Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public
Tender.
District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 27th May, 1913.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of
the undermentioned reserves will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4
o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 23rd July, 1913, under the
provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.
SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.-TOWN OF HAWERA.
Lot. Section. Area. Upset Annual Term.
Rental.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
16, 17 19 0 2 16 5 0 0 | 3 years.
28, 29, 30 19 0 2 38 7 0 0 | 5 ”
9 37 5 3 32·4 30 0 0 | 5 ”
The lots comprise flat land, all in grass.
Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s.
   lease fee, must accompany each tender.
2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number
   of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is
   required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation
   shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by
   the Government, on account of any improvements effected
   by the lessee, nor for any other cause.
3. Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of
   tender, except in the case of the southern half of Lot 9, posses-
   sion of which will be given on 1st October, 1913.
4. The lease of Lots 16 and 17 shall be subject to termina-
   tion by one month's notice, and the leases of the other lots to
   twelve months' notice, in the event of the land being required
   by the Government.
5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or
   otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without
   consent.
7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except
   with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands
   first had and obtained.
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 will be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to
   fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days
   after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.
10. The Post and Telegraph Department reserves the right
    to store telegraph material on Lots 16 and 17.
11. The lessee of Lot 9 will at all times during the said
    term keep all boundary-fences, subdivision-fences, hedges,
    gates, and water-troughs (two) now erected or which may
    hereafter be erected on the said land or on the boundaries
    thereof in good repair, order, and condition, and so yield up
    the same at the expiration or sooner determination of the
    said term.
12. The lessee of Lot 9 will properly cut and trim at least
    once in every year all live hedges which may be growing upon
    the said land, or any of the boundaries thereof, at the proper
    season so as to prevent seeding or spreading.
    Tenders should be addressed “The Commissioner of Crown
    Lands, New Plymouth,” and marked on the outside “Tender
    for Reserve.”
    Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at
    this office.
    G. H. BULLARD,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Education Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by
    Public Auction.
    District Lands and Survey Office,
    New Plymouth, 27th May, 1913.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves
    will be offered for lease by public auction for a term
    of twenty-one years, with a perpetual right of renewal for
    further successive terms of twenty-one years, at this office
    at 11 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 16th July, 1913, under
    the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and
    amendments.
    SCHEDULE.
    EDUCATION RESERVES.
    TOWN OF NEW PLYMOUTH.
    Section. Area. Upset Annual Rental.
    A. R. P. £ s. d.
    566 0 1 0·8 6 0 0
    567 0 1 0·8 6 0 0
    569 0 1 0·8 6 0 0
    570 0 1 0·8 6 0 0
    SECOND-CLASS RURAL LAND.
    Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Upset Annual
    Rental.
    Patea County.—Opaku Survey District.
    A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
    9 VIII 732 0 0 | 370 0 0 | 18 10 0
    Situated on the Ngarahu Road. Access from Waverley,
    thirty miles distant, via Okotuku, Mataimoana, and Ahoroa
    Roads. The first two are formed dray-roads, while the latter
    is being widened. The Ngarahu Road is unformed. The
    section comprises rough ridges and spurs, except at the ex-
    treme northern end, where the country is a little easier. A
    homestead-site would be difficult to find. The section is
    covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, rata, scattered
    rimu, &c., and a dense undergrowth of karamu, supplejacks,
    &c. The soil is of papa formation, and the section is well
    watered.
    Whangamomona County.—Mahoe Survey District.
    3 III 732 0 0 | 550 0 0 | 27 10 0
    Situated on the Okara Road, which is formed from the
    Whangamomona Road end to within about a mile of the
    section. Access from Whangamomona, about fourteen miles
    distant, via the main Ohura Road, which is formed for dray
    traffic and partly metalled ; the Kohuratahi Road, which is
    formed and metalled ; the Putikituna Road, which is formed
    as a dray-road for about a mile, the rest being formed track ;
    and thence via the Okara Road, which is formed track for
    about a mile and a half. The section comprises fairly good
    grazing-country, with fairly rough ridges and spurs at the
    back, and is covered with a heavy forest of tawa, rata, towhai,
    rimu, kahikatea, hinau, and scattered totara, &c., and a dense
    undergrowth of supplejacks, karamu, &c. The soil is of papa
    formation, and the section is well watered.
    1 IX 895 0 0 | 570 0 0 | 28 0 0
    Situated on the Tirohanga Road. Access from Whanga-
    momona, about seventeen miles distant, via the Whangamo-
    mona Road, which is formed as a dray-road for five miles,
    and is being formed for a further seven miles ; thence up the
    Tirohanga Road, which is formed track for about a mile, the
    balance being unformed. The section comprises mixed
    country, from fair to rough, with gorgy creeks, and is covered
    with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, rata, towhai, rimu, hinau,
    with scattered totara on ridges and spurs, and a heavy under-
    growth of supplejacks, tree ferns, &c. The soil is of papa
    formation, and the section is well watered.
    Whangamomona County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.
    6 XVI 570 0 0 | 290 0 0 | 14 10 0
    Situated on the Mangare Road. Access from Whangamo-
    momona, about three miles distant, two miles being dray-road,
    and the balance formed track now being widened for dray
    traffic. The section comprises some very rough country, with
    high ridges and spurs and deep and gorgy gullies. The sec-
    tion is covered with a heavy forest of tawa, rata, rimu, kahi-
    katea, towhai, &c., with birch on the high ridges, and a dense
    undergrowth of supplejacks, karamu, &c. The soil is of papa
    formation, and the section is well watered.
    ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.
13. A half-year's rent at rate offered, and lease and regis-
    tration fees, £2 2s., to be paid on fall of hammer.
14. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right
    of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years.
15. 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 outgoing
    lessee, less any sums due to the Crown.
16. No transfer or sublease allowed without consent.
17. Lessee to cultivate and improve land, and keep it clear
    of weeds. Creeks, drains, and watercourses to be kept open.