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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12
Workers’ Dwellings at Sydenham, Christchurch, for Lease, with Right to acquire the Freehold.
District Lands Office, Christchurch, 14th January, 1907.
NOTICE is hereby given that applications for the undermentioned workers’ dwellings will be received at this office, subject to the provisions of “The Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1905,” and its amendments and regulations made thereunder, from 10 o’clock a.m. on Monday, the 11th day of February, 1907, to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th day of February, 1907.
No deposit is required with any application, but every successful applicant shall before being admitted to possession pay the amount of the first month’s rent and 10s. for the registration of the lease: Provided that the successful applicant may, with the permission of the Land Board, pay the sum of £1 as part of the first month’s rent, and undertake to complete the payment within thirty days, together with the registration fee.
Applicants will be required to appear before the Land Board, at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 14th day of February, 1907, at 7.30 p.m., to answer any questions or produce such evidence as the Board deems necessary.
The ballot for the dwellings, if there is more than one applicant for the same dwelling, will be held at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, on Friday, the 15th day of February, 1907, at 7.30 o’clock p.m. Possession will be given immediately on the completion of the dwellings.
Copies of the regulations may be obtained on application, and designs inspected, at the District Lands Office, Christchurch.
SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Workers’ Dwellings.
Open for lease for a period of fifty years, with right of renewal for further term of fifty years, or option of acquiring the freehold, in modes shown hereunder:—
| Section. | Area. | Lease for Fifty Years, with Right of Renewal for Further Term of Fifty Years. | Lease for Term of Years, with Option of acquiring the Freehold. | Fire-insurance Premium. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode A. | Mode B. | |||
| Twenty-five Years’ Lease at 5 per Cent. on Capital Value. | (a.) Thirty-two Years’ Lease at 8 per Cent. on Capital Value. |
DWELLINGS.—DESIGN B.
| A. R. P. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Annum. £ s. d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 0 36·2 | 2 0 10 | 2 0 10 | 3 5 4 | 2 13 1 | 2 0 10 | 1 0 5 |
| 5 | 0 0 30·7 | 2 0 5 | 2 0 5 | 3 4 8 | 2 12 7 | 2 0 5 | 1 0 5 |
| 7 | 0 0 30·7 | 2 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 3 4 0 | 2 12 0 | 2 0 0 | 0 16 10 |
| 9 | 0 1 3·6 | 2 0 10 | 2 0 10 | 3 5 4 | 2 13 1 | 2 0 10 | 0 16 10 |
| 13 | 0 0 35·7 | 2 0 10 | 2 0 10 | 3 5 4 | 2 13 1 | 2 0 10 | 1 1 7 |
| 34 | 0 0 38·7 | 2 1 8 | 2 1 8 | 3 6 8 | 2 14 2 | 2 1 8 | 0 16 10 |
DWELLINGS.—DESIGN D.
| Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Annum. £ s. d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 1 0·9 | 2 1 3 | 2 1 3 | 3 6 0 | 2 13 8 | 1 0 5 |
| 6 | 0 0 30·6 | 2 0 10 | 2 0 10 | 3 5 4 | 2 13 1 | 1 0 5 |
| 14 | 0 0 35·7 | 2 0 10 | 2 0 10 | 3 5 4 | 2 13 1 | 1 1 7 |
DWELLINGS.—DESIGN E.
| Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Month. £ s. d. | Per Annum. £ s. d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 0 1 2·7 | 2 5 5 | 2 5 5 | 3 12 8 | 2 19 1 | 0 9 10 |
| 11 | 0 0 30·6 | 2 5 5 | 2 5 5 | 3 12 8 | 2 19 1 | 0 9 10 |
| 23 | 0 1 1·7 | 2 6 3 | 2 6 3 | 3 14 0 | 3 0 2 | 0 9 10 |
The first year’s fire-insurance premium is payable immediately the dwelling is allotted.
All the buildings are of one class—viz., five rooms, with every convenience.
The modes of acquiring the freehold are as follow:—
Mode A.—By payment in cash of the capital value of the dwelling (including the land) at any time not less than twenty-five years from the date of the lease. Rent during term of lease to be at the rate of 5 per cent. on the capital value.
Mode B.—(a.) By monthly payments over a period of thirty-two years, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the capital value.
(b.) By monthly payments over a period of forty-one years, at the rate of 6½ per cent. per annum on the capital value.
Mode C.—By monthly payments of rent at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value of the dwelling, and taking out an insurance policy on the life of the applicant with the Government Insurance Commissioner for the amount of the capital value of the dwelling.
ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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- Eric C. Gold Smith, Commissioner of Crown Lands