3808
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 111

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.
6. Order of selection is decided by ballot, preference being given to landless applicants with children dependent on them or who have within preceding two years been twice unsuccessful at former ballots.
7. No person may hold more than one allotment.
8. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
9. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
10. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.
11. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    A special condition of the lease of Section 67, Block II, Heatherlea Settlement, is that the lessee shall, as soon as possible, establish on the section an apiary to be approved by and maintained thereafter to the satisfaction of the Department of Agriculture.
    Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 28th 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 on or after Thursday, 5th November, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MARUIA SURVEY DISTRICT.
SECTION part 12, Block VIII: Area, 20 acres.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 25th September, 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 7th day of January, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—GREY COUNTY.
SECTION 3271, Block I, Waiwhero Survey District: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 5 perches.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
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.

Education Reserve in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd August, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of ten years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of October, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

EDUCATION RESERVE.—WALLACE COUNTY.—TAKITIMO SURVEY DISTRICT.
Lots 5, 6, and 7 of Run 186A: Area, 7,905 acres; upset annual rent, £300; term, 10 years.
Weighted with £1,321, valuation for improvements.

Description.

The country lies at an elevation of between 600 ft. and 1,200 ft. above sea-level, and alternates from flat and undulating land to downs and hills.
Much of it can be improved by cultivation and surface sowing, while the flats along Grassy Stream are good agricultural land. With the exception of some 100 acres around the homestead, which have been cultivated, the whole of the area is in its natural state, being mostly silver tussock and flax country, interspersed with areas of fern and manuka; and along the bank of the Waiau River there are some 130 acres of tawhai and totara bush suitable for fencing-material.
The whole of the improvements are in good order, all the buildings having been erected within the last two years and a half.
The whole of the country is well watered, and is very suitable for both sheep and cattle farming. The homestead is distant from Tuatapere Railway-station twenty miles, and from Otatau Railway-station twenty-nine miles, both by good gravelled roads, with the exception of the last eight miles and a half, which are at present only formed. It is proposed to bridge the Wairaki River within the next twelve months.

Abstract of Conditions.

1. Rent from 1st April to 30th June, 1915, at rate offered, and lease and registration fees, to be paid on the fall of the hammer. Valuation for improvements to be paid before purchaser gets possession.
2. The term of the lease is ten years from 1st March, 1915, without right of renewal.
3. The tenant to pay all rates and taxes.
4. The Land Board reserves the right to lay off roads through the run where required.
5. The lessee to be allowed (with the consent of the Land Board) to cultivate for station purposes only, but not for sale, a reasonable area; provided that not more than one white crop and one green crop be taken off the land. Such land then to be laid down with good and sound grass and clover seeds of the descriptions and proportions usually sown in the district and most suitable for the land, and to remain in grass for a period of three years, after which period the same process of cultivation may be repeated. All such cultivation to be subject to inspection by the lessor or his agent.
6. Lessee to have the right to the bush for fencing and firewood, but not for sale.
7. Three months before the expiration of the lease a valuation to be made by arbitration of all improvements consisting of necessary buildings and fencing, the amount of such valuation to be payable by the incoming to the outgoing tenant. In the event of the lessee desiring to effect improvements (fencing and buildings) in addition to those already on the ground, it will be necessary to obtain the Land Board’s permission, otherwise such improvements will not be made a subject of valuation.
8. Lease to be liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.
9. Possession will be given on 1st April, 1915.

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