May 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1365

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Lands and Survey Department, Auckland, 15th May, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District liable for Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 16th May, 1922.

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 forfeiture, 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

LICENSE No. 40; Pastoral Run No. 3, Waitara; Petera Rapihana (lessee).

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th May, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned 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.

SECTION 38, Crosshill Settlement. Tenure: Special Tenure Lease (Sett.) 81. Formerly held by Roland St. Clair Dorreen. Reason for forfeiture: Section abandoned.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Surrender of Lease in Canterbury Land District accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th May, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that a surrender of the lease of the undermentioned land has been accepted by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, and 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 4, Hawthorne Settlement. Tenure: S.T.L./S 198. Formerly held by Malcolm Joseph Brown. Reason for surrender: Cannot carry on.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for License.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 15th May, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for license for a term of thirty-five years under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 18th July, 1922.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, 20th July, 1922, at 10 o’clock a.m.; but if any applicant so desires, he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them, to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of the ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully, to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force, and to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

WAIMATE COUNTY.—HEWLINGS, DALZELL, AND GIBSON SURVEY DISTRICTS.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

PART Waitangi Run 66A: Area, 21,200 acres; annual rent, £550; term, thirty-five years.

All pastoral country, with flats (more or less stony) along the Waitaki River, remainder rough broken country ranging from 800 ft. to 6,300 ft. The vegetation consists mostly of native grasses. Well watered.

The improvements that go with the land are about thirty miles of boundary and subdivisional fencing valued at £1,197. Access is from Kurow Railway-station, about thirteen miles by fairly good road. Rabbits are somewhat numerous on this block, but they are now being trapped and poisoned. Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing Rights in Auckland Land District open for Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th May, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up till 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 19th June, 1922, for a two years’ tenancy without right of renewal of the undermentioned land, under the provisions of section 2 of the Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

PART Section 407, Town of Hamilton West (Post and Telegraph reserve): Area, 3 acres (approximately); upset annual rental, £26.