Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3851

2. Rent, 4½ per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
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.

Reserve for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 2nd October, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 11th November, 1914, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendment.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND COUNTY.—POERUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
RESERVE 1537, Block V: Area, 4 acres; upset annual rent, £1; term, twenty-one years.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. One half-year’s rent at the rate bid, together with lease fee of £1 1s., to be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession to be given on day of sale.

3. Term of lease, twenty-one years.

4. No conditions to be imposed as to residence or improvements.

5. Rent to be payable half-yearly, in advance.

6. Lessee to keep all fences, drains, &c., in repair, and to keep watercourses clear from weeds.

7. Lessee to have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. Lessee to prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds, and shall with all reasonable despatch cause the same to be removed.

9. Lessee to discharge all rates, taxes, and other assessments that may become due and payable.

10. Lessee not to remove gravel without consent.

11. Lease to be subject to termination on twelve months’ notice being given in the event of the land being required for any other purpose.

12. Lessee to have no right to compensation for any improvements effected by him, nor to compensation for termination of the lease or any other reason, except in the event of the land being resumed under the preceding clause, when fair valuation will be allowed for any improvements effected by the lessee, existing at the time of giving the said notice.

13. Right to minerals reserved to the Crown.

14. Lease to be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

15. If lease forfeited, lessee not to be entitled to any compensation for improvements.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
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.

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 166A: 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