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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

lege of being supplied with water therefrom for irrigation
or stock-watering purposes in manner hereafter mentioned,
at a rate to be fixed from time to time by the Crown.
3. The lessee shall effect all repairs to the pipe-lines
traversing his land, and in any case where such lessee
declines or neglects to effect such repairs the Crown shall
be entitled to do so at the expense of the said lessee.
4. The lessee shall supply a gauge of suitable dimensions
and of a type to be approved by the Crown, and shall not
draw any water from the said supply save through such
gauge.
5. The gauge shall be locked and the key retained by the
Crown, and the lessee shall not have possession of any key
giving access to the said gauge-box.
6. The Crown may at any time diminish the said supply
or cut it off entirely.
7. The lessee shall keep all taps on the supply-pipe within
his land in good order and condition and free from leakage.
8. All plant, including windmills, in connection with the
water-supply shall remain the property of the Crown, to
whom the right of access is reserved to any allotment for
the purpose of inspection or repairs or work of any kind
in connection with the said supply.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 16th April, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be
received at this office up till 4 o’clock p.m. on
Wednesday, the 22nd day of May, 1912, for a lease of the
undermentioned reserve for a term of twenty-one years,
with perpetual right of renewal for further successive
terms of twenty-one years, under the provisions of the
Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF AHAURA.—
EDUCATION RESERVE.

Weighted with £20, valuation for clearing, orchard, and
fencing.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Tenders to be indorsed “Lease of Sections 33, 34, 35,
   Town of Ahaura,” and to be addressed to the Commis-
   sioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika.
2. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of one half-
   year’s rent at the rate offered, together with lease and
   registration fees, the amount of the valuation for improve-
   ments, and stamp duty.
3. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual
   right of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years.
4. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If
   lessee does not desire new lease at end of any term, land
   to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the
   value of the improvements, which is to be handed over to
   the outgoing lessee.
5. No transfer or sublease allowed without consent.
6. Lessee to keep the land clear of noxious weeds.
7. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be
   paid on rent in arrear.
8. Buildings on land to be insured.
9. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
   The form of lease, which is under section 2 (5) of the
   Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, and sec-
   tion 5 (e) of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, may be
   perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Cheviot Estate, Canterbury Land District, open
for Selection on Renewable Lease.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 11th March, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for selection on renewable lease; and appli-
cations will be received at the District Lands Office, Christ-
church, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 29th day of
April, 1912.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land
Board, at the District Lands Office, Christchurch, at 10
o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 2nd day of May, 1912, to
answer any questions the Land Board may ask, but if any
applicant so desires, he may be examined by the Land
Board of the district in which he resides.
The ballot for the sections for which there is more than one
applicant will be held at the District Lands Office, Christ-
church, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.
Preference will be given to landless applicants, and the
decision of the Land Board as to which of the applicants are
landless shall be final and conclusive.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT COUNTY.—CHEVIOT
ESTATE.

First-class Land.

CHEVIOT COUNTY.—CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 33 | IV | 59 1 20 | 750 0 0 | 18 15 0 |
| 34 | " | 62 2 25 | 850 0 0 | 21 5 0 |
| 30 | " | 46 0 0 | 690 0 0 | 17 5 0 |
| 31 | " | 56 2 0 | 990 0 0 | 24 15 0 |
| 32 | " | 62 1 0 | 1,090 0 0 | 27 5 0 |
| 33 | " | 50 0 0 | 880 0 0 | 22 0 0 |
| 34 | " | 33 2 0 | 590 0 0 | 14 15 0 |
| 30 | XVI | 67 0 0 | 840 0 0 | 21 0 0 |
| 31 | " | 57 1 0 | 720 0 0 | 18 0 0 |
| 32 | " | 25 1 24 | 390 0 0 | 9 15 0 |

CHEVIOT COUNTY.—LOWRY PEAKS SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 19 | VIII | 59 1 20 | 750 0 0 | 18 15 0 |
| 29 | XII | 62 2 25 | 850 0 0 | 21 5 0 |
| 30 | " | 46 0 0 | 690 0 0 | 17 5 0 |
| 31 | " | 56 2 0 | 990 0 0 | 24 15 0 |
| 32 | " | 62 1 0 | 1,090 0 0 | 27 5 0 |
| 33 | " | 50 0 0 | 880 0 0 | 22 0 0 |
| 34 | " | 33 2 0 | 590 0 0 | 14 15 0 |
| 30 | XVI | 67 0 0 | 840 0 0 | 21 0 0 |
| 31 | " | 57 1 0 | 720 0 0 | 18 0 0 |
| 32 | " | 25 1 24 | 390 0 0 | 9 15 0 |

DESCRIPTION AND LOCALITY.

First-class flat or undulating land in grass. Situated
close to the Cheviot-Waipara Railway line in the vicinity of
the Spotswood, Phœbe, Mina, and Domett Villages and
Railway-stations.

The values of the exterior fences which have to be paid for
in cash by the incoming lessees before they are admitted
to possession, are as follows:—

Cheviot Survey District.

| 33 | IV | 47½ | 17 17 6 |
| 34 | " | 63 | 25 16 6 |

Lowry Peaks Survey District.

| 19 | VIII | 58¼ | 22 6 6 |
| 29 | XII | 54 | 21 12 0 |
| 30 | " | 50¼ | 18 2 6 |
| 31 | " | 27 | 9 17 3 |
| 32 | " | 65 | 24 14 0 |
| 33 | " | 22½ | 10 13 9 |
| 34 | " | 70 | 23 5 0 |
| 30 | XVI | 35 | 14 0 0 |
| 31 | " | 37½ | 13 17 6 |
| 32 | " | 31½ | 13 16 6 |

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Sixty-six years, with a perpetual right
   of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.
2. Rental: 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value,
   payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration (printed
   below) with applications; and, on being declared successful,
   deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent, also the rent
   for the broken period between date of lease and 1st July,
6. Including all other land already owned, held, or occu-
   pied under a tenure of more than one year’s duration, no
   person may apply for more than 5,000 acres; every acre of
   first-class land being reckoned as 7½ acres, and every acre of
   second-class land being reckoned as 2½ acres.
7. Residence is to commence within one year, and to be
   continuous for ten years.