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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 76

fences now on the demised land, or which may be planted
thereon during the said term.
8. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free
from all deductions whatsoever.
9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee
shall fail 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.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 6th 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 15th day of October, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

RESERVE No. 154, Blocks VI and VII, Burke Survey District: Area, 640 acres.

C. R. POLLEN,
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 pastoral 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 intending 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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 1st 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, 10th September, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TAUTUKU
SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 23, Block XII: Area, 172 acres 3 roods 27 perches.

R. T. SADD,
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 described 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 consisting 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 subdividing, erecting any building, or effecting other improvements.
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.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Road for Tihiotonga D Block.

WHEREAS, in order to give access to the land known as
Tihiotanga D, application has been made to the
Court, under the provisions of sections 49 and 50 of the
Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, to lay off a line of road
through Rotomahana-P. rekarangi No 6A Section 2 No. 5B
and Tihiotonga C Blocks:

Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that at a sitting of
the Native Land Court to be held at Rotorua on the 18th day
of August, 1914, or as soon thereafter as the business of the
Court will allow, all objections to the laying-off of the said
line of road through the said blocks will be heard and determined.

Dated this 25th day of July, 1914.

H. S. KING,
Registrar.