APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1369

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 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.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 10th March, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. on Friday, 17th April, 1914, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TOWN OF LUMSDEN.

Suburban Land.

Flat land, subject to floods. Soil on shingle interspersed with some old flood channels.

Terms of Sale.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void. Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

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

Education Reserve in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th March, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserve described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 7th May, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Part Section 44, Wairaki Survey District; 14,500 acres. Upset annual rental, £350. Term, fourteen years from 1st March, 1914. Possession on 1st June, 1914. Weighted with £1,947 6s., valuation for improvements.

DESCRIPTION.

All open land, with the exception of a few patches of bush; varying in height from 1,000 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. About 4,900 acres are flat land of a shingly nature, with the exception of 300 acres, which are fairly good, the balance being poorly grassed and not fit for cultivation; the remaining area consists of well-grassed downs and hills, and the whole is good safe sheep country. Distant ten miles from Mossburn Railway-station by good gravelled road.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE

1. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period between 1st June and 31st August, 1914, lease and registration fees, and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. The term of the lease is fourteen years, without right of renewal.
3. The tenant to pay all rates and taxes.
4. The Land Board reserves the right to lay off roads through the run where required.
5. The lessee to be allowed (with the consent of the Land Board) to cultivate for station purposes only, but not for sale, a reasonable area: Provided that not more than one white crop and one green crop be taken off the land; such land then to be laid down with good and sound grass and clover seeds of the descriptions and proportions usually sown in the district and most suitable for the land, and to remain in grass for a period of three years, after which period the same process of cultivation may be repeated. All such cultivation to be subject to inspection by the lessor or his agent.
6. Lessee to have the right to the bush for fencing and firewood, but not for sale.
7. Three months before the expiration of the lease a valuation to be made by arbitration of all improvements consisting of necessary buildings and fencing, the amount of such valuation to be payable by the incoming to the outgoing tenant. In the event of the lessee desiring to effect improvements (fencing and buildings) in addition to those already on the ground it will be necessary to obtain the Land Board’s permission, otherwise such improvements will not be made a subject of valuation.
8. Lease to be liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

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

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 16th March, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the timber standing upon the undermentioned reserve will be offered for sale by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 22nd day of April, 1914, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of section 27 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Reserve 155, Block III, Kanieri Survey District. Upset price of timber, £30.

Terms and Conditions of Sale.

1. The purchase-money in full must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. The purchaser will have the right to cut and remove the timber up to 30th June, 1915, and any timber not removed before that date will revert to the Crown.
3. The purchaser will have the right to lay all necessary tramways.

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