Mar. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 915

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District classified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th March, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed to classify and report on rural lands in Otago Land District have classified the pastoral runs in the Schedule hereto as therein noted.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Class A.—Pastoral Lands.

Being Lands suitable exclusively for Pasturage and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of a Carrying-capacity of less than 5,000 Sheep.

Run 346, Lake County: Area, 14,300 acres.
Run 346D, Lake County: Area, 16,000 acres.
Run 419, Lake County: Area, 11,200 acres.
Runs 13, 15, and 16 (Wakatipu), Lake County: Area, 29,190 acres.
Run 11 (Wakatipu), Lake County: Area, 13,320 acres.
Runs 17, 20, 21, and 22 (Wakatipu), Lake County: Area, 98,600 acres.
Run 10 (Wakatipu), Lake County: Area, 10,831 acres.
Run 432 (Wakatipu), Vincent County: Area, 9,500 acres.

Class B.—Pastoral Agricultural Lands.

Being Lands adapted in Part for Pasturage and in Part for Agricultural Purposes, but suitable for Subdivision in Areas not exceeding 5,000 Acres.

Sections 27 to 30, Block I, Glenorchy, and 39, Block I, Upper Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 220 acres 3 roods 24 perches.
Run 32 (Wakatipu), Lake County: Area, 2,400 acres.
Run 245F, Vincent County: Area, 1,950 acres.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 8th March, 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, on Friday, the 30th day of April, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under section 25 of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Sections 1025, 1026, and 1028 (education reserve), Town of Picton; upset annual rental, £5; term of lease, twenty-one years; area, 3 roods.

Level land, well adapted for a site for a gentleman’s residence and garden; creek runs through lower portion.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on day of sale.
2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st day of January and 1st July in each year.
3. The lease shall be for the term stated from the 1st July, 1915.
4. The lessee shall have no right against the Crown or the Land Board to compensation, either for improvements he may place upon the land or for any other cause. Improvements effected with the consent of the Marlborough Land Board upon the land shall be paid for by the incoming lessee.
5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in his lease without the consent of the Marlborough Land Board first had and obtained.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants 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 said Commissioner of Crown lands.
7. 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.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 15th March, 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, on Friday, the 30th day of April, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFFORD BAY SURVEY DISTRICT.

Sections 10 and 11, Block XIV: Area, 15 acres 0 roods 8 perches (plantation reserve); upset annual rental, £10; term of lease, fourteen years.

Flat land. About 100 ft. above sea-level. Good soil; watered by Blind River. Distant about six miles from Town of Seddon by good formed road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. The lease shall be for the term stated from the 1st July, 1915.
4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation for improvements, but improvements other than boundary fences may be removed at end of lease.
5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his lease without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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 for the Marlborough Land District.
7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of blackberry, gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all blackberry, gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the said Commissioner of Crown lands.
8. 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.

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.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Accommodation-house Reserves in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 15th March, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday, the 13th May, 1915, at 12 o’clock noon, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Inangahua Junction Accommodation-house Reserve.

Part Section 28, Square 134, Block V, Inangahua Survey District: Area, 8 acres 2 roods 26 perches; upset rental, £5 per annum; term of lease, fourteen years.

Weighted with £1,675, valuation for improvements.

Situated at Inangahua Junction, about twenty-one miles from Reefton, on the main road from Nelson to the West Coast.

The land is all in grass, and part has been cultivated. It is ring fenced, and subdivided into several paddocks.

The improvements consist of fencing, clearing, cultivating, draining, orchard, and the following buildings: A thirteen-roomed hotel (now licensed), two cottages, dairy and store-