Dec. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3969

The reserve is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 17th November, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction at the Public Hall, Aria, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 19th January, 1916, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF ARIA.

Suburban Land.

| 29 | .. | 14 3 4 | 2 12 6 | Seven years. |
| 30 | .. | 9 3 1 | 2 12 6 | „ |
| 33 | .. | 11 2 35 | 2 2 0 | „ |
| 47 | .. | 4 0 23 | 1 0 0 | „ |

The town sections comprise level or undulating land, in grass.
The suburban sections comprise level to easy sloping and partly steep country, the greater part being ploughable; covered with fern and manuka, with a small patch of mixed bush on Section 29. Good soil, and well watered. Section 47 is partly swampy.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee.
3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
4. The leases shall be for the term of years specified, without right of renewal, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
6. 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.
7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, 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, sweetbrier, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

The lands are described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 10th November, 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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 7th December, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOMO COUNTY.—TOTORO SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.—National Endowment.

SECTION 1, Block II; Area, 167 acres; capital value, £290; half-yearly rent, £5 16s.

Situated on Tuhua Road. Access from Te Kuiti, about ten miles and a half distant—by a good metalled wagon-road for nine miles, balance by a road formed for wheel traffic. There is a school within two miles, and a post-office and telephone office within two miles and a half. Comprises easy to rather steep country, the frontage of the section being inferior, but very fair from the entre to the back. The forest varies from fern, tutu, and manuka to light bush comprising tawa, tawhero, and hinau, &c., and a light undergrowth of supplejacks, ferns, pongas, &c. About 20 acres has been felled and grassed, but is now in fern and rubbish. Soil is of inferior to poor quality, on rhyolite and papa formation; well watered.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland District for Lease by Public Tender.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 7th day of January, 1916, for a lease for ten years of the undermentioned land, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HOKIANGA COUNTY.—RAWENE TOWN.

SECTION 247C: Area, 13 perches; annual rental (minimum), £12.

Situated adjoining wharf at Rawene, in main street. Weighted with £400, being valuation for improvements consisting of store and dwelling.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease shall be subject to resumption by six months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Crown.
2. 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.
3. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
4. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land, 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.
5. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.
6. Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.
7. Tenders to be endorsed on the outside “Tender for Lease,” and to be accompanied by the first half-year’s rent, at the rate tendered, and lease fee (£1 1s.).
8. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.