JULY 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2585

Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at this office on Wednesday, the 29th day of September, 1915, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MAKARA COUNTY.—HAWTREY SETTLEMENT.

Hawtrey Settlement is situated about 12 chains from Johnsonville Railway-station, and adjoins the northern boundary of the township. It is subdivided into areas containing good building-sites, and is suitable for persons employed in the city who wish to establish homes of their own.

The land is in grass, having been cleared and sown many years ago. The soil is of fair quality, on rock formation.

T. N. BRODRICK,
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.

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.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Application for Road Access to Lot 32, Parish of Rangitaiki.

Office of the Registrar,
Native Land Court, Waiariki District,
Rotorua, 7th July, 1915.

WHEREAS, in order to give access to the land known as Lot 32, Parish of Rangitaiki, application has been made to the Court, under the provisions of sections 49 and 50 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1913, to lay off a line of road through the lands known as Lots 38A No. 1 and 31P of the Parish of Rangitaiki:

Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that at a sitting of the Court to be held at Whakatane on the 29th day of July, 1915, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow, all objections to the laying-off of the said line of road through the said lands will be heard and determined.

H. S. KING,
Registrar.