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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 135

Applications invited for the Position of Clerk of Court and Deputy Registrar of Supreme Court, Justice Department, Invercargill.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th November, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 27th November, 1915, from officers of the Public Service, for the position of Clerk of Court and Deputy Registrar of Supreme Court, Justice Department, Invercargill.

2. Applications must be made on forms obtainable from the Permanent Head of the Justice Department, or from the Secretary, Public Service Commissioner, Wellington.

The position will be graded in the Clerical Division, Class IV. Salary to be considered in connection with present salary.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Fields Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th November, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 11th December, 1915, for the position of Fields Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce. Probable location—Seddon, Marlborough.

2. Applications (to be made on P.S.C. Form 17A, obtainable at principal post-offices) must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must possess—
   (a.) A sound knowledge of field-cropping operations in New Zealand ;
   (b.) A good knowledge of the control of rabbits and noxious weeds in New Zealand ;
   (c.) Practical experience of rabbit-suppression ;
   (d.) Some experience of office work and correspondence ;
   and
   (e.) Ability to ride across country.

The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

The position will be graded in the General Division. Commencing salary, £180 per annum.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Cancelling Forfeiture of William Horace Marsh's License of Section 27, Block VIII, Catlin's Survey District, Otago Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th November, 1915.

WHEREAS the Land Board of the Otago Land District, by resolution on the 13th day of May, 1914, forfeited the interest of William Horace Marsh in his license, registered in Vol. 138, folio 178, Otago Land Registry Office, over Section 27, Block VIII, Catlins Survey District, Otago Land District, for non-payment of rent ; and notice of such forfeiture was duly published in the Gazette of the 25th day of June, 1914 :

And whereas by section 81 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1915, the Minister of Lands was empowered, by notice in the Gazette, to cancel the said forfeiture :

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Lands, do hereby cancel the forfeiture of the license of the said William Horace Marsh over the said land, and notify that the forfeiture of such license shall be deemed to be wholly waived and abandoned ; and the said license, and all mortgages or encumbrances affecting the same, shall take effect and be deemed to have continued to have effect as if no such forfeiture had occurred or been declared. The District Land Registrar, on receipt of a copy of the Gazette containing this notice, shall make such entries in the Register as are necessary to give effect to the same.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Marlborough Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license and lease of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Marlborough Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Section 41, Block IV, Mount Olympus Survey District.
Tenure: O.R.P. License No.91. Formerly held by Charles Edward Le Bas. Reason for forfeiture: Non-execution of license.

Section 13, Block VI, Mount Olympus Survey District, and Section 13a, Blocks I, Spray Survey District, and XV, Mount Olympus Survey District, Hillersden Settlement.
Tenure: R.L. Lease No.100. Formerly held by William John Wattie. Reason for forfeiture: Non-execution of lease.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd November, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 28th day of February, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section 484A, Taupiri Parish, Waikato County: Area, 9 acres.

Lot 106 of Subsection 1, Opaheke Parish, Franklin County: Area, 1 acre 3 roods 10 perches.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 22nd November, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at noon on Wednesday, 5th January, 1916, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—RANGIORA COUNTY.

Reserve No. 958, Block VI, Rangiora Survey District: Area, 20 acres; minimum annual rent, £4.

Situated on the south bank of the Ashley River a little over a mile from Bells Railway-station by good road. All flat land, fair sandy soil with ridges of gravel, covered with patches of gorse.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. The lease shall be for seven years, without right of renewal, and shall be subject to resumption by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Crown.

3. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation, either on account of any improvements that may be placed upon 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 any fences or buildings erected by him on the land, but not otherwise.

4. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

5. 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.