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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

the expiration or sooner determination of the lease remove
any internal fences or buildings erected by him. The land
is to be left in permanent grass at the end of the term of
lease.
3. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dis-
pose of his interest in the lease without the written consent
of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
4. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all
noxious weeds on the land, 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.
5. The lessee shall not be entitled to cut or make use
of any timber on the land without the permission of the
Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained, and
shall take all reasonable steps to preserve such timber from
destruction by fire or otherwise.
6. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and
other assessments that may become due and payable.
7. Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months
shall render the lease liable to termination, or a breach of
covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the
Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.
8. Tenders to be endorsed on the outside “Tender for
Lease,” and to be accompanied by the first half-year’s rent
at the rate tendered, and lease fee, £1 1s.
9. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this
office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Marlborough Land District for License by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 20th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral
run will be offered for license by public auction at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 11 o’clock a.m.,
on Friday, 27th February, 1914, under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SOUNDS COUNTY.—GORE
SURVEY DISTRICT.

Class B.

Weighted with £30, valuation for felling, burning, and
grassing about 18 acres.

Locality and Description.

Situated at the back of Small Grazing-run No. 15; accessible
by unformed road; about 18 acres cleared; remainder bush,
principally birch, with a few rimus, matai, and tawa; soil
good in the valleys, but the balance of the land is poor, very
rough, and precipitous; altitude from 200 ft to 3,000 ft.
About three miles and a half from Manaroa Post-office.
Terms of license can be seen and full particulars obtained
at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 20th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, under section 21 of the Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned
lands are open for sale or selection under the provisions of
the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, either for cash, for
occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease, at
the option of the applicant; and applications will be received
at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday, the 24th
February, 1914.
The ballot for the sections for which there are more than
one applicant will be held at the District Lands and Survey
Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 25th February,
1914, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.,

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

SCHEDULE

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £165, valuation for improvements, which
sum must be paid immediately applicant is declared successful
at ballot. The improvements consist of 60 acres felled and
in grass, £120; two-roomed house, iron roof and chimney,
£45. Situated on the Whangamomona Road. Access from
Whangamomona Railway-station, about six miles distant, by
dray-road. The land comprises steep faces and ridges, with
about 10 acres of level country between Whangamomona
Road and stream at north-eastern corner. The forest is
fairly heavy, comprising rata, rimu, kahikatea, tawa, tawhero,
hinau, &c., and a fairly dense undergrowth of supplejacks,
raurekau, mahoe, kotukutuku, pongas, &c. The soil varies
from fair to inferior, resting on papa and sandstone; well
watered. Elevation ranges from 400 ft. to 1,400 ft. above
sea-level.

1 | X | 529 0 0 | 530 0 0 | 13 5 0 | 10 12 0

Situated on the Whangamomona Road. Access from the
Whangamomona Railway-station, about ten miles distant, by
dray-road. The section comprises some small flats and slopes
fronting the Whangamomona Road, with high and steep ridges
at the back. The section is covered with heavy forest of
tawa, rata, rimu, kahikatea, tow hai, and birch on high spurs
and ridges, and a dense undergrowth of supplejack, fern, &c.
The soil comprises vegetable mould and clay, on papa and
sandstone formation; well watered. Elevation, 400 ft. to
1,300 ft.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—MAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

12 | XI | 317 0 0 | 640 0 0 | 16 0 0 | 12 16 0

Situated on the Ramaroa Road. Access from Waimiha
Railway-station, about 13½ miles distant, by dray-road for
thirteen miles, balance unformed but through easy country;
access also by another route sixteen miles from Waimiha—by
dray-road eight miles, and balance by partly formed dray-
road and 6 ft. track. The section comprises an easy valley
in the south-eastern corner, and rises to steep ridges on the
back boundary, where there are cliffs and rough country
generally. The land is covered with a heavy forest of tawa,
rimu, matai, pukatea, kahikatea, &c., and a dense under-
growth of supplejack, mahoe, raurekau, pongas, ferns, &c.
The soil is of good quality, on a sandstone and papa formation;
and the section is well watered.

Terms of sale and lease may be seen and forms of applica-
tion obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in the Town of Patea, Taranaki Land
District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 8th September, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for a lease
of the undermentioned reserves for a term of twenty-
one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further succes-
sive terms of twenty-one years, will be received at this office
up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 4th March, 1914, under
the provisions of the Education Reserves Amendment Act,
1910, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

Block XXVII, Town of Patea.

The improvements on the sections, the property of the
Crown, consist of hedges valued at £8,