Sept. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2975

Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 19th October, 1916, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Pahiatua County.—Makuri Survey District.

SECTION 23D, Block I: Area, 4 acres 3 roods; upset annual rent, £1 5s.; term, fourteen years.

Situated about a mile from the Kohinui School and post-office; on the Woodville—Aohanga Road near its junction with the Tiraumea Valley and Waituna Roads, and about six miles from the Mangatainoka Railway-station by a metalled road. Comprises partly terrace flat and sloping land, falling steeply towards the Tiraumea River and Waitakotoru Stream. Covered with fern and grass and some dry and green tawa; soil of fair quality, on shingle and papa formation.

Pohangina County.—Apti Township.

Sections 81 and 84: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rent, £1 5s.; term, seven years.

Situated in Apati Township, having a frontage to Ballance Street, which is metalled; within easy distance from post-office and business places. Flat grassed land, fenced on sides and front. Soil is of good quality, on shingle formation.

Kairanga County.—Town of Bunnythorpe.

Sections 1113 and 1114: Area, 2 roods 32 perches; upset annual rent, £1 5s.; term, seven years.

Situated in Town of Bunnythorpe, the access being from Bunnythorpe Railway-station, which is about twelve chains distant by formed and metalled roads. Flat land, all in grass, with a frontage of about seven chains to formed road. Soil of good quality, on shingle formation.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee.

2. The lease shall be for the term stated, without right of renewal.

3. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation on account of any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or for any other cause; but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove any fences or buildings erected by him on the land, but not otherwise.

4. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

5. 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.

6. 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 noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

8. The lease shall 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 have been fulfilled.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th September, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 20th October, 1916, under the provisions of section 130 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—NIMROD SURVEY DISTRICT.

RESERVE No. 2447, Block IV: Area, 30 acres; term, five years; upset annual rent, £7.

Reserve No. 2448, Block IV: Area, 58 acres; term five years; upset annual rent, £13.

Reserves are situated on the western side of the Whiterock River, at the foot of the eastern slope of Mount Nimrod, about four miles and a half southward from the Cannington Homestead, and about eleven miles south-westward from Cave Railway-station. They comprise stony terrace land and river-flats, with native pasture surface sown with English grasses. There are about 90 chains of fencing on Reserve 2447, and about 140 chains of fencing on Reserve 2448, which are the property of the outgoing tenants.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. The lease shall be for five years, without right of renewal, and shall be subject to resumption by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Crown.

3. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation, either on account of any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, or for any other cause; but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove any fences or buildings erected by him on the land, but not otherwise.

4. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

5. 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.

6. 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 noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall once a year during the said term, and at the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim all live fences now on the demised land, or which may be planted thereon during the said term.

8. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

9. The lease shall 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 have been fulfilled.

10. Possession will be given on date of the sale.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th September, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 20th October, 1916, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domain Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

RESERVE 3093, Blocks X and XIV, Halswell Survey District: Area, 8 acres; upset annual rent, £4 16s.; term of lease, seven years.

Situated in the Rabbit Island Village Settlement, between the main Christchurch—Little River Road and the Halswell River, about thirty chains northerly from the Motukarara Railway-station. Low-lying land, with light sandy loam soil.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.