2978
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

Lands in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned lands will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 16th September, 1914, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

RESERVES.

Pohangina County.—Township of Pohangina.

Sections 4, 17, Block VII: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rental, £1 5s.; term, seven years.

Situated in Pohangina Township, the access being from Ashhurst Railway-station, which is about nine miles distant by metalled road. Flat land in grass, with good soil of sandy nature.

Sections 4, 17, Block VI: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rent, £1 5s.; term, ten years.

Sections 6, 15, Block VIII: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rent, £1 5s.; term, ten years.

Situated in Pohangina Township, the access being from Ashhurst Railway-station, which is about nine miles distant by metalled road. Flat grassed land, with soil of good quality, on sand and shingle formation.

Kairanga County.—Township of Bunnythorpe.

Sections 1357, 1359: Area, 1 acre; upset annual rent, £1 4s. 6d.; term, fourteen years.

Situated in Bunnythorpe Township, the access being from the Bunnythorpe Railway-station, which is about 12 chains distant by a formed dray-road to within a few chains from north-east corner of Section 1359. All flat land, grassed, and logged up, intersected by a small stream. Soil is of an alluvial nature, on sand and shingle formation.

Pahiatua County.—Township of Scarborough.

Section 11, Block XIII: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rent, 15s.; term, fourteen years.

Situated in Scarborough Township, the access being from Pahiatua Railway-station, which is about 20 chains distant by metalled road. Flat land in grass, with portion of frontage to Victoria Street planted with macrocarpa trees. Soil is of a clay nature, on shingle formation.

Horowhenua County.—Township of Shannon.

Section 289: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rent, £1 5s.; term, ten years.

Situated on north side of Vance Street, in Shannon Township. The access is from Shannon Railway-station, which is about 25 chains distant by metalled street. Level land in grass, with soil of good quality.

Rangitikei County.—Torere Village Settlement.

Section 33: Area, 1 acre; upset annual rent, £2; term, seven years.

Situated in Torere Village Settlement, about one mile from Utiku. The access is from Utiku or Taihape by a formed metalled dray-road. Flat land, cleared and stumped; with soil of good loam, on papa formation.

Ekatahuna County.—Township of Brownston.

Section 5, Block VII: Area, 2 roods 20 perches; upset annual rent, 11s.; term, seven years.

Situated in Brownston Township (known locally as Hukanui), about 20 chains from Hukanui store and post-office. Access is from Hukanui Railway-station by formed dray-road. Flat and undulating land, felled and grassed. Soil is of fair quality, rather stony, on shingle formation.

Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.

Section 35, Block XIV: Area, 23 acres; upset annual rent, £2 6s.; term, five years.

Situated in the Marton No. 3 Block, at junction of Mangaturuturu Stream with the Manganui-a-te-ao River, the access being from Raetihi, which is about eleven miles distant. There are flats on each side of the stream, and the bush has been destroyed by fires.

CROWN LAND.

Akitio County.—Suburbs of Pongaroa.

Section 15: Area, 8 acres and 12 perches; upset annual rent, £5; term, seven years.

Situated in Suburbs of Pongaroa. Flat and low undulating land in grass. The manuka scrub has been felled. Soil poor to fair, on papa formation.

Kaitieke County.—Suburbs of Kaitieke.

Section 4: Area, 52 acres; upset annual rent, £8; term, ten years.

Section 5: Area, 72 acres; upset annual rent, £9; term, ten years.

Section 6: Area, 50 acres 2 roods; upset annual rent, £5; term, ten years.

Situated in Township of Kaitieke, which is about nine miles from Raurimu Railway-station, in the centre of a pastoral district, the access being by a formed and partly metalled road. Section 4 is all in fern and manuka; there are patches of bush and scrub on Sections 5 and 6.

Rangitikei County.—Mangaweka South Township.

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Block I: Area, 3 acres and 2 perches; upset annual rent, £3; term, five years.

Situated in Mangaweka South Township, on main road near railway-station. All flat sections, felled and in grass.

Levin Borough.—Township of Levin.

Sections 7, 12, Block III: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rent, £1; term, ten years.

Situated on Devon Street, in Levin Township, about 30 chains from the post-office by good metalled street. Flat land in grass, with soil of good quality, on gravel formation.

Section 3, Block I: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rent, £1 15s.; term, ten years.

Sections 9, 10, Block III: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rent, £3 10s.; term, ten years.

Section 3, Block IV: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rent, £1 15s.; term, ten years.

Section 6, Block XII: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rent, £1 15s.; term, ten years.

Section 1, Block XIII: Area, 1 rood 38 perches; upset annual rent, £4; term, ten years.

Sections 17, 20, Block XVIII: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rent, £4; term, ten years.

Situated in Levin Township. All level lands, in grass; with soil of good quality, on shingle formation. The town water-main passes frontages.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and 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. The leases shall be for the term specified.

4. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. 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.

7. 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 and plans obtained at this office.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable 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, 23rd September, 1914.