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zones. Whilst in these zones the operator is to be kept
supplied, while on watch, with the position of the vessel.
This is to be communicated to the operator in writing, and
is to be corrected every half-hour.

7. Outside the waters named in par. 4 private messages
   are admitted, but they must be in plain language (English
   or French), and must bear the name of the sender as signature.

Note.—From 1st June, owners wishing to divert their
ships by wireless should send the necessary message direct,
and not through the Director Mercantile Movements as
heretofore.

Naval Staff, Admiralty, 24th May, 1919.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 51 of 1919.

BUOYS IN APIA HARBOUR, SAMOA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th August, 1919.

THE Port Authorities in Apia, Samoa, have notified that
the mooring-buoys in Apia Harbour are now painted
black, and numbered, from east to west, 1, 2, and 3.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 1339 and
2211; "Pacific Directory, Central Group," Vol. II, fourth
edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 92.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Government Offices to be closed on Monday, 22nd September,
1919.—Dominion Day.

AS provided under Public Service Regulations, the
Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be
closed on Monday, the 22nd September, 1919, in celebration
of the twelfth anniversary of the day on which the Colony of
New Zealand was created a Dominion.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Marlborough Land District declared forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th August, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Marlborough Land Board, the said land
has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of
the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 9 and 10, Block VII, Heringa Survey District.
Tenure: Occupation with right of purchase, License No.
68. Formerly held by Martha Jane Beardsley. Reason
for forfeiture: Non-compliance with residence conditions.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th August, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has
thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement
Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Run 561, Ahuriri and Benmore. Tenure: Special tenure,
Lease No. 15. Formerly held by James McCreary.
Reason for forfeiture: Holding abandoned.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands at Hanmer Springs, Canterbury Land District, for Lease
by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 11th August, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for lease by public auction at the Dis-
trict Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 11 o'clock a.m.
on Tuesday, the 23rd day of September, 1919.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—AMURI COUNTY.—HANMER
SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

SECTION 6, Block II: Area, 1 rood 32 perches; upset annual
rent, £3.

Section 21, Block III: Area, 3 roods; upset annual rent,
£1 10s.

Section 22, Block III: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 26 perches;
upset annual rent, £1 10s.

Section 1, Block V: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rent,
£1 10s.

Good flat land, near the Hanmer Springs.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of a half-year's rent, together with £1 1s.
   lease fee and valuation for improvements, must be paid on
   the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on day of sale, or on approval
   by the Land Board of the application.

3. The leases will be for a term of twenty-one years, with
   a right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free of
   all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-
   one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the land
   and determine the lease.

5. The lessee shall have no right to mortgage, 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.

6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall
   prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse,
   broom, sweetbrier, and other noxious weeds or plants on the
   land comprised in the lease; and shall with all reasonable
   despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom,
   sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed
   by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on,
   upon the land or any part thereof any noisy, noxious, or
   offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done
   thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an annoy-
   ance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.

9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term,
   not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh
   lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all
   improvements which he shall have effected upon the land, so
   far as the same are existing and unexhausted.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to the Dis-
trict Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

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

Land in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th July, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land will be offered for sale by public
auction at this office at 11 a.m. on Friday, the 29th day of
August, 1919, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—STEWART ISLAND COUNTY.—
PEGASUS SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 30, Block III: Area, 50 acres; upset annual rental,
£1 5s.

Weighted with valuation for improvements consisting of
two dwellinghouses valued at £700.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term, twenty-one years from 1st January, 1920.

2. No right of renewal, and no valuation for improvements.

3. Eradication of noxious weeds.

4. No assignment, sublease, or mortgage without consent.

5. A deposit of a year's rent at the rate offered, valuation
   for improvements, and £1 1s. lease fee to be paid on the fall
   of the hammer.

6. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

Further particulars may be obtained on application to this
office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.