Mar. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1035

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st January, 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 30th day of April, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTOITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
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.

Wallace County.—Jacob’s River Hundred.

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.

Land in Tautari Village, Auckland Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 23rd March, 1914.

The ballot for the section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, 26th March, 1914.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WEST TAUPŌ COUNTY.—TAUTARI VILLAGE.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £37 for improvements, consisting of small iron house 24 ft. by 12 ft., and 17 chains fencing.

Altitude, about 250 ft. above sea-level. Level land, in old grass. Soil light loam, of medium quality; no water on section. Distant fourteen miles from Kihikihi by formed cart-road.

The value of the improvements must be paid immediately the applicant has been declared successful.

Full particulars may be ascertained and terms of lease seen at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday, the 12th May, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CLUTHA COUNTY.—RIMU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.—National Endowment.

Weighted with £1 10s., valuation for improvements, consisting of bushfelling.

The land, although steep and broken in places, would afford good grazing after being cleared. It contains a good deal of heavy bush, and also a fair proportion that would not be difficult to clear. The road leading to the section has been formed and partly metalled as far as the eastern boundary of Section 16, and from there to the south-west corner of Section 36 it has been felled and logged up. Distant about two miles from Kahuika school and post-office, and about three miles from Puketiro Railway-siding.

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

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.