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15. In the event of the lease not being renewed the value of the improvements shall not constitute a debt due to the lessee by the Crown, but shall be paid by the incoming tenant or purchaser.

16. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

17. The lessee must once a year properly cut and trim all live fences now on the land, or which may be planted upon the land during the term, and stub all gorse not growing as fences, and also stub all broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious plants.

18. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses which now are or may be upon the land, and the Land Board shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make any drain through the land that it may deem necessary.

19. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the trimming of live fences and stubbing gorse, broom, and sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee.

20. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in good order and repair.

21. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads is reserved. Payment to be made for surface damage only.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Nireaha Village Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th August, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of September, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

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

Weighted with £49 10s., valuation for improvements.

This section has a frontage to the Quarry Road, which is metalled, and is within easy distance of a school, post-office, store, cheese-factory, &c. Access is from Newman or Eketahuna, which are about five or six miles distant by metalled roads. Comprises flat land, partly in grass and partly covered with a secondary growth. About 40 acres of the latter has been felled, but not burned. The milling-timber has been removed. Elevation ranges from about 745 ft. to 770 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise felling, grassing, and fencing.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land described above is first-class land, and is a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on renewable lease for periods of sixty-six years under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

3. Applications for lease shall be made in manner as provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington; and the lease shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I aforesaid.

4. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or single), and will be required to make the prescribed declaration.

5. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), and the valuation for improvements, immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot;

also the rent for the period elapsing between the date of the lease and the due date of such half-yearly payment.

6. The rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 180 of the said Act; and the first half-year’s rent is payable as before provided.

7. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in the lease shall be as provided in Part III of the said Act. The provisions of section 162, and all other provisions of the said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The provisions of section 159, and all other provisions of the said Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

8. The lessee shall not divide, sublet, or transfer the land held by him under these regulations, except under and subject to the provisions of Part I of the said Act.

9. No lessee shall apply for or hold more than one allotment, and such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.

10. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations, and to the applications and leases to be made and issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created, and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 24th day of October, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — MANGONUI COUNTY. — MAUNGATANIWHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 14th June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the renewable-lease system to James Enright, of St. Bathan’s, farmer and coal-miner, under section 129 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 16th September, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

An estimated area of 129 acres, being part of Section 6, Block IX, Blackstone Survey District.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.