3468
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 115

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 egress 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.

Pastoral Lands in Westland Mining District for License.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for license under the Regulations for the Occupation of Pastoral Lands in Karamea and Westland Mining Districts; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 15th day of November, 1915.

The ballot will be held at this office on Wednesday, the 17th 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.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.—
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Westland County.—Waimea Survey District.

SECTION 3233, Block XIV: Area, 417 acres; capital value, £270; half-yearly rent, £5 8s.

Weighted with £6 15s., valuation for clearing and fencing.

Comprises 60 acres swamp, the remainder being formerly covered with heavy mixed bush from which the timber of commercial value has been removed, with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil is fair to inferior, of a peaty nature, wet in places, resting on gravel formation; well watered. Altitude, 250 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Situated on Hokitika to Kumara main road, a distance of seven miles and three-quarters from Hokitika and three-quarters of a mile from Stafford Railway-station.

Sections 3153 and 3234, Block XIV: Area, 484 acres; capital value, £310; half-yearly rent, £6 4s.

Weighted with £9 3s., valuation for fencing erected on Section 3234.

Comprises 100 acres swamp land, the remainder being formerly covered with heavy mixed bush from which the timber of commercial value has been removed, with a dense undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil is fair, of a peaty nature, resting on a hard gravel formation; well watered. Altitude, 250 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Situated on Hokitika to Kumara main road and Gillams Gully Road, a distance of nine miles from Hokitika and a mile and a quarter from Stafford Railway-station.

Grey County.—Waiwhero Survey District.

Section 3313, Block V: Area, 294 acres; capital value, £230; half-yearly rent, £4 12s.

About 5 acres flat, remainder low hills steep in places, the whole carrying mixed bush consisting of rimu and kamahi of no commercial value, with a dense undergrowth of fern and supplejack. Soil is fair, of a loamy nature, on gravel formation; well watered. Altitude, 100 ft. to 320 ft. above sea-level. Situated three miles from Barrytown Post and Telephone Office by metalled dray-road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

1. Term of license, twenty-one years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, but without right of purchase.

2. Rent payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. No person is eligible to hold more than one license.

5. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. license fee and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

6. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

7. Order of selection is decided by ballot, preference being given to landless applicants, with children dependent on them, or who have within preceding two years been twice unsuccessful at former ballots.

8. Successful applicant to execute license within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

9. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous.

10. Improvements.—Licensee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, and 10s. for every acre of second-class land.

11. Licensee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

12. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

13. Licensee has no right to dispose of sawmilling timber or silver-pine.

14. The right is reserved to the Crown to grant licenses to cut timber and other rights appurtenant thereto, and free right of access must be allowed to the holders of such licenses and their employees.

15. Holders of miners’ rights have right to prospect.

16. The Warden may grant mining privileges subject to compensation for improvements only.

17. The licensee has no claim to compensation on account of any injury to stock resulting from sawmilling or mining operations.

18. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

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