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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 10

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd February, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, under section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 3rd March, 1914.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 5th March, 1914, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of the district in which he resides.

The ballot for the sections for which there are more than one applicant will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, 5th March, 1914, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.—WAIMATE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which go with the sections consist of: Section 9—25 chains of fencing, valued at £5. Section 28—25 chains of fencing and plantation, the whole valued at £13.

The improvements which do not go with the sections, but which must be paid for separately, in cash, consist of: Section 9—32 chains of fencing, valued at £11 11s.

DESCRIPTION.

These sections are part of Waimate Settlement, situated from three-quarters of a mile to one mile from Waimate Town. Rich agricultural land, suitable for fruit-growing, market-gardening, and dairying.

Full particulars may be ascertained, terms of lease seen, and forms of application obtained at this office.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in the Town of Patea, Taranaki Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 8th September, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for a lease of the undermentioned reserves for a term of twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 4th March, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.
Block XXVII, Town of Patea.

The improvements on the sections, the property of the Crown, consist of hedges valued at £8.

Situated on Suffolk Street. Level land in grass. The hedges, except on road frontage, are well grown, but require trimming.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, and lease and registration fees, £2 2s., must accompany each tender.
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 kept in good order, repair, and condition.
8. No gravel to be removed from land without consent of the Land Board.
9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
10. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

The owner of the buildings on the sections will be given one month from date of acceptance of tender to remove them. Envelopes should be marked on the outside “Tender for Reserve.”

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for renewable lease, at the option of the applicant; and applications will be received at this office, and at the Courthouse, Opotiki, on Tuesday, 10th February, 1914, up to 4 o’clock p.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OPOTIKI COUNTY.—WAIOEKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. About 50 acres flat at south-west corner of section, balance broken land. All covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, tawhero, hinau, miro, rata, rimu, scattered totara and matai; and birch on high points; with fairly light undergrowth of raurekau, mahoe, whau, patete, kotukutuku, supplejack, punga, rangi-ora, &c. Soil of fair quality, with clay subsoil, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Distant twelve miles from Opotiki, nine miles of which is by wagon-road, two miles 4 ft. bridle-track, and one mile at present up bed of Te Waiti Stream.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Otago Land District for License

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 26th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for license under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday, 10th March, 1904.