Nov. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3791

Sumner, and three miles and a half from New Brighton. Chiefly sand, covered with lupins and some marram grass. Suitable for building-sites for week-end cottages.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. The lease shall be for twenty-one years, without right of renewal, and shall be subject to resumption by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Crown.

3. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation, either on account of any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, or for any other cause; but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove any fences or buildings erected by him on the land, but not otherwise.

4. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

5. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

7. The lessee shall once a year during the said term, and at the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim all live fences now on the demised land, or which may be planted thereon during the said term.

8. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

10. Possession will be given on date of the sale.

The reserve is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description. Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 10th November, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 7th December, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOMO COUNTY.—TOTORO SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.—National Endowment.

SECTION 1, Block II; Area, 167 acres; capital value, £290; half-yearly rent, £5 16s.

Situated on Tuhua Road. Access from Te Kuiti, about ten miles and a half distant—by a good metalled wagon-road for nine miles, balance by a road formed for wheel traffic. There is a school within two miles, and a post-office and telephone office within two miles and a half. Comprises easy to rather steep country, the frontage of the section being inferior, but very fair from the entre to the back. The forest varies from fern, tutu, and manuka to light bush comprising tawa, tawhero, and hinau, &c., and a light undergrowth of supplejacks, ferns, pongas, &c. About 20 acres has been felled and grassed, but is now in fern and rubbish. Soil is of inferior to poor quality, on rhyolite and papa formation; well watered.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Parahi Settlement, Auckland Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, under 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, the 15th day of November, 1915.

The ballot, in case there is more than one applicant, will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, the 18th day of November, 1915, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have children dependent upon them, or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—MATAKOHE SURVEY DISTRICT.—PARAHI SETTLEMENT.

SECTION 4, Block V: Area, 349 acres 3 roods; capital value, £1,640; half-yearly rental, £36 18s.

Undulating land. Altitude, 120 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. 130 acres fern and scrub, balance good grass; well watered. Eleven miles and a half from Ruawai or thirteen from Matakohc by formed road.

The improvements included in the capital value consist of half share in 47 chains boundary fence, £23 10s.; and 42 chains irregular road fence, £12 12s. This latter fence will be required to be removed and placed on the correct boundary, and the value has been reduced on that account.

Terms of lease may be seen and forms of application obtained at this office. Applicants are particularly requested to see that their answers to the questions on the application form are full and complete.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 18th October, 1915.

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 1st December, 1915, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.—TOWN OF MANAIA.

SECTIONS 1, 2, 4–12, 14–20, Block XXV: Area, 4 acres 2 roods; minimum annual rental, £9; term, seven years.

Mostly good flat land, all in grass.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.

2. Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of tender.

3. Term of lease is seven years, with no right of renewal, under section 5 (c) of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

4. No transfer, sublease, or subdivision allowed without consent.

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

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

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

8. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.

9. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.

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

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

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

Tenders should be addressed “The Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth,” and marked on the outside “Tender for Reserve.”

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.