Aug. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3319

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th August, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution
of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th August, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-
mentioned land having been forfeited by resolution
of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted
to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Section 19, Block XI, Tautuku Survey District.
Tenure: O.R.P. License No. 473. Formerly held by Anne
M. G. Perreau. Reason for forfeiture: Failure to effect
improvements.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under the Land
Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 30th July, 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 and
the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, on or after Friday,
27th November, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CONICAL HILLS SETTLEMENT.
ALLOTMENT 30A: 9 acres 3 roods 36 perches.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd August, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned re-
serve will be offered for lease by public auction, for
a term of ten years, at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day
of October, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Re-
serves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies'
Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
EDUCATION RESERVE.—WALLACE COUNTY.—TAKITIMO
SURVEY DISTRICT.
LOTS 5, 6, and 7 of Run 166A: Area, 7,905 acres; upset
annual rent, £300; term, 10 years.
Weighted with £1,321, valuation for improvements.

Description.

The country lies at an elevation of between 600 ft. and
1,200 ft. above sea-level, and alternates from flat and un-
dulating land to downs and hills.

Much of it can be improved by cultivation and surface
sowing, while the flats along Grassy Stream are good agri-
cultural land. With the exception of some 100 acres around
the homestead, which have been cultivated, the whole of the
area is in its natural state, being mostly silver tussock and
flax country, interspersed with areas of fern and manuka;
and along the bank of the Waiau River there are some 130
acres of tawhai and totara bush suitable for fencing-material.

The whole of the improvements are in good order, all the
buildings having been erected within the last two years and
a half.

The whole of the country is well watered, and is very
suitable for both sheep and cattle farming. The homestead
is distant from Tuatapere Railway-station twenty miles,
and from Otautau Railway-station twenty-nine miles, both
by good gravelled roads, with the exception of the last eight
miles and a half, which are at present only formed. It is
proposed to bridge the Wairaki River within the next
twelve months.

Abstract of Conditions.

1. Rent from 1st April to 30th June, 1915, at rate offered,
   and lease and registration fees, to be paid on the fall of the
   hammer. Valuation for improvements to be paid before
   purchaser gets possession.

2. The term of the lease is ten years from 1st March, 1915,
   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 culti-
   vation 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 valua-
   tion to be made by arbitration of all improvements consist-
   ing 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 improve-
   ments (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.

9. Possession will be given on 1st April, 1915.

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