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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

ing to level, covered with fern and gorse; soil a good rich sandy nature, resting on volcanic-cement formation; well watered; situated on banks of Utuhina Stream, about a mile and a half from Rotorua.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for the same term at a rent to be determined by revaluation in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

Rents are payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; the first half-yearly payment, with lease fee £1 1s., to be made on the fall of the hammer.

Sections to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of at least ten times the annual rental.

No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent of the Land Board.

All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

The lessee shall throughout the term of the lease keep and maintain in good order, condition, and repair, to the satisfaction of the Resident Officer, Rotorua, all buildings, structures, fixtures, and fences which may be erected or placed upon the land.

The lessee shall not erect any building until the plan of the same has been first submitted to the Resident Officer or local authority, Rotorua, for approval, and duly approved.

The leases shall be prepared generally in accordance with the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 4th March, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Friday, the 12th April, 1912, for a lease of the Post and Telegraph Reserve at Whitianga, known as Lot 32, Whakau Block (Block X, Otama Survey District), containing 1 rood, subject to the following terms and conditions:—

1. Term of lease, five years, without any right of renewal or compensation for improvements. Minimum annual rental, £12.

2. One-half year’s rent at the rate tendered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, to accompany the tender.

3. Immediate possession will be given.

4. Rent payable half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st January and 1st July in each year, free from all deductions whatsoever.

5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

6. The lease shall be 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 be fulfilled.

7. Tenders to be indorsed “Lease of Reserve, Whitianga,” and to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

8. The lease to be held generally in terms of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

9. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 27th February, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Sections 10A, and 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 47, 48, and 49, Block XXIV, Invercargill Hundred, Southland Land District, are open for sale or selection under the said Act; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 22nd day of May, 1912.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Timaunga Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office and the local Lands Office, Timaru, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 15th day of April, 1912, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908. and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—TIMAUNGA SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £550, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £21 9s. Total half-yearly payment, £90 19s. 6d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £1,050, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £40 19s. Total half-yearly payment, £157 14s. 6d.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £710, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £27 13s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £146 0s. 10d.

§ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £1,275, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £49 14s. 6d. Total half-yearly payment, £164 18s. 6d.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—Altitude, from 880 ft. to 1,140 ft. Chiefly in tussock and native grass; about 120 acres have been ploughed, and are now covered with Poa pratensis and tussock; all rather steep, excepting 20 acres of flat fronting main road; well watered by running stream; fair soil. Situated twenty-three miles from Timaru by well-formed road. Improvements which are included in the price of section consist of 148 chains of fencing, valued at £73.

Section 2.—Altitude, from 40 ft. to 1,080 ft. Chiefly in tussock; about 100 acres have been ploughed, and are now covered with Poa pratensis and tussock; 160 acres are flat, dry, and stony; balance undulating and rather steep terrace, all fair soil; well watered. Situated twenty-two miles from Timaru by well-formed road. Improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 186 chains of fencing, valued at £84 10s.

Section 3.—Altitude, 760 ft. to 980 ft. About 84 acres in English grass; balance in tussock and native grass; 150 acres consist of rather shingly flat in tussock; balance down and terrace land; well watered; soil fair. Situated twenty-one miles and a half from Timaru by well-formed road. Improvements which are included in the price of the section consist of 234 chains of fencing, valued at £108 10s.

Section 4.—Altitude, 740 ft. to 900 ft. About 120 acres in rye-grass and clover; balance in tussock and native grass; 150 acres flat land stony in places; balance down and terrace land; well watered by creeks; soil fairly