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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 7th February, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited, by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Education Reserves in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 29th January, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves are open for lease by public tender, for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years; and tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up till 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 25th day of March, 1913, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908. Tenders must be marked on the envelope “Tender for Education Reserve.”

The reserves are described for the information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

EAST Taupo County: Section 7, Block XIV, Paeroa Survey District; 56 acres 2 roods 15 perches.—Level to undulating pumice land on Rotorua-Taupo coach-road; fairly well watered by small creek. Minimum annual rental, £1.

Hokianga County: Section 3, Block XIV, Punakitere Survey District; 398 acres.—Hilly to broken bush land, well watered by streams; sandy clay soil; seventeen miles and a half from Kaikohe. Access by cart-road, and two miles pack-track. Minimum annual rental, £16.

Rotorua County, Mamaku Village: Sections 3 to 8, Block X; 6 acres.—Undulating to level bush land, no water; half a mile from Mamaku Station. Minimum annual rental, £4 10s.

Bay of Islands County: Section 4, Block VII, Waiomio Village; 5 acres.—Undulating to hilly clay land on Kawakawa-Taumarere Road, three-quarters of a mile from Kawakawa Station by metalled road. Minimum annual rental, £1.

Whangarei County: Section 32, Mangapai Parish; 36 acres.—Level to undulating open land, two miles from Mangapai by cart-road; well watered. Minimum annual rental, £2.

Mangonui County: Section 4, Block XIII, Tarawara; 53 acres and 33 perches.—Level to undulating land of sandy nature, eleven miles from Waihopo by cart-road. Minimum annual rental, £1 10s.

Rotorua County: Section 1A, Block X, Waihi South Survey District; 2,020 acres.—Undulating to broken land, fourteen miles from Matata by formed road; soil of sandy pumice nature. Minimum annual rental, £25.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee, which includes stamp duty and cost of registration, must accompany tender.

2. Immediate possession will be given.

3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further similar terms, at rentals based on fresh valuations, under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

4. Rent payable half-yearly, in advance, on 1st days of January and July in each year, subject to penalty at the rate of 10 per centum per annum for any period during which it remains in arrear.

5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

6. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.

8. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

9. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

10. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

11. Lessee not to take more than three crops in succession, one of which must be a root crop; after the third crop the land to be left in pasture for at least three years; at least two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the expiration of the term; penalty for breach, £5 per acre.

12. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings to revert to the Crown without compensation.

13. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date, or for breach of conditions.

14. Land Board may resume not more than 5 acres for school-site upon reduction of rent and compensation for crops.

15. Lessee to have no right to any milling-timber, minerals, or kauri-gum, all rights to which, together with rights of access for the purpose of working the same, are reserved by and on behalf of the Crown.

16. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 13th November, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection under the provisions of the said Act; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 26th day of February, 1913.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.—Oteramika Hundred.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.—Mokoreta Survey District.

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

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