Sept. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3533

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 25th August, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 21st October, 1914, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

GERALDINE COUNTY.—FOX AND MOUNT PEEL SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Class A.

Run No. 241: Area, 33,600 acres; upset annual rental, £390; term, twenty-one years.

Weighted with £1,463 5s., valuation for improvements, which consist of fencing and hut (the property of the Crown) valued at £605 5s., and dwellinghouse, fencing, sheep-yards, and drains valued at £858, the whole of which must be paid before possession is given.

Altitude, from 1,400 ft. to 6,900 ft. Chiefly rough, broken, stony, and tussock country, about 15,000 acres of steep tussock hills, 2,900 acres of undulating and level stony country, partly shallow swamps resting on shingle, carrying good cattle-feed, and about 16,000 acres of broken high barren country; well watered by Rangitata River, Forest Creek, and several small streams and springs. Access from Rangitata Railway-station or Geraldine Township, thirty-five miles by good road to within seventeen miles of block, thence by formed dray-road.

The run is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the local Lands Office, Timaru.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 30th July, 1914.

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 and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, on or after Friday, 27th November, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CONICAL HILLS SETTLEMENT.

ALLOTMENT 30A: 9 acres 3 roods 36 perches.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 14th August, 1914.

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, 12th November, 1914, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—CHATTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

SECTION 14B, Block 12: Area, 2 acres 1 rood 3 perches; upset price, £5.

Light and shingly land situated about five miles and a quarter from East Gore.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, 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.

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 5th August, 1914.

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, 12th November, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—CHATTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 14B, Block XII: Area, 2 acres 1 rood 30 perches.

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 10th June, 1914.

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, the 17th day of September, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—CENTRE HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 5, Block VIII: Area, 65 acres 2 roods 19 perches.

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

Education Reserve in the Town of Gore for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 5th August, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the undermentioned section will be offered for sale by public auction at this office at 11 a.m. on Friday, the 11th day of September, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF GORE.

SECTION 7, Block XX: Area, 1 rood 2 perches; upset annual rental, £1.

Weighted with £1 15s., valuation for fencing. Level section, good building-site, with frontage to Richmond and Avon Streets. Half a mile from railway-station and post-office.

Abstract of Conditions.

1. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, valuation for improvements, and lease and registration fees (£2 2s.) to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. The term of the lease is twenty-one years, without right of renewal.
3. At the end of term lease to be offered at auction for further term of twenty-one years at rent to be fixed by arbitration, the incoming lessee to pay the value of the improvements, which is to be handed over to the outgoing 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 arrear.
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. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

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