Wallace County.—Jacob's River Hundred.

Part Section 19, Block V : Area, 70 acres 3 roods 9 perches ; upset annual rental, £12 10s.
Land of good quality. Situated six miles from Riverton,
the road for last mile being unformed; tour miles from dairy factory, and three miles from Gummies Bush School and post-office. Weighted with £10, valuation for fencing.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on 1st May, 1916, and the term of the lease will commence from 1st July, 1916.
2. A half-year's rent at the rate offered and rent for the broken period between 1st May, 1916, and 30th June, 1916, lease and registration fees, and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.
4. Rent of renewal leases to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire new lease at end of term, land to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value of the improvements, which value will be paid to outgoing lessee.
5. No assignment or sublease without consent.
6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum on rent in arrears.
7. Lessee to improve the land and keep it clear of all weeds.
8. Consent of the 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 is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

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

Education Reserves in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction, for terms as set out below, without right of renewal, at this office on Tuesday, 21st March, 1916, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

(For Fourteen Years.)
Town of Invercargill.
Section 2, Block XLIII : Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £15.
One-chain frontage to Tyne Street. Weighted with £2,200, valuation for buildings, &c.

Town of South Lumsden.
Sections 4 to 7, Block VIII : Area, 102 acres 0 roods 32 perches ; upset annual rental, £25 10s.
Situated a mile and a half from Lumsden Railway-station, post-office, and school. Level land; soil inclined to be shingly and light; all under cultivation. Weighted with £86 9s., valuation for fencing.

(For Twelve Years.)
Invercargill Hundred.
Lot 28 of Section 25, Block XV : Area, 1 acre 2 roods 24 perches; upset annual rental, £5.
Situated at Waikiwi tram terminus. Weighted with £5 14s., valuation for fencing.

(For Twenty-one Years.)
Town of Invercargill.
Section 14, Block XLV : Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £10.
One-chain frontage to Tweed Street.
Section 8, Block XXXII : Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £10.
One-chain frontage to Teviot Street. Weighted with £700, valuation for house and outbuildings.
Section 20, Block XXXVII : Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £7 10s.
One-chain frontage to Earn Street. Valuation for dwelling, outhouse, and fencing, £275.

Town of Lumsden.
Section 13, Block III : Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, 10s.
One-chain frontage to Folia Street. Weighted with £50, valuation for improvements.
Section 8, Block VI : Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £1 10s.
Frontage to Verona Street. Weighted with £2 5s., valuation for fencing.
Section 10, Block VI : Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £1 10s.
Frontage to Verona Street. Weighted with £3 15s., valuation for fencing.

Town of South Lumsden.
Section 8, Block II : Area, 8 acres 3 roods 35 perches; upset annual rental, £3 12s.
Within a mile of Lumsden Railway-station, post-office, and school. Good agricultural land. Valuation for fencing, £3 2s. 6d.
Sections 4 and 7, Block VII : Area, 17 acres 2 roods 20 perches; upset annual rental, £7.
Within a mile of Lumsden Railway.station, post-office, and school. Good agricultural land. Valuation for fencing, £2 17s. 6d.

Town of East Winton.
Section 11, Block VI : Area, 4 acres 1 rood 3 perches; upset annual rental, £4 5s.
Good level land, with frontage to main road. Situated three-quarters of a mile from Winton School, post-office, and railway-station, and a mile and a half from dairy factory. Weighted with £5 3s., valuation for fencing.
Section 23, Block VII : Area, 9 acres 3 roods 38 perches; upset annual rental, £6 10s.
Good level land, situated one mile from Winton School, railway-station, and post-office, and within two miles of dairy factory. Weighted with £6 15s., valuation for improvements.

Town of Gore.
Section 2, Block XIX : Area, 25 perches; upset annual rental, £3.
Section has frontage to main road in North Gore. Weighted with £315, valuation for house, fencing, &c.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on 1st May, 1916.
2. A half-year's rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period between 1st May, 1916, and 30th June, 1916, lease and registration fees, and valuation for improvements, to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. The terms of the leases are as shown in Schedule above, without right of renewal.
4. At the end of the term lease to be offered at auction for a further term, at rental to be fixed by arbitration, the incoming lessee to pay the value of the improvements, which is to be handed over to the outgoing lessee.
5. No assignment or sublease without consent of Land Board.
6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
7. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before subdividing, erecting any buildings, or effecting other improvements.
8. Leases will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
9. Leases liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

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

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 9th February, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 13th March, 1916.
Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 15th March, 1916, at 10 o'clock a.m., or at the Courthouse, Oamaru, on Thursday, 16th March, at 1 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 on Thursday, 16th March, 1916.