JULY 29.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Settlement Lands in Otago Land District open for Selection.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 28th July, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for selection on renewable lease under the
provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be
received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin,
up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 7th September, 1915.
Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land
Board at the Courthouse, Oamaru, on Thursday, the 9th Sep-
tember, 1915, at 2 o'clock p.m., to answer any questions the
Land Board may ask, but if any applicant so desires he may
be examined by the Land Board of the district in which he
resides.
The ballot will be held at the Courthouse, Oamaru, at the
conclusion of the examination of applicants.
Preference will be given to landless applicants who have
children dependent on them or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.
SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.--WAITAKI COUNTY.--KAUROO SURVEY DISTRICT.--MARAWEKA SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.
SECTION 1A : Area, 276 acres 0 roods 22 perches; capital
value, £4,070; half-yearly rent, £91 11s. 6d.
Section 2A : Area, 169 acres 2 roods 37 perches; capital
value, £2,530; half-yearly rent, £56 18s. 6d.
Section 3A: Area, 213 acres 0 roods 18 perches; capital
value, £3,500; half-yearly rent, £78 15s.
Section 4A: Area 228 acres 3 roods .8 perches; capital
value, £4,090; half-yearly rent, £92 0s. 6d.
Section 5A: Area, 213 acres 2 roods 5 perches; capital
value, £2,920; half-yearly rent, £65 14s.
Section 6A: Area, 217 acres 2 roods 20 perches; capital
value, £2,790; half-yearly rent, £62 15s. 6d.
Section 7A: Area, 473 acres 0 roods 4 perches; capital
value, £4,940; half-yearly rent, £111 3s.
The improvements which are included in the capital value
of the land consist of wire fencing and gorse hedges, valued
as follows: Section 1A, £59 2s.; Section 2A, £65 19s.; Section
3A, £98 3s.; Section 4A, £104 17s. 6d.; Section 5A, £45 4s.; Section 6A, £61 17s.; Section 7A, £156 14s.
Maraeweka Settlement is situated about six miles from
Maheno Railway-station and fifteen miles from the Town of
Oamaru by a good coach-road, and adjoins the Kauroo Hills
Settlement. The settlement comprises flats and low spurs,
a great proportion of which has been ploughed or is plough-
able. The soil is a black loam, on a clay formation. Altitude, from 300 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Some of the
land is suitable for dairying, and the whole for mixed farming.
The quality of the soil varies from very fair to very good. A
school-site has been reserved on the settlement, and the Education Department has the erection of a school under consideration.
ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land District will be disposed of, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, on or after Monday, 1st November, 1915.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District open for Selection.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th July, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the
Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the under-
mentioned land is open for sale or selection on the optional
system; and applications will be received at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Nelson, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednes-
day, 11th August, 1915.
SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.--WAIMEA COUNTY.--HOPE SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.
SECTION 5, Block VII : Area, 571 acres; capital value, £660.
Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £16 10s.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £13 4s.
Altitude rises from about 1,400 ft. in Lamb Valley to
1,800 ft. on top of spur forming southern boundary. About
80 acres rather cold and shaded, with outcrops of shattered
granite rock; balance fair sheep-country. Bush heavy,
brown and red birch, with a few rimu. Underscrub of horo-
pito, puka, and black scrub on creek-flats, and birch scrub in
gullies. Good soil along top of spurs; well watered. Access
by proposed road up Lamb Valley. Distant about 60 chains
from Glenhope. There is a good homestead-site near south-
west corner of old Section 4.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 26th July, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned educa-
tion reserve will be offered for lease by public auction
at this office on Friday, the 3rd day of September, 1915,
at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education
Reserves Act, 1908, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908,
and amendments.
SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
SECTIONS 1025, 1026, and 1028 (education reserve), Town of
Picton; upset annual rent, £5; area, 3 roods.
Level land, well adapted for a site for a gentleman's residence and garden; creek runs through lower portion.
TERMS AND CONDITION OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the 1st day of January, 1916,
   and rent will commence from that date.

2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free
   from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st day of January
   and 1st day of July in each year.

3. The lease shall be for the term of twenty-one years
   from 1st day of January, 1916, with perpetual right of
   renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.

4. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If
   lessee does not desire a new lease at end of any term, land to
   be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value
   of the improvements, which is to be handed over to the
   outgoing lessee.

5. No assignment, sublease, or other disposition of lease
   without consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee to improve the land, and keep it clear of all
   noxious weeds.

7. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid
   on all rent in arrear.

8. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before subdividing,
   erecting any building, or effecting other improvements.

9. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Otago liable to Forfeiture.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 26th July, 1915.
PURSUANT to section 251 of the Land Act, 1908, notice
is hereby given to the occupier of the undermentioned
pastoral run that the pastoral license thereof is liable to for-
feiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with the
full amount of the penalty, be not paid within three months
after the date of the insertion of this notice in the Gazette
the license will be declared forfeited.
SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Section 7, Block I, Kaitangata Survey District.
LICENSE No. 1460. Licensee: Jas. Allen. County of Bruce.
ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1915.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th July, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the
Land Act, 1908, that six acres of Crown land adjoining
Section 1, Block IX, Mangamuka Survey District, Auckland