SEPT. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3123

Reserves in Westland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 23rd August, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Wednesday, 13th October, 1915, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendment.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

PART Reserve 364, Block XV, Wataroa Survey District: Area, 186 acres; upset annual rental, £5.

Comprises wholly bush-clad land, about 100 acres flat and remainder somewhat steep terrace. The bush on the flat is mixed and fairly light, and on the terrace heavy. The soil is generally fair, but somewhat stony, on gravel subsoil; well watered by creeks. Situated on the main South Road three miles from Wataroa Post and Telephone Office.

Reserve 334, Block IV, Bruce Bay Survey District: Area, 200 acres; upset annual rental, £2.

With the exception of a strip of about 20 acres of dry land along the beach frontage, the reserve comprises swampy land covered with flax and scrub. Situated one mile south of the Karangarua River, five miles from Bruce Bay Post and Telephone Office by beach road.

Reserve 332, Block IV, Mount Douglas Survey District: Area, 200 acres; upset annual rental, £6.

Weighted with £83 10s., valuation for improvements consisting of clearing and fencing.

Comprises mostly flat land, covered with bush varying from light scrub to heavy bush. Good loamy soil. Situated on the main South Road about a mile from Mahitahi Post and Telephone Office.

Reserve 177, Block XII, Okuru Survey District: Area, 189 acres; upset annual rental, £2.

Mostly flat land, swampy in parts, covered with light mixed bush. About half of the area comprises good alluvial soil; well watered. Situated on Haast Pass Track, about three miles from Haast Post and Telephone Office by good metalled pack-track.

Reserve 1241, Block XII, Pohaturoa Survey District: Area, 232 acres; upset annual rental, £5.

All flat land, light soil on shingle subsoil, 100 acres covered with heavy beech bush, and remainder carrying light scrub and flax. Well watered. Situated at the junction of the Grey and Robinson Rivers, about twelve miles from Kopara by rough riding-track and Nancy River bed, and about forty-three miles from Reefton—by dray-road for thirty miles, and balance by bush-track and river-bed.

Weighted with £186 5s., valuation for improvements consisting of hut, sheep-yards, clearing, grassing, and fencing.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. One half-year’s rent at the rate bid, together with £2 2s. lease fee, to be deposited on the fall of the hammer.
2. Possession will be given on the day of the sale.
3. Term of lease is twenty-one years.
4. On the expiry or determination of the lease the lessee will be entitled to compensation for improvements, valued by arbitration; provided that the improvements have been made with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
5. No conditions are imposed as to residence.
6. Rent is payable half-yearly, in advance.
7. Lessee to have no right to dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. Lessee to prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds.
9. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments.
10. The lessee will be required to provide accommodation for travelling stock at the rate of 1d. per head per day for sheep, and 3d. per head per day for cattle.
11. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions not fulfilled within thirty days after the date the same ought to be fulfilled.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 23rd August, 1915.

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 Monday, the 29th day of November, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 8, Block III, Tutaki Survey District: Area, 4 acres.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at this office on Thursday, the 28th day of October, 1915, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PETONE BOROUGH.—WILFORD SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Block V.

| 1 | 0 0 16·56 | 65 0 0 | 31 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 |
| 3 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 | 33 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 | 35 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 |
| 7 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 | 37 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 |
| 9 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 | 39 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 |
| 11| 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 | 41 | 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 |
| 13| 0 0 14·69 | 60 0 0 | 43 | 0 0 15·6 | 65 0 0 |

Block VI.

| 1 | 0 0 20·55 | 80 0 0 | 4 | 0 0 14·68 | 60 0 0 |
| 2 | 0 0 19·08 | 78 0 0 | 5 | 0 0 18·7 | 78 0 0 |
| 3 | 0 0 14·68 | 60 0 0 | | | |

Block XI.

| 1 | 0 0 18·35 | 72 0 0 | 4 | 0 0 14·68 | 50 0 0 |
| 2 | 0 0 17·62 | 70 0 0 | 5 | 0 0 14·68 | 60 0 0 |
| 3 | 0 0 14·68 | 55 0 0 | 6 | 0 0 15·91 | 67 0 0 |

Block XIII.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 23rd August, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 29th November, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 4, Block I, Horohoro West Survey District: Area, 1,332 acres.

Section 15, Block VIII, Whangape Survey District: Area, 14 acres 2 roods.

Parts of Sections 1 and 2, Block IX, Takahue Survey District: Area, 254 acres.

Forest reserve, Blocks VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, XII, Rotoma Survey District: Area, 7,700 acres (approximate).

Bush reserve, Section 8, Block VIII, Rotoma Survey District: Area, 1,187 acres (approximate).

Scenic reserve, Section 9, Block VIII, Rotoma Survey District: Area, 905 acres (approximate).

Scenic reserve, Section 1, Block XII, Rotoma Survey District: Area, 1,588 acres (approximate).

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.