1868
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

7. Buildings on land to be insured.
8. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
9. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Form of lease, which is under section 2 (3) of the Taranaki Scholarships Endowment Act, 1910, and section 5 (g) of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, may be perused and full particulars 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.

SECOND-CLASS RURAL LAND.

Patea County.—Opaku Survey District.

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 Ahorua 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 extreme 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 Putikiruna 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 Whangamomona, about seventeen miles distant, via the Whangamomona 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 undergrowth 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 Whangamomona, 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 section is covered with a heavy forest of tawa, rata, rimu, kahikatea, 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.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, and lease and registration fees, £2 2s., to be paid on fall of hammer.
2. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years.
3. 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.
4. No transfer or sublease allowed without consent.
5. Lessee to cultivate and improve land, and keep it clear of weeds. Creeks, drains, and watercourses to be kept open.
6. Interest at rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
7. Buildings on land to be insured.
8. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
9. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
10. Improvements on Rural Lands.—Licensee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the capital value; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the capital value; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the capital value. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land and 10s. for every acre of second-class land.

Form of lease, which is under section 2 (5) of the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, and section 5 (g) of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 20th May, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run is 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 up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 10th July, 1913.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIROA COUNTY.—WAITARA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Pastoral Land.

Rough and undulating country, covered with fern and scrubby manuka. A belt of about 10 chains wide, which extends along the top and sides of the range on the south-east boundary, and the tops of most of the hills and spurs, are covered with Native grasses. The soil is of a light pumiceous nature. Fronts Mohaka River. Situated forty-seven miles from Napier and nineteen miles from Te Pohue by formed dray-road, with the exception of three miles of bridle-track.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.