JULY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2299

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, five years, without right of renewal.
2. One half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. No declaration is required. Residence and improvements are 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.
4. Possession will be given on the date of sale, from which date the rent will commence.
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 lessee shall have the right to use the land comprised in the lease for grazing and cropping purposes only.
8. All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for such purposes as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may deem expedient.
9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, broom, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
10. 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.
11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the 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 the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, and the Local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 5th July, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 18th August, 1915, in terms of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMEA COUNTY.—WANGAPEKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 3, Block III: Area, 45 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset yearly rent, £5.

Weighted with £8, valuation for fencing.

About 30 acres fair, flat, ploughable land; remainder steep hills covered with fern, manuka, and blackberries. Distant about forty-nine miles from Nelson—thirty-seven by train and twelve by formed road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease shall be for the term of twenty-one years, without right of renewal.

2. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser, and shall deposit one half-year’s rent, together with rent for the broken period between the date of sale and the 1st day of January, 1916, £1 1s. lease fee, and valuation for improvements.

3. 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.

4. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

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 lease will 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.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th July, 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 14th day of October, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OMAPERE SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 9, Block III: Area, 144 acres 0 roods 20 perches.

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, 19th March, 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 Monday, the 26th day of July, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Forest Reserve, Block X, Takahue Survey District: Area, 532 acres.

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, 7th June, 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 16th day of September, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Part Section 10, Block V, and Section 3, Block IX, Wharepapa Survey District: Area, 54 acres 3 roods 16 perches.

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, 10th April, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 26th day of July, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTOMA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 3, Block VIII: Area, 57 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 3rd May, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the west part of Section 4, Block VII, Pouatu, containing approximately 25 acres, will be disposed of under section 131 of the said Act on or after Friday, the 6th day of August, 1915.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.