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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Lands in Kohika No. 2 Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 4th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office and at the local Lands Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of August, 1910, up to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.—KOHICA NO. 2 SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Kohika No. 2 Settlement is situated on the downs which rise to the eastern slopes of the Hunter’s Hills Range. The point where the road crosses the Makikihi River and enters the settlement is about six miles in a north-westerly direction from the railway-station at Makikihi. The latter is on the Main Trunk Railway line, Christchurch to Dunedin, about one hundred and eighteen miles from Christchurch and eighteen miles from the Port of Timaru. The main road leading down the Makikihi Valley is well formed and metalled. The original Kohika Settlement, formerly part of Mr. T. J. Teschmaker’s Otaio Estate, which was established in 1901 and is now a prosperous settlement, lies about three-quarters of a mile in a direct line eastward from the Kohika No. 2 Settlement.

The settlement lies at an elevation of about 500 ft. above sea-level. It comprises open undulating arable downs land, intersected by broken watercourse channels and by a creek. The soil is of good quality on clay subsoil. About 49 acres on Section 3 and 41 acres on Section 4 have been ploughed; the remainder of the settlement is all in old-cultivated grass pasture, with the exception of the terrace faces, which are in tussock.

A new road has been laid out through the settlement in order to give suitable access to each section, and this road will be constructed by the Government in due course. Provision has also been made for the erection of a light footbridge across the Makikihi River at the entrance to the settlement.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements on the sections consist of fencing only, the value of which is included in the prices of the sections. Particulars of the improvements are as follow: Section 1, half-value of 131 chains of boundary-fencing, £40 18s. 9d. Section 2, half-value of 76 chains of boundary-fencing, £12 1s. 9d. Section 3, half-value of 75 chains of boundary-fencing, £12 14s. 3d. Section 4, half-value of 111 chains of boundary-fencing, £34 13s. 9d.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserves in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 6th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned reserves will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 12th day of August, 1910, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIOTahi PARISH.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

Term of lease: Seven years, without right of renewal. The first year’s rental and lease fee (£1 1s.) to be forwarded with tender.

The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation for improvements effected during the currency of the lease.

The lessee shall have no right to 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.

The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land, and shall with all reasonable despatch remove or cause to be removed all such noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The local authority or other person authorised by the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have full rights of ingress, egress, and regress on the land for the purpose of removing metal or other material for road or other public works, and the lessee shall have no claim for compensation by reason of the removal of such metal or material aforesaid.

On the expiration of the term of lease the lessee shall have the right to remove all fences and buildings erected by him. Rent payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland, free from all deductions whatsoever. Lease liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained at the Post-offices, Ohiwa and Opotiki, and at the District Lands Office, Auckland.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Ruapuna No. 2 Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 4th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office and at the local Lands Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 16th day of August, 1910, up to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHBURTON COUNTY.—SHEPHERD’S BUSH SURVEY DISTRICT.—RUAPUNA NO. 2 SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

ª Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £235, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £11 17s. 5d. Total half-yearly payment, £98 18s. 11d.

ᵇ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £500, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £19 10s.

ᶜ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £100, payable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £8 12s. 10d. The total half-yearly payment will therefore be £116 15s. 10d.

ᵈ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £200, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £7 16s.

ᵉ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £197, payable in cash or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £17 0s. 6d. The total half-yearly payment will therefore be £134 12s. 6d.