1952

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 55

Village Allotments in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned village allotments will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Public Hall, Eketahuna, on Friday, the 4th day of October, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — EKETAHUNA COUNTY. — NIREAHA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, and at the Public Hall, Eketahuna, on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—EKETAHUNA COUNTY.

Hukanui Village Settlement.

Nireaha Village Settlement.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Flax Area in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 24th June, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land, suitable for flax cutting and cultivation, will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of fourteen years, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, at the District Lands Office, Auckland, on Tuesday, the 30th day of July, 1907, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situated in Blocks VI and VII, Whareorino Survey District (Awakino County), containing by admeasurement 513 acres, more or less. Bounded on the north by Kinohaku West “F” No. 1b No. 2 Block, 2080 links; on the north-east by a right line to Trig. Station Mauku, 3072 links; on the east by a right line running due south to the northern boundary of Section I, Block X, 17385 links; on the south by the northern boundary of this section, 2149 links; and on the west by a road reserve fronting the Tasman Sea.

Description.

Most of the land consists of a high plateau, with spurs, cliffs, and steep faces along the foreshore. The flax on the area is very high and strongly grown.

Attention is specially drawn to the fact that no roads to or shipping-place on or near is guaranteed or implied. Persons interested should visit the ground and inspect the area personally.

Flax does not grow on the whole of the land offered. The area has been made sufficiently large with a view to providing drying-paddocks, mill area, fuel, &c. All forest land on which timber is fallen, for whatever purpose, shall be cleared on a face and sown with grasses approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and the entire area shall be kept clear of noxious weeds.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The lease will be for fourteen years, weighted with £1,000 as the upset present value of the flax; the bidding to start at that amount. The successful bidder must pay one-fourth of the purchase on the fall of the hammer, one-fourth within fourteen days, and the balance either in cash or bills extending, at fixed periods, over twelve months, bearing 5 per cent. interest, and indorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands; failing payment of which all instalments paid shall be forfeited to the Crown, and the interest of the successful bidder absolutely determined without payment of any compensation.

2. One shilling per annum rental will be charged for the first four years, and after that to the end of the term the rental, which must be paid half-yearly in advance, will be a sum per annum equal to one-fourth of the amount bid for the present crop.

3. No flax to be cut oftener than once in three years, and only four crops, including the present one, shall be taken from the land during the term of the lease. The method and manner of cutting shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

4. All flax planted and other flax growing on the ground will become the property of the Crown on the termination of the lease, and no plants are to be removed or destroyed.

5. The lessee shall take all risks of fire, and he will be held responsible to take every precaution necessary to guard against the flax being burnt.

6. The term will commence from the date of issue of the lease.

7. No compensation of any kind will be allowed for improvements, but the lessee may, with the consent of the Land Board, remove the buildings and plant at the expiration of the lease.

8. The right is reserved to the Crown to cut drains, survey and take roads, through the area leased, also full right of access at any time by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or any person or persons authorised by the said Commissioner. The public to have the use of the existing track along the coast, and any other tracks in use through the area leased.

9. The lessee shall, when directed so to do, connect all drains with any Government system of drainage within the district. Drains cut by the lessee to conform with such system.