease will commence from the 1st January, 1915.
2. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and rent for the
   broken period between date of sale and 1st January, 1915,
   lease and registration fees, and valuation for improvements
   to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right
   of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.
4. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If
   lessee does not desire new lease at end of any term, land to
   be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value
   of the improvements, which is to be handed over to outgoing
   lessee.
5. No assignment or sublease without consent.
6. Lessee to improve the land and keep it clear of all weeds.
7. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be
   paid on rent in arrear.
8. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before sub-
   dividing, erecting any building, or effecting other improve-
   ments.
9. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

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

Pastoral Runs in Canterbury Land District for License by
Public Auction.—14,300 Acres.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 14th July, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pas-
toral runs will be offered for license by public auction
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at
11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 19th August, 1914, under the
provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

RUN No. 106, Ashburton County : Area, 7,200 acres ; upset
annual rental, £400 ; improvements (approximate value),
£261 ; term of license, fourteen years.
Run No. 107, Ashburton County : Area, 7,100 acres ; upset
annual rental, £325 ; improvements (approximate value), £95 ;
term of license, fourteen years.

DESCRIPTION OF RUNS.

Run 106.—Situated about twelve miles from Mount Somers
Railway-station, up the southern branch of the Hinds River.
High pastoral country ; the slopes are good tussock land.
Run 107.—Situated about seven miles from Mount Somers
Railway-station. High pastoral country, running up to
4,500 ft. above sea-level.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

Residence on the runs is compulsory, and is to commence
within one year and to be continuous until the expiration
of the lease or license ; but residence may be dispensed
with after ten years, under certain conditions.
The lessee or licensee of Run 107 shall have the right to
take water from the stream at the south-west corner of Run
106 (marked A B on plan).
The licensee of each run shall, during the second and
every succeeding year of the term of his license, plant with
suitable trees, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of
Crown Lands, an area of at least one acre upon some part of
his run. The number of trees so planted upon every acre
shall be at least one thousand. The areas so planted shall
be securely fenced in with a rabbit- and stock-proof fence ;
all failures and losses shall from time to time be replanted
as may be found necessary ; and the plantation shall be
protected, trimmed, and maintained during the term of the
license to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown
Lands.
The runs are described for the general information of in-
tending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make
a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible
for the absolute accuracy of any description.
The value of the improvements on the runs must be paid
before the licensees will be let into possession.
Immediate possession will be given.
Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained 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, 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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 2nd June, 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, the 10th day of September, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—COROMANDEL SURVEY DISTRICT.

BLOCK XV : Area, 400 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.