MAY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1531

SCHEDULE.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with rent for the broken period up to 1st July, and £2 2s. lease fee and cost of registration, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Immediate possession will be given.

3. Term of lease, fourteen years, with right of renewal for further similar term 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 keep buildings insured.

16. Lessee to have no right to any minerals.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Tongaporutu Domain, Taranaki Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned domain will be offered for lease by public auction, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 11th June, 1913, at 11 o’clock a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TONGAPORUTU VILLAGE.—TONGAPORUTU DOMAIN.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Lease fee, £1 1s., and half-year’s rent shall be paid upon the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The lease shall be for the term specified, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

4. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The lessee shall not be allowed to fell, cut down, or destroy in any way any tree or shrub that may be upon the reserve, and he must prevent stock from trespassing on the portion of the reserve containing bush.

7. The lessee will at all times during the said term keep in good repair and condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, all hedges, fences, and gates in, upon, and about the said land, and shall so yield them up at the expiration of the term.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

10. The public shall at all times have the free right of ingress and egress over the land comprised in the lease for bona fide recreation, but no person shall trespass with dog or firearms on the said land.

11. No buildings shall be erected on any portion of the domain.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Settlement Land in Southland Land District for Selection.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Wednesday, 25th June, 1913.

The ballot for the section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 26th June, 1913.

Preference will be given to landless applicants with children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding two years been twice unsuccessful at former ballots.

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

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTAHU SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

Flat land, descending towards Waiau River on the west in two high terraces; soil slightly shingly. Improvements, which go with the land, consist of half-value of 69½ chains of fence on northern boundary. Situated about four miles from Clifden Post-office and five miles from Eastern Bush Post-office.

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

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Small Grazing-run in Otago Land District open for Lease.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 30th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run is open for lease, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 10th June, 1913.