3248
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 13th September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at this office at 11 a.m. on Thursday, 21st October, 1915, on the terms and conditions set forth below, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and its amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—PUHIPUHI SURVEY DISTRICT.
SECTIONS 18 and 19, Block XI: Area, 1,017 acres; upset annual rental, £120.

Weighted with £1,774, valuation for improvements consisting of house of five rooms, stable, trap-shed, garden, road, 100 acres bush felled, 300 acres ploughed and grassed, 150 acres surface-sown, 314 chains subdivisional fencing, and 510 chains boundary fencing, which must be paid for before possession is given. About 200 acres good agricultural land, flat and low undulating hills; about 250 acres of pastoral land; about 100 acres of rough gullies, with a good deal of mixed bush; and the balance consists of sandhills and shingle. Situated about thirty miles from the Ward Railway-station, and twenty-four miles from Kaikoura.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on 8th January, 1916.
2. Term of lease fourteen years, without right of renewal.
3. The improvements on the land comprised in the lease shall in their entirety become the property of the Crown on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance; but in the case of the owner of the existing improvements becoming the purchaser of the lease, he shall pay yearly to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Blenheim, the sum at which he purchases the lease, less the sum of £90 10s. 2d., the said sum of £90 10s. 2d. to be conceded yearly by the Crown in consideration of the lessee’s improvements reverting in their entirety to the Crown on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease.
5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lessee shall at all times during the currency of the lease keep the interior and exterior of all buildings on the land comprised in the lease in good order and condition (fair wear-and-tear and damage by fire and tempest excepted), and in a clean and sanitary condition, and he shall during the years 1920 and 1926 paint the exterior of the said buildings with at least two coats of paint to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands; and he shall on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, deliver up in their entirety the said buildings, so kept and painted, to the Crown.
8. The lessee shall insure and keep insured all buildings and erections at present existing on the land comprised in the lease, in the name of His Majesty the King, during the term of the lease, in some reputable insurance office approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands (such insurance to be for the amount of the full insurable value), and he shall produce and deliver to the Commissioner the policies of such insurance, and the receipts for the renewal premiums.
9. The lessee shall at all times during the term of the lease keep in good order and repair all fences now existing on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease deliver up in their entirety the said fences, so kept, to the Crown.
10. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds 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.
11. The lessee for the first six years of his lease shall plant with marram-grass, lupins, lucerne, or other suitable vegetation an area of at least four acres per annum of the sandhills on Section 19, in a locality to the eastward of the main road to be indicated by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
12. The lessee shall depasture travelling stock at the following rates per head per night, viz.: Horses and cattle, 10 or under, 6d.; 11 to 50, 3d.; over 50, 1d. Sheep, 25 or under, 1d.; 25 to 250, ½d.; over 250, ¼d.
13. The lessee shall provide a paddock for horses with proper shelter, and supply accommodation for horses at a charge not to exceed 1s. 6d. for each horse-feed, and paddocking at a charge not exceeding 1s. per night.
14. 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.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 13th September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 19th October, 1915, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 66 and part Section 67, Block XII: Area, 142 acres 2 roods 9 perches; upset annual rent, £12; term, twenty-one years.

Weighted with £43, valuation for fencing.

Land flat to undulating, about 80 acres fair to good grass land, balance light and stony. Distant about ten miles from Blenheim and three miles from Renwicktown.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease shall be for a term of twenty-one years from the 1st January, 1916, without right of renewal.
2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
3. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser, and shall deposit one-half year’s rent, together with rent for the broken period between the date of sale and the 1st day of January, 1916, £1 1s. lease fee, and the valuation for fencing.
4. The lease shall be subject to resumption by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Crown.
5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either for improvements put on the land or on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, or for any other cause; but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove all buildings or fences erected by him, but not otherwise.
6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st day of January and July in each year.
7. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
8. 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 gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
10. The lessee shall depasture travelling stock at the following rates per head per night, viz.: Horses and cattle, 10 or under, 6d.; 11 to 50, 3d.; over 50, 1d. Sheep, 25 or under, 1d.; 25 to 250, ½d.; over 250, ¼d.
11. The local authority shall have ingress and regress for the purpose of removing earth, stone, or other material required for the making, constructing, and repairing of roads in the district without payment of compensation.
12. 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 be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 13th September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 12th October, 1915,