May 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2001

Gisborne by good metalled road. The improvements comprise 88 chains fencing, £33; and grassing, £182 17s. 6d.

Section 5.—All flat land; soil partly sandy loam and heavy loam; whole of section laid down in good clean English ryegrass. Situated about seven miles from Gisborne by good metalled road. The improvements comprise 65½ chains fencing, £24 11s. 3d.; and grassing, £157 10s.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

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

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years from date of sale, with perpetual right of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years.

3. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire new lease at end of the term, land to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value of improvements, which is to be handed over to outgoing lessee, less any sums due to the Crown.

4. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of the Land Board.

5. Lessee to cultivate and improve the land and keep it clear of weeds. Creeks, drains, and watercourses to be kept open.

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

7. Buildings which may be erected on land to be kept in good repair and condition.

8. No gravel to be removed from the land without consent of the Land Board.

9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.

10. Lessee to obtain the consent of the Land Board before making improvements.

11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

13. The outgoing lessee to be allowed one month after date of sale to remove four stacks of oats, also windmill, tank, and troughs, from Section 4, Block I, Turanganui.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at the Lands Office, Napier, and the local Lands Office, Gisborne.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 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 Hillersden Settlement, Marlborough, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 20th April, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 18th May, 1914.

Applicants will have to appear in person before the Land Board, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 19th May, 1914, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask; but if any applicant so desires, he may be examined by the Land Board of the district in which he resides.

The ballot for the section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 20th May, 1914.

Preference at the ballot 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—MOUNT OLYMPUS SURVEY DISTRICT.—HILLERSDEN SETTLEMENT.

Pastoral Land.

Improvements included in price of section consist of fencing, valued at £18 3s.

Portion of the block known as the “Finger-marks.” Good ewe country, and generally clean, sweet, tussock land, with good soil, and would take surface-sowing well.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars ascertained at this office.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 20th April, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned reserves will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 20th May, 1914, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendment.

Possession will be given one month from the date of acceptance of tender.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF HAWERA.

The lots comprise flat land, all in grass.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.

2. The leases shall be for the term stated, and shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

3. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, or on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, or for any other cause.