916

room, cow-shed and stable, barn and other sheds. Messrs.
Newman Brothers', coach proprietors, stables are not included in the sale.

Warwick Junction Accommodation-house Reserve.

Section 1, Block XII, Burnett Survey District : Area,
136 acres 1 rood; upset rental, £10 per annum; term of lease, twenty-one years.

Weighted with £1,611 17s. 6d., valuation for improvements consisting of large two-story house, with stable, barn, cow-shed, and other outbuildings, fencing, orchard, and cultivation.

Situated near the junction of Warwick Creek with Maruia River, about thirty miles from Murchison and fifty miles from Reefton. Open country, with exception of about 20 acres of manuka scrub. Soil varies from very good to very poor, the larger portion being poor shallow soil or gravel terraces.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser, and shall deposit one half-year's rent, £1 1s. lease fee, and valuation for improvements.

2. The lease shall be for the term specified, without right of renewal, but shall be subject to termination at any time by twelve months' notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

3. Improvements made under the authority of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson, will be protected.

4. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1915.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st day of January and July in each year.

6. The lessee will 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 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.

8. The accommodation-houses on the reserves shall be kept open as places of public entertainment for the use of travellers, for whose exclusive use suitable accommodation and provisions shall be provided at the following rates, and for whose horses and cattle a sufficient supply of sound oats and hay shall be provided at rates mentioned below. The lessees will not suffer any sheep to feed or pasture on paddocks, which shall be kept exclusively for the use of travellers' horses and cattle.

Charges for Accommodation of Travellers.
Inangahua Junction Accommodation-house—
s. d.
Meals (each), not exceeding .. .. .. 1 6
Beds (each), not exceeding .. .. .. 1 6
Horse-feed, with oats .. .. .. 1 6

Warwick Junction Accommodation-house—
Meals (each), not exceeding .. .. .. 2 0
Beds (each), not exceeding .. .. .. 2 0
Horse-feed, with oats .. .. .. 2 0

9. The lease will be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the Lands and Survey Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 15th day of April, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TOWN OF BARKLY.

Suburban Land.

Section 14 : Area, 3 acres 32 perches.

,, 15 : ,, 3 acres 32 perches.

,, 20 : ,, 9 acres 1 rood 29 perches.

G. H. M. McCURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th December, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the land known as the Telegraph Reserve, running through Sections 137, 138, 140, and 142, Parish of Tuhikaramaea, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Land Act, 1908, on or after Thursday, the 8th day of April, 1915. The approximate area of th said reserve is 3 acres 2 roods.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Lot 8, Section 3, Howick Town, Auckland Land District, containing 1 rood 29 perches, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Friday, the 30th day of April, 1915.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 12, Block IX, Kaitieke Survey District, containing 6 acres 0 roods 14 perches, will be disposed of under the provisions of section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or after Wednesday, the 21st day of April, 1915.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Reserve No. 2977, Block XV, Shepherd's Bush Survey District, Canterbury Land District, containing 8 acres 2 roods 7 perches, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 15th day of April, 1915.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 14th January, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 29th day of April, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.