674 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 14

4. The leases shall be for the term specified, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
6. The lessee shall 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.
7. The land shall not be cropped or broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease ; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. There is reserved to the Crown and to the Egmont County Council the right to enter at any time upon Section 97, Block XI, Opuake Survey District for the purpose of removing gravel.
10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.
    Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.
    G. H. BULLARD Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Lands at Hanmer Springs, Canterbury Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.
    District Lands and Survey Office,
    Christchurch, 2nd February, 1914.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of forty-two years at the County Council Office, Culverden, on Wednesday, the 18th day of March, 1914, at 1.30 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.
    SCHEDULE.
    CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.-AMURI COUNTY.-LYNDON SURVEY DISTRICT.-HANMER SPRINGS RESERVE.
    First-class Land.

These sections are situated about one mile from the Hanmer Post-office by good road. The improvements, which do not go with the sections, but which must be paid for separately, consist of : Section 13 - 32 chains of fencing, valued at £13 14s.; Section 15 -314 chains of fencing, gate, and drain, valued at £16 15s.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of a half-year's rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, and the amount of valuation for improvements, if any, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. Possession will be given on day of sale, or on approval by the Land Board of the application.
3. The leases will be for a term of forty-two years.
4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever; and if not paid within twenty-one days after due date the lessor may re-enter upon the land and determine the lease.
5. The lessee shall have no right. to mortgage, sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
6. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, and other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
8. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on, upon the land or any part thereof, any noisy, noxious, or offensive trade or manufacture, or do or suffer to be done thereon any act or thing whatsoever which may be an annoyance to the lessor or to any other lessee in the neighbourhood.
9. In the event of the lessee, upon the expiry of the term, not again becoming the occupier of the land under a fresh lease, he shall be entitled to payment of valuation for all improvements which he shall have effected upon the land, so far as the same are existing and unexhausted.
10. The lessee shall put on the land comprised in his lease substantial improvements of a permanent character, within the meaning of section 2 of the Land Act, 1908, as follows:- Within one year from the date of his lease, to a value equal to 10 per cent. of the capital value of the land ; Within two years from the date of his lease, to a value equal to another 10 per cent. of the capital value of the land ; And thereafter, but within six years from the date of his lease, to a value equal to another 10 per cent. of the capital value of the land, and, in addition thereto, a value equal to £1 for every acre.
    Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.
    C. R. POLLEN, Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Education Reserves in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.
    District Lands and Survey Office,
    Invercargill, 20th January, 1914.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Education Reserves will be offered for lease by public auction for terms of twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, at this office on Friday, the 17th April, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908:-
    SOUTHISAND LAND DISTRICT.-EDUCATION RESERVES.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the 1st May, 1914, and the term of the lease will commence from the 1st July, 1914.
2. A half-year's rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period between the 1st May, 1914, and the 30th June, 1914, lease and registration fees, and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.
4. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire new lease at end of any term, land to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value of the improvements, which is to be handed over to outgoing lessee.
5. No assignment or sublease without consent.
6. Lessee to improve the land and keep it clear of all weeds.
7. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.