Mar. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 757

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 29th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, 7th May, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL those areas formerly reserved for railway purposes and declared to be Crown lands by Proclamation dated 4th day of March, 1913, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 19, of 6th March, 1913, page 756, as follows:—

All that area (save and except any land at present occupied by the Greymouth–Otira Railway) in Otira and Turiwhate Survey Districts, containing about 1,064 acres, more or less, commencing at the Taipo River and extending along the southern side of the Teremakau Valley to the Otira River, a distance of 13 miles 26 chains, and having a width of 10 chains.

Also all that area in Turiwhate and Kanieri Survey Districts, containing 436 acres, more or less, commencing at a point on the boundary of Native Reserve No. 30 on the north side of Kawhaka Creek; thence along the Kawhaka Valley to the summit of the saddle; thence down the Waimea Valley and along the northern slopes of Mount Turiwhate to Rangariri Creek, and continuing along the south side of the Teremakau Valley to the Taipo River, a distance of 18 miles 12 chains, and having a width of 3 chains.

Also all that area in Waimea Survey District, containing 24 acres, more or less, commencing at a point on the southern boundary of Native Reserve No. 30, the same being at the intersection of the railway and road reserve along the coast, and extending southerly and easterly to the southern boundary of Native Reserve No. 30, a distance of one mile, and having of a width of 3 chains.

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 32681, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow, red, and green respectively.

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

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 23rd February, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned Crown lands will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 28th day of May, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—COOK COUNTY.—BUCKLEY TOWNSHIP.

ROBT. T. SADD,
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:—

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

Weighted with £29 2s. 8d., valuation for fencing.
Rich loamy soil. 50 acres cleared and cultivated; balance in bush. Situated four miles from school and five miles from dairy factory and railway.

Southland County.—Town of Dipton.

1 to 10 | XVI | 42 1 7 | 19 0 0

Weighted with £78, valuation for cottage and fencing.
Good warm soil, all under cultivation. Situated a quarter of a mile from school and one mile from Dipton Railway-station.

Southland County.—Mabel Hundred.

*35 | II | 58 3 0 | 29 7 6

Weighted with £52 10s., valuation for fencing.
Flat land, all under cultivation. Situated two miles and a half from Woodlands Railway-station, dairy factory, and school by gravel-road.

Southland County.—Waikaka Survey District.

14 | VIII | 13 3 30 | 2 2 0

Swampy land, in its natural state. Situated six miles from Mataura by metal-road.

Southland County.—Wyndham Survey District.

4 and 5 | X | 439 0 25 | 11 18 0

Weighted with £33 12s., valuation for rabbit-proof fencing.
Hilly land covered with bush. Situated four miles from Glenham.

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.
8. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before subdividing, erecting any building, or effecting other improvements.
9. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

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

Small-Grazing-runs in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 14th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, 2nd April, 1914.