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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 113

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 28th September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction for a term of twenty-one years at this office on Wednesday, the 10th day of November, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—KAWEGA AND POHUI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Class I.

PASTORAL Run No. 11: Area, 5,300 acres; upset annual rental, £25.

Situated for most part on eastern slopes of the Kaweka Range, about forty-two miles from Napier. Accessible from Puketitiri by new road laid off to give access to Hot Springs Reserve, also by an unformed road. Undulating and broken open country. Soil light pumice, resting on slate rock; well watered by Mohaka River and Makino and Mangatutu Streams. Elevation, 200 ft. to 3,500 ft. above sea-level.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 10th August, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease for thirty-three-year terms; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 9th day of November, 1915.

The ballot for the sections will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 10th day of November, 1915, 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 preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBAN LAND.

Alexandra Borough.—Town of Alexandra.—Block XXXVII.

SECTION 2: Area, 15 acres 0 roods 5 perches; capital value, £150; half-yearly rent, £3 15s.

Section 3: Area, 10 acres 2 roods 39 perches; capital value, £110; half-yearly rent, £2 15s.

Section 4: Area, 10 acres 2 roods 37 perches; capital value, £110; half-yearly rent, £2 15s.

Section 5: Area, 10 acres 2 roods 37 perches; capital value, £110; half-yearly rent, £2 15s.

Section 6: Area, 11 acres 0 roods 33 perches; capital value, £110; half-yearly rent, £2 15s.

Section 7: Area, 11 acres 2 roods 19 perches; capital value, £120; half-yearly rent, £3.

Section 8: Area, 10 acres 3 roods 12 perches; capital value, £110; half-yearly rent, £2 15s.

Section 9: Area, 13 acres 2 roods 21 perches; capital value, £140; half-yearly rent, £3 10s.

Weighted with valuation for fencing as follows: Section 2, £13 7s. 6d.; Section 3, £3 5s.; Section 4, £3 5s.; Section 5, £3 5s.; Section 6, £11 10s.; Section 7, £11 15s.; Section 8, £3 5s.; Section 9, £10 15s.

Open level land, with a light soil on a shingle subsoil; formerly part of the Alexandra Racecourse. Situated within a few chains of Alexandra Railway-station. Altitude, about 450 ft. above sea-level.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

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.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 4th day of November, 1915, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of section 329 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—AMURI COUNTY.—HANMER SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

SECTION 6, Block II: Area, 1 rood 32 perches; upset annual rent, £3.

Section 16,* Block III: Area, 3 roods; upset annual rent, £1 10s.

Section 21, Block III: Area, 3 roods; upset annual rent, £1 10s.