Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3669

Education Reserves in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for lease by public auction for terms of twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, at this office, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of January, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

This section has a frontage to Mangawhero Terrace, near the Ohakune Station on the Main Trunk Railway line.

Town of Piriaka.

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| 10 | III | 0 1 0 | 0 7 6 |
| 4 | IV | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 |
| 3 | V | 0 1 0 | 0 5 0 |
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Piriaka is situated on the left-bank of the Wanganui River on the Main Trunk Railway about five miles south-east from the railway-bridge over that river. Undulating pumice land, with a few inches of soil, covered with manuka.

Hastwell Village.

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Weighted with £4 for improvements.

Situated in Hastwell Village Settlement with a frontage to the main road, about two miles and a half from Mangamahoe Railway-station by a metalled dray-road. Flat land, felled and in grass, intersected by a small stream. The soil is of good quality, on shingle formation. The improvements consist of fencing.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), and value of improvements (if any) to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.

3. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire new lease at the 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 the out-going lessee.

4. No transfer or sublease allowed without consent of Land Board.

5. Interest at rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrears.

6. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before erecting any building or cutting up or subdividing the allotments.

7. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.

8. Buildings on land to be insured.

9. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

10. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.

11. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

12. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Millling-timber in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 24th November, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned timber will be offered for sale by public auction at this office at 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, 18th December, 1913, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECTIONS 4, 5, AND 6, BLOCK X, WAI-ITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2,724,000 sup. feet of rimu, at 6d. per 100 ft. | £ s. d. |
| 2,497,000 ,, birch, at 1s. per 100 ft. | 681 0 0 |
| 114,000 ,, matai, at 1s. per 100 ft. | 1,248 10 0 |
| 136,000 ,, miro, at 6d. per 100 ft. | 57 0 0 |
| | 34 0 0 |
| 5,471,000 sup. feet. | Upset price : £2,020 10 0 |

Situated five miles from Belgrove Post-office and railway-station—three miles and a half by dray-road, remainder by unformed road.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be generally in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations made thereunder.

2. The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money as follows: 10 per cent. on the fall of the hammer, together with £1 1s. license fee, and one-fourth of the balance in six months, one-fourth in twelve months, one-fourth in eighteen months, and one-fourth in twenty-four months thereafter.

3. The purchaser shall have the right to cut the timber under license during the period of two years from the date of sale.

4. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, in any river, stream, or watercourse, or in any place where it may be washed into a stream, river, or watercourse, any sawdust or refuse.

5. In the event of the timber not being disposed of at auction, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from the above date of sale (unless previously formally withdrawn); provided, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset price stated herein.

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.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under Section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 18th November, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or after Thursday, the 26th day of February, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—OHURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Westland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 9th October, 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 Thursday, 22nd January, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

6 acres 3 roods 18 perches in Block IV, Mahinapua Survey District. Formerly part Railway Reserve No. 25.

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