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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 Otago Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 28th June, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, in terms of section 138 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Friday, 1st October, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.-TUAPEKA COUNTY.-GREENVALE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Part Section 2, Block XIII : Area, 51 acres 3 roods 17 perches.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

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 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.

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 Is. 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.

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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.

Pastoral Runs in Westland Land District for License by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 28th June, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that licenses for terms of twenty-one years over the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Tuesday, the 17th day of August, 1915, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—PASTORAL RUNS.—CLASS A.
Grey County.

Run 625, May (part national endowment): Area, 34,300 acres ; upset annual rent, £6.

Weighted with £130, valuation for improvements consisting of clearing and grassing.

Comprises part of the upper valley of the Grey River, and the valleys of the May and Brown Grey Rivers, with a considerable area of open mountain-tops. About 1,000 acres is fairly flat land, heavily timbered, and there are some grass flats in the river-beds. A large part of the area consists of steep hillsides, covered with birch forest. Greatest altitude, about 5,000 ft. Accessible by horse-tracks from Reefton, a distance of about twenty miles.

Westland County.

Run 635, Haast and Burke Rivers : Area, 5,000 acres ; upset annual rent, £5.

Situated on the Haast River, about thirty miles from its mouth, and comprising about 200 acres good open flat land, 300 acres flat land carrying ribbonwood and black scrub, 300 acres open hilltop tussock country, and balance steep sideling covered with dense mixed bush. Rabbits are somewhat numerous. Access by Haast Pass Track, twenty-two miles from Haast Post and Telephone Office, and sixteen miles from Makarora Post and Telephone Office.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
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 education 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.