July 17. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2211

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 15th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 23rd October, 1913, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—HOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

The section has been cultivated and laid down in grass; light soil resting on gravelly subsoil. Situated about four miles from Riversdale by formed and partly gravelled road.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with Crown grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

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

Education Reserve in Southland District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve 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 Thursday, 28th August, 1913, on the terms and conditions set forth below, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—TARINGA-TURA SURVEY DISTRICT.—TEREPA ESTATE.

Open level terrace land. Soil loam and clay, on gravel formation; 278 acres have been under cultivation, of which 214 acres are in English grass; 73 acres are good uncultivated land in rushes and tussock, with a little scattered black scrub and some dead buried timber. The section is divided into three paddocks by good fences, is drained, and well watered by the Hamilton Burn. Distant nine miles from Mossburn—seven miles by metalled road and two miles by natural road.

The improvements included in the capital value of the land comprise—fencing, £74 10s.; ditching, £59 5s.: total, £133 15s.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value, but which must be paid for separately, consist of half-value of 11 chains boundary fence and 22 chains of ditching; total value, £12 2s.

The section is offered subject to the right to take a new road in the north-west corner of the section, to replace the road washed away by the flood.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, valuation for improvements, lease and registration fees, and stamp duty 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.
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. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

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