JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2359

Education Reserves in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st June, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 31st July, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MANUKAU COUNTY.—
MANUREWA PARISH, SECTION 8.

Situated about two miles from Papatoetoe Station by formed and metalled road. Each lot is roughly grassed, and to some extent roughly fenced. The loading on Lot 3 is mostly for a cottage out of repair, and on the other lots is for fencing. The soil is heavy volcanic, and the land is undulating throughout. Lots 1 and 2 are without water; Lots 3 and 4 fairly watered by small stream.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with loading for improvements, £2 2s. lease fee, which includes stamp duty and cost of registration, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. Immediate possession will be given.
3. Term of lease twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further similar terms, at rentals based on fresh valuations, under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.
4. Rent payable half-yearly, in advance, on 1st days of January and July in each year, subject to penalty at the rate of 10 per centum per annum for any period during which it remains in arrear.
5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.
6. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.
8. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.
9. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
10. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.
11. Lessee not to take more than three crops in succession, one of which must be a root crop; after the third crop the land to be left in pasture for at least three years; at least two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the expiration of the term; penalty for breach, £5 per acre.
12. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings to revert to the Crown without compensation.
13. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date, or for breach of conditions.
14. Land Board may resume not more than five acres for school-site upon reduction of rent and compensation for crops.
15. Lessee to have no right to any milling-timber, minerals, or kauri-gum, all rights to which, together with rights of access for the purpose of working the same, are reserved by and on behalf of the Crown.
16. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hillersden Settlement, Marlborough Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 1st June, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned land 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, 13th July, 1914.

Applicants will have to appear before the Land Board at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 14th July, 1914, to answer any questions that may be asked; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of the land district in which he resides.

The ballot for the sections, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 14th July, 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—
MOUNT OLYMPUS AND SPRAY SURVEY DISTRICTS.—
HILLERSDEN SETTLEMENT.

First- and Second-class Land.

SECTION 13, Block VI, Mount Olympus Survey District: Area, 272 acres; rent per acre per annum, 8s.

Section 13A, Block I, Spray Survey District, and Block XV, Mount Olympus Survey District: Area, 9,890 acres; rent per acre per annum, 11d.

Half-yearly rental, £285 19s. 6d. Payment for broken period from 14th July to 31st December, 1914, amounting to £267 19s. 1d., will also have to be paid.

Improvements that go with the sections consist of boundary and internal fencing valued at £446 15s. 0d.

Part of Hillersden Settlement, situated about thirty-five miles from Blenheim. Homestead Block: Section 13 consists of good even land, free of stone. The lower terrace is good silt ground, suitable for lucerne. The upper, or “Bounds” block (Section 13A) is very largely capable of grassing and substantial improvement. The lower and middle portion of 13A is really nice country, comprising good slopes and generally good sweet tussock country which, if well handled, could be turned to much account. Good tussock extends right to the top of range, excepting around the “Bounds” Peak, which is practically useless. The country lies well, generally facing west and north-west.

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

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Omau Village, Nelson Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 1st June, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office, Westport, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 24th July, 1914, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—OMAU VILLAGE.

Village Land.

SECTION 23: Area, 13 perches; upset price, £10. Weighted with £30, valuation for improvements which consist of a whare of four small rooms and some fencing and clearing.

A small flat section in the Village of Omau, situated upon the main through street close to the railway-station at Cape Foulwind, about seven miles from Westport. There are sawmills in the neighbourhood, and also a quarry; and the place is a half-holiday and week-end resort.

TERMS OF SALE.

Valuation for improvements and 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 there-