4006 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 117

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 2, Block XVI, Takahue Survey District: Area,
313 acres.
H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

Education Reserves in the Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd September, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of
the undermentioned reserves for terms 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, the 11th November, 1914,
under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908,
and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

TOWN LAND.
Town of Manganui.
SECTIONS 66 and 75: Area, 1 acre; minimum annual
rent, £1.
Flat land in grass, with a little gorse.

SUBURBAN LAND.
Okato Town Belt.
Section 1: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 7 perches; minimum
annual rent, £5.
Comprises two flats all in grass, the smaller flat being good
land. The land is ring-fenced.

RURAL LAND.—SECOND CLASS.
Whangamomona County.—Mahoe Survey District.
Section 1, Block IX: Area, 895 acres; minimum annual
rent, £28 10s.
Situated on the Tirohanga Road. Access from Whanga-
momona, about seventeen miles distant, via the Whangamo-
mona Road, which is formed as a dray-road for about twelve
miles; thence up the Tirohanga Road, which is formed track
for about a mile, the balance being unformed. The section
comprises mixed country, from fair to rough, with gorgy
creeks, and is covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa,
rata, towhai, rimu, hinau, with scattered totara on ridges and
spurs, and a heavy undergrowth of supplejacks, tree-ferns, &c.
The soil is of papa formation, and the section is well watered.

Patea County.—Opaku Survey District.
Section 9, Block VIII: Area, 732 acres; minimum annual
rent, £18 10s.
Situated on the Ngarahu Road. Access from Waverley,
thirty miles distant, via Okotuku, Mataimoana, and Ahoroa
Roads. The first two are formed dray-roads, while the latter
is being widened. The Ngarahu Road is unformed. The
section comprises rough ridges and spurs, except at the
extreme northern end, where the country is a little easier.
A homestead-site would be difficult to find. The section is
covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, rata, scattered
rimu, &c., and a dense undergrowth of karamu, supplejacks,
&c. The soil is of papa formation, and the section is well
watered.

Whangamomona County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.
Section 6, Block XVI: Area, 570 acres; minimum annual
rent, £14 10s.
Situated on the Mangare Road. Access from Whangamo-
mona, about three miles distant, two miles being dray-road,
and the balance formed track now being widened for dray
traffic. The section comprises some very rough country, with
high ridges and spurs and deep and gorgy gullies. The sec-
tion is covered with a heavy forest of tawa, rata, rimu, kahi-
katea, towhai, &c., with birch on the high ridges, and a dense
undergrowth of supplejacks, karamu, &c. The soil is of papa
formation, and the section is well watered.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, and lease and regis-
   tration fees (£2 2s.), must accompany each tender.
2. Term of lease twenty-one years, with right of renewal
   for further similar terms at rents based on fresh valuations
   under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.
3. No compensation for improvements, but if lease is not
   renewed upon expiry the new lease offered for disposal by
   public competition will be subject to payment by the in-
   coming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements
   effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Land
   Board; failing disposal the land and buildings revert to the
   Crown without compensation.
4. No transfer, sublease, or subdivision allowed without
   consent.
5. Lessee to cultivate and improve land, and keep it clear
   of weeds.
6. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all build-
   ings, fences, gates, and drains, and to keep clear all creeks,
   drains, ditches, and watercourses, to trim all live hedges, and
   to yield up all improvements in good order and condition at
   the expiration of the lease.
7. Rent payable half-yearly in advance on 1st January
   and 1st July in each year, subject to penalty at the rate of
   10 per cent. per annum for any period during which it remains
   in arrear.
8. No gravel to be removed from land without consent of
   the Land Board.
9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
10. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before improve-
    ments are effected.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
13. Improvements on rural lands: Licensee is required to
    improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent.
    of the capital value; within two years, to the value of another
    10 per cent. of the capital value; and thereafter, but within
    six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the capital
    value. 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 and 10s. for every acre of second-
    class land.

NOTE.—These reserves are included in the classes of land
on which, with the approval of the Advances Board, money
may be advanced by the State Advances Office.

The reserves are described for the general information of
intending tenderers, who are nevertheless, recommended to
make a personal inspection, as the Department is not re-
sponsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

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.

Reserves in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 7th October, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves
will be offered for lease, for a term of five years, by
public auction at the local Lands Office, Westport, on
Thursday, the 26th day of November, 1914, under the
provisions of the Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administra-
tion Act, 1877, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
BULLER COUNTY.—KAWATIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.—BLOCK III.
Second-class Land.

The whole of the land is made up of sea-beach sand, with
a dense covering of lupins, gorse, patches of blackberry, and