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Term of lease: Twenty-one years, without right of renewal; rental payable half-yearly in advance; the first half-year’s rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee (£1 1s.), to be deposited with the tender. The loading, £2,984 6s. for improvements, is to be paid immediately on acceptance of tender.

The lessee shall have no right to underlet or part with possession of the land leased, or any part of it, without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.

Within one month from the date of expiry of the lease the then existing improvements shall be valued by the Crown, and be made a charge against the land in favour of the lessee or persons entitled thereto.

Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders to be indorsed “Section 5A, Block IX, Rotorua Survey District,” and to be addressed to—

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Auckland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th December, 1911.

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 Monday, the 22nd day of January, 1912, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908. The ballot for the section, if there is more than one application, will be held on Thursday, the 25th January, 1912, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WEST TAUPŌ COUNTY.—RANGAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Level land, ¾ acre swamp, balance fern and scrub; pumice formation; well watered by swamp. Situated half a mile from Taumarunui by formed road.

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 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 a 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, Auckland; and a lease will 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 first half-year’s rent, and the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), shall be paid 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. All rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 175 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 a lessee 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 a lessee 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 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 lease 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.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 9th January, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office, and the Athenæum Hall, Cromwell, on Monday, the 26th day of February, 1912, up to 4 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—LEANING ROCK SURVEY DISTRICT.—SUBDIVISIONS OF MOUTERE STATION.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

National Endowment.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1912.

DESCRIPTION OF RUNS.

Runs 221H and 221K.—A very good run, well watered. Situated about fifteen miles from Clyde. Good spurs in places. Low country good if water could be got on it. Altitude, from 1,050 ft. to 5,222 ft. Access by well-formed roads. The improvements on Run 221H consist of 400½ chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £201 9s., and stone yards valued at £25. The improvements on Run 221K consist of 155 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £120 2s. 6d. Total valuation for improvements, £346 11s. 6d.

Runs 221I and 221J.—Situated about thirteen miles from Clyde, the nearest railway-station. Very rocky in places, but with good pasture on the sunny slopes. Low country devoid of water, but high country well watered. Altitude, from 1,200 ft. to 5,222 ft. Access by well-formed roads. The improvements on Run 221I consist of 299 chains of boundary and snow-line fencing, valued at £79 7s. The improvements on Run 221J consist of 355 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £118 19s. Total valuation for improvements, £198 6s.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 18th December, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 3, Block IX, Aria Survey District, Taranaki Land District, containing 3 acres 2 roods 8 perches, will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 21st day of March, 1912.

W. ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.