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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 136]

Opening Land in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 25th November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the under-mentioned sections will be open for application on renewable lease at this office on or after Tuesday, 19th January, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.

Oneone Survey District.

SECTION 3087, Block XVI: Area, 230 acres 1 rood 39 perches; half-yearly rental, £8 4s.

Section 3088, Block XVI: Area, 260 acres 2 roods 26 perches; half-yearly rental, £8 12s.

Situated on the south bank of the Wanganui River, nine miles and a half below the bridge. Almost wholly swamp land, carrying manuka scrub, with scattered patches of white-pine, rimu, and silver-pine. The soil is a fine deep sandy loam, peaty in parts, resting on shingle. A main drain of large dimensions has been constructed, and there is satisfactory evidence that the swamp can be successfully grassed when the necessary subsidiary drains have been cut by the lessees. Harihari Post-office, on the main south road, to which there is a service by coach twice a week, is about seven miles from the block—by metalled road for six miles, and remainder by track. The Wanganui Cheese-factory and Herepo Telephone-office are distant about four miles and a half.

Poerua Survey District.

Section 2256, Block I: Area, 126 acres 3 roods 14 perches; half-yearly rental, £1 8s.

Flat throughout. Timber white-pine, rimu, and miro; chiefly white-pine facing road, and scrub and manuka swamp at back. Dense undergrowth. Soil fair; well watered. Altitude, 290 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-five miles from Ross by main road.

Wataroa Survey District.

Section 2249, Block IV: Area, 195 acres 0 roods 36 perches; half-yearly rental, £2.

This section is flat, with exception of about 30 acres of low hillside; covered with rimu, kamahi, and thick undergrowth of scrub and fern; poor soil. Flat portion of section covered with black scrub and manuka, with some silver and white pine; well watered. Altitude, 280 ft. to 320 ft. above sea-level. Thirty-seven miles from Ross by main road.

Town of Runanga.

Section 2*, Block XXVII: Area, 1 rood; half-yearly rental, 15s.

Section 14, Block XXX: Area, 1 rood 18 perches; half-yearly rental, 8s.

Section 4, Block XXX: Area, 1 rood 6 perches; half-yearly rental, 15s.

• Weighted with £1, valuation for clearing.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 12th November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Clyde, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of December, 1914, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF CLYDE.

Education Reserves.

SECTION 11, Block I: Area, 1 rood 12 perches; upset annual rental, £1.

Sections 16 and 17, Block X: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rental, £2.

Section 18, Block X: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £1.

Weighted with valuation for improvements as follows: Section 11, with £8 10s. for shed and fencing; Sections 16 and 17, with £67 10s. for fencing, fruit trees, and removal of stones; Section 18, with £44 10s. for fencing, fruit trees, and removal of stones.

These sections are situated in the Town of Clyde, and are quite convenient to railway-station, post-office, and school. The town is served by a water-supply. The sections are level, and the land is light and shingly.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Possession will be given on 1st January, 1915, on which date the term will commence.

2. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, lease and registration fees, and valuation for improvements to be paid on fall of the hammer.

3. The term of lease is twenty years and six months, without right of renewal.

4. At the end of term lease to be offered by 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.

5. No assignment or sublease without consent.

6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

7. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before subdividing, erecting any buildings, or effecting other improvements.

8. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 3rd November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that an estimated area of five (5) acres to be cut out of Section 25, Block IV, Tautuku Survey District, Otago Land District, will be sold in terms of section 140 of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 11th day of February, 1915.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 21st November, 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 Friday, the 26th day of February, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—TUAPEKA WEST SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 21, Block VIII: 14 acres 2 roods 12 perches.

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ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 22nd October, 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 4th day of February, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.

SECTION 28, Block III, Woodland Survey District: Area, 4 acres 0 roods 2 perches.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.