1534

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 37

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders (marked on the outside “Tender for Education Reserve”) will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 10th June, 1913, for leases of the undermentioned education reserves, on the terms and conditions set forth hereunder, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Awakino County.—Whareorino Survey District.

| 6 | V | 860 0 0 | 40 0 0 |
| | | Heavy bush land, broken; fourteen miles from Marakopa; access difficult. |
| 2 | VIII | 448 0 0 | 22 0 0 |
| | | Broken bush land, but will grass well; twelve miles from Marakopa on main road. |

Awakino County.—Maungamangero Survey District.

| 3 | IX | 200 0 0 | 10 0 0 |
| | | Broken bush land of fair quality, twelve miles from Mahoenui. |

Opotiki County.—Waioeka South Survey District.

| 1 | II | 1,426 1 0 | 70 0 0 |
| | | Undulating to broken bush land of good quality; three miles from Matawai Post-office; access difficult. |

Ohinemuri County.—Waitoa Survey District.

| 2 | V | 520 0 0 | 25 0 0 |
| | | Fern and bush land, undulating to broken; seven miles from Tahuna. |

Ohinemuri County.—Piako Survey District.

| 4 | XVI | 477 0 27 | 24 0 0 |
| | | Scrub and fern land, undulating to broken; three miles and a half from Waikaka. |

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee 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 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 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.

Land in Taranaki Land District to be disposed of under Section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 26th March, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, under section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or after Thursday, the 3rd day of July, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—MAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 7, Block XII. Area, 35 acres.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on or after Wednesday, the 30th day of April, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MANGAHAO SURVEY DISTRICT.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 326 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 14th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under the provisions of the said Act, on or after Monday, the 21st day of July, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAKAHUE SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.