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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

6. No compensation will be given, nor shall any be claimed, for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect to the timber, or in these conditions.

7. The attention of intending purchasers is directed particularly to clauses 9, 17, 18, 22, and 27 of the Timber Regulations, copies of which may be obtained on application.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in the Town of Hamilton, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th August, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the undermentioned reserve for a term of fourteen years from 1st January, 1914, will be submitted for sale by public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office, Hamilton, on Thursday, 18th September, 1913, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF HAMILTON WEST.
PART of Section 407, 1 acre, having a frontage of 400 links to Anglesey Street and 250 links to Knox Street. Upset annual rental, £10.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease fourteen years, without right of renewal.

2. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either for improvements put on the land or for any other cause.

3. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

4. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

5. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.

6. Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination, or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.

7. Half-year’s rent and lease fee to be paid on the fall of hammer. Rent thereafter payable on the first days of January and July in each year.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village Allotment in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 19th August, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village allotment is open for selection on renewable 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, 14th October, 1913.

The ballot for the allotment, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 15th October, 1913, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika.

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

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BOROUGH OF RUNANGA.—RUNANGA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Town Land.

(National Endowment.)

Weighted with £4, valuation for clearing.

Runanga Village Settlement is situated at the State Coal-mine, about three miles by road or railway from Greymouth.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and is a village allotment, open for selection on renewable lease for periods of sixty-six years under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

3. Applications for a lease shall be made in manner as provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika; and the lease will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I aforesaid.

4. The lease issued for a section in the settlement will be construed and taken to be a demise of the surface of the land only, and shall not entitle the lessee to mine on or under the demised land, or to extract, dig, or search for coal, gold, or any other metals or minerals therein or thereon.

5. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation or otherwise against the lessor, or any other person or persons or body corporate whomsoever or whatsoever, for any loss which the lessee may sustain on account of mining operations carried on below the surface of the demised land or lands adjoining.

6. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or single), and will be required to make the prescribed declaration.

7. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot; also the rent for the period elapsing between the date of the lease and the due date of such half-yearly payment.

8. The rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 180 of the said Act; and the first half-year’s rent is payable as before provided.

9. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in the lease shall be as provided in Part III of the said Act. The provisions of section 162, and all other provisions of the said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall apply accordingly to lessee under these regulations. The provisions of section 159, and all other provisions of the said Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accordingly to the lessee under these regulations.

10. No lessee shall divide, sublet, or transfer the land held by him under these regulations, except under and subject to the provisions of Part I of the said Act.

11. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, and such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever. No married woman shall be eligible as a selector; but this provision shall not apply to any married woman who may become a transferee under a will or by virtue of an intestacy.

12. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the land affected by these regulations, and to the applications and lease to be made and issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created, and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

The valuation for improvements must be paid immediately the applicant has been declared successful at the ballot.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned Crown land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 2nd day of October, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TUTAMOE SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.