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Normanby to Manaia – Mount Egmont Road via Okaiawa : All that portion of the Normanby to Manaia – Mount Egmont Road via Okaiawa, commencing at the Post-office, Okaiawa, and proceeding thence generally in a westerly direction, and terminating at the western boundary of the County of Hawera, passing through the County of Hawera, being a distance of 2 miles 20 chains, more or less :
As the said public highways are more particularly delineated on the plan marked M.H. 28, deposited in the office of the Main Highways Board at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured blue.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.
Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE : R.L. Lease No. 161. Section 6, Block I, Whirinaki Survey District. Formerly held by W. Sheehan. Reason for forfeiture : At request.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th March, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 8, Bankfield Settlement, Tenure S.T.L./S. 168. Formerly held by A. M. Thomson. Reason for forfeiture : Section abandoned.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th March, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the under-mentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTIONS 55 and 59, Block III, 3 and 6, Block V, Oteramika Hundred. Tenure : O.R.P. License No. 363. Former licensee : Twentymen Hodgson (deceased). Reason for forfeiture : Arrears of rent.
Sections 69 and 70, Block III, Oteramika Hundred. Tenure : O.R.P. License No. 530. Former licensee : Twentymen Hodgson (deceased). Reason for forfeiture : Arrears of rent.
Sections 9, 15, 18, Block V, Oteramika Hundred. Tenure : O.R.P. License No. 547. Former licensee : Twentymen Hodgson (deceased). Reason for forfeiture : Arrears of rent.
Section 9, Block X, Campbelltown Hundred. Tenure : O.R.P. License No. 716. Former licensee : Alexander Hillis. Reason for forfeiture : Arrears of rent.
Section 17, Block XII, Oteramika Hundred. Tenure : O.R.P. License No. 761. Former licensee : Arthur Thomas Waghorn. Reason for forfeiture : Arrears of rent.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Pastoral Run in Southland Land District open for License by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 24th March, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 14th day of May, 1925, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.
RUN 150B, Wallace County : Area, 1,601 acres. Term, 35 years from 1st March, 1926. Upset annual rent, £40.
The run is situated in the Taringatura District, about eight miles from Dipton, and comprises medium hill tussock-covered land. Good sheep country. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to l,500 ft. above sea-level.
Three months before the expiry of the existing license on 28th February, 1926, all improvements will be valued by arbitration and such valuation shall be based on the worth of the said improvements to the incoming licensee. The purchaser of the license shall, before being let into possession, pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue the value of the improvements on the run as so determined in accordance with the provisions of section 284 of the Land Act, 1924.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Term of license : Thirty-five years from 1st March, 1926.
2. Purchaser or applicant must be over twenty-one years of age.
3. One half-year's rent, £l ls. license fee, and statutory declaration to be deposited by the purchaser on the fall of the hammer, or on being declared the successful applicant.
4. No person may hold more than one run except on the recommendation of the Land Board and with the approval of the Minister of Lands. If a husband holds a run, his wife is deemed to be a runholder, and vice versa.
5. Rent is payable half-yearly in advance on 1st March and 1st September in each year. If not paid within thirty days of due date a penalty of 10 per centum is added.
6. Term of license to be as stated hereon with contingent right of renewal over the whole or a subdivision of the run for a similar term.
7. Licensee to prevent destruction or burning of timber, burning of snow tussock, burning of any tussock on the land, or not permit any tussock to be burned save with the prior consent in writing of the Land Board ; to prevent growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants ; to keep down rabbits, and to refrain from burning grass during such months as the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall from time to time determine.
8. Licensee to have no right to the timber or flax on the land comprised in the license.
9. With the permission of the Land Board the licensee may—
   (a.) Cultivate a portion of the run and grow winter feed thereon.
   (b.) Plough and sow in grass any area not exceeding 3,000 acres.
   (c.) Clear of bush or scrub any portion of the run and sow same in grass.
   (d.) Surface-sow in grass any portion of the run.
   On the expiry of license the value of licensee’s improvements will be protected.
10. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated. Full particulars may be obtained on application to this office.
    K. M. GRAHAM,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 24th March, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., on Wednesday, the 29th day of April, 1925, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 132, Town of Picton : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, £2 10s.