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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 58

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 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 2nd July, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TARARUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Masterton, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 30th June, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MASTERTON COUNTY.

Term: Twenty-one Years.

SECTIONS 2 and 12, Block I, Waipoua Township: Area, 3 acres 2 roods 8 perches; upset annual rental, £10.

Lot 3 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District, and Sections 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15, Block II, Waipoua Township: Area, 11 acres 1 rood; upset annual rental, £36.

Lot 4 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District, and Sections 17, 19, 21, 23, and 25, Block II, Waipoua Township: Area, 14 acres 1 rood 30 perches; upset annual rental, £30.

Term: Two Years and Three Months.

Lot 5 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District, and Sections 6 and 26, Block II, Waipoua Township: Area, 13 acres 1 rood 4 perches; upset annual rental, £23.

Lot 6 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District: Area, 34 acres 3 roods; upset annual rental, £44.

Lot 7 of Section 101, Block I, Otahoua Survey District: Area, 17 acres; upset annual rental, £12.

These lots are situated within one mile from the Masterton Post-office. The access is from Queen Street by metalled road. The lots comprise flat and undulating land in grass, the soil being of a light or alluvial nature on a shingle formation. The improvements, which comprise grassing and fencing, are included in the capital values, and are valued as follow: Sections 2 and 12, £12; Lot 3 and Sections 2 to 15, £49 10s.; Lot 4 and Sections 17 to 25, £46; Lot 5 and Sections 6 and 26, £48; Lot 6, £93; Lot 7, £70.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered and lease and registration fees (£2 2s.) to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. Term of lease is as stated, without right of renewal.
3. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Crown, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause. In the event of the land being reoffered at the expiration or sooner determination of any lease, however, the incoming lessee to pay the value (to be handed over to the outgoing lessee) of the improvements effected with the consent of the Land Board. Failing disposal, the land and improvements to revert to the Crown without compensation.
4. Land Board to approve of improvements proposed.
5. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of the Land Board.
6. Interest at rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrears.
7. Buildings on land to be insured to their full insurable value.
8. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
9. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
10. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.
11. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.
12. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.
14. 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 term. Penalty for breach, £5 per acre.
15. 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 to yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.
16. Lessee to have no right to any minerals, 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.
17. The right is reserved to the Crown to enter at all times on any of these allotments for the purpose of making surveys, constructing protective works, or for any other similar purposes.

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

T. N. BRODRICK,
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.