APRIL 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1253

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.

Lands in the Westland Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 8th April, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned sections will be open for application at this office on or after Friday, 14th May, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Renewable Lease.

SECTION 2463, Block I, Wataroa Survey District: Area, 348 acres; annual rental, £7 4s.
About 215 acres undulating land, covered with mixed bush, the remainder open swamp and manuka scrub; well watered. Situated fourteen miles and a half from Matainui Post and Telephone Office and cheese-factory—by dray-road for eight miles and a half, and remainder by river-bed. The ford over the Wataroa River is not always passable.

Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, Block X, Mawheraiti Survey District: Area, 219 acres 1 rood; annual rental, £6 16s.
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. With the exception of about 12 acres of open plain carrying native grass and bracken fern, the sections comprise bush land carrying birch, rimu, kahikatea, miro, &c., from which the timber of commercial value has been removed. Soil of fair quality, of a depth of from 4 in. to 12 in. The area is divided into two flats by a terrace of about 40 ft. in height. Distant about three miles from Totara Flat Railway-station and post and telegraph office by road and horse-track, and ford across the Grey River.

Section 2803, Block VIII, Gillespies Survey District: Area, 330 acres; annual rental, £6 16s.
Altitude, from 5 ft. to 80 ft. above sea-level. About 190 acres gradually rising land, rather inferior; remainder flat land, somewhat wet in places. Wholly covered with heavy bush of rimu, mito, and kamahi. Pastoral land; well watered. Distant half a mile from Waikukupa Post-office, and thirteen miles and a half from Port of Okarito. Exempt from rent for three years.

Section 2971, Block I, Waiho Survey District: Area, 321 acres; annual rental, £6 16s.
Altitude, about 40 ft. above sea-level. Flat land, somewhat wet. Soil of sandy nature, on gravel subsoil. About 240 acres is covered with white-pine, and the remainder carries mixed bush of rimu, kamahi, and white-pine. Well watered pastoral land. Distant eight miles and three-quarters from Waiho Post and Telephone Office. Exempt from rent for three years.

Section 2592, Block I, Punakaiki Survey District: Area, 350 acres; annual rental, £7 4s.
Altitude, from 20 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Comprises broken limestone hills, covered with bush consisting of birch, rata, and red-pine; well watered. Fronts Inland Road, a formed pack-track. Distant from Greymouth twenty-eight miles, and from Barrytown eleven miles.

Section 11, Block XXXVII, Runanga Township: Area, 1 rood 3 perches; annual rental, £1.
Weighted with £110, valuation for improvements consisting of dwellinghouse, &c.

Section 5, Block XV, Runanga Township: Area, 1 rood 1 perch; annual rental, £1.
Weighted with £10, valuations for improvements consisting of dwellinghouse, &c.

License under Regulations for Occupation of Pastoral Lands in Karamea and Westland Mining Districts.

Section 2971, Block VI, Otira Survey District.
Situated on the main Kumara–Christchurch Road, about a mile and a half from Jackson’s Railway-station and post and telephone office. Comprises bushclad flat and terrace land, the higher parts being somewhat stony. Soil of fair quality.

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

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 9, Block IX, Hunua Survey District, containing 10 acres 1 rood 10 perches, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Wednesday, the 19th day of May, 1915.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.