Dec. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4015

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. No compensation for improvements will be allowed during either the currency or on the determination of the lease, but lessee may remove any improvements effected by him on the land.
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.

Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th December, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 24th January, 1916.
Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, the 27th January, 1916, at 10 o'clock a.m., 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 will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.
Preference will be given to soldiers either discharged or on active service, and 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.--MATAMATA COUNTY.--CLIFFORD SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.
| Section. | Area. | Capital Value. | Half-yearly Rent. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 1 | 279 0 32 | 2,580 0 0 | 58 1 0 |
| 2 | 37 3 30 | 620 0 0 | *31 6 2 |
| 3 | 33 1 10 | 580 0 0 | 13 19 0 |
| 4 | 31 2 26 | 550 0 0 | 12 7 6 |
| 5 | 122 2 38 | 1,890 0 0 | 42 10 6 |
| 6 | 312 1 11 | 2,710 0 0 | 60 19 6 |
| 7 | 110 0 0 | 1,530 0 0 | 34 8 6 |
| 8 | 140 2 35 | 2,160 0 0 | 48 12 0 |

• Interest and sinking fund on £650, value of buildings, &c., repayable by cash, or in fifteen years by thirty half-yearly instalments of £31 6s. 2d.; total half-yearly payment, £89 7s. 2d.
  DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.
  Section 1.--Slopes and terraces; 104 acres ploughed and grassed, 65 acres turnips eaten off and not put back to grass; watered by small springs and swampy creeks. From 250 ft. to 450 ft. above sea-level. One mile from Tirau Station by good road.
  Improvements included in capital value of section consist of fencing--western boundary, 44 chains at 10s. per chain, £22; road boundary, 57 chains at 10s. per chain, £28 10s.; east boundary (half), 22 chains at 10s. per chain, £11; internal, 189 chains at 8s. per chain, £75 12s; north boundary (half), 11 chains at 10s. per chain, £5 10s.: total price, £142 12s.
  Improvements not included in capital value of the land, but which must be paid for separately, consist of a house of sawn timber, iron roof, single brick chimney, four rooms, valued at £50; cow-shed, two stalls, iron roof, valued at £7; sheep-yards, 2 in. sawn boards, £15; shearing-shed, sawn timber, iron roof, £100; cottage, iron roof, brick chimney, £20; stable, sawn timber, iron roof, £120; buggy-house, £20; wood-shed, £15; dwellinghouse of sawn timber, iron roof, one single brick chimney, three double brick chimneys, nine rooms, £303: total, £650. Repayable by cash, or in thirty half-yearly instalments of £31 6s. 2d. each.
  Section 2.--20 acres of turnips eaten off and not put back to grass, balance mostly grass; watered by swampy creek. Elevation, 250 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Three-quarters of a mile from Tirau Railway-station by good road.
  Improvements included in price of the section consist of fencing--23 chains road at 10s. per chain, £11 10s.; 24 chains internal at 10s. per chain, £12: total, £23 10s.
  Section 3.--18 acres turnips eaten off and not resown, but grass has come naturally again; balance grass; watered by swampy creek. Elevation, 250 ft. (approximately) above sea-level. Fifty chains from Tirau Station by good road.
  Improvements included in capital value of section consist of 35 chains of road fencing at 10s. per chain, £17 10s.
  Section 4.--Level land, all in grass; watered by swampy creeks. Elevation, 250 ft. (approximately) above sea-level. Fifty chains from Tirau Station by good road.
  Improvements included in capital value of section consist of 15 chains road fencing at 10s. per chain, £7 10s.; and fencing between Sections 1 and 4 (half share), 6 chains at 10s. per chain, £3 : total, £10 10s.
  Section 5.--Level and undulating land; 114 acres grass, about 8 acres tea-tree; watered by swampy creek. Height approximately 250 ft. above sea-level. One mile from Tirau Station by good road, and gates across railway to section.
  Improvements included in capital value of section consist of fencing between Sections 1, 6, and 5 (half share), 10·75 chains at 10s. per chain, £5 7s. 6d.; internal fencing, 21 chains at 10s. per chain, £10 10s.: total, £15 17s. 6d.
  Section 6.--Hilly to undulating; 16 acres native bush, balance grass and fern; watered by small springs. Elevation, 250 ft. to 500 ft. (approximately) above sea-level. One mile from Okoroire or Tirau Stations by good road.
  Improvements included in capital value of section consist of fencing as follows: West boundary (half), 35 chains at 10s. per chain, £17 10s.; north boundary (half), 11½ chains at 10s. per chain, £5 12s. 6d.; between Sections 6 and 8 (half), 20¾ chains at 10s. per chain, £10 7s. 6d.; between Sections 6 and 7 (half), 16¾ chains at 10s. per chain, £8 7s. 6d.; between Sections 6 and 5 (half), 3½ chains at 10s. per chain, £1 15s.; internal, 113 chains at 10s. per chain, £56 10s.: total, £100 2s. 6d.
  Section 7.--Level and undulating land; 60 acres practically all grassed, 50 acres turnips eaten off and not put back to grass; watered by swampy creek. Elevation about 250 ft. above sea-level. One mile from Tirau Station by good road, and gates across railway-line to section.
  Improvements included in capital value of section consist of fencing as follows: Between Sections 6 and 7 (half), 3 chains at 10s. per chain, £1 10s.; west boundary, between Sections 6 and 7 (half), 16·75 chains at 10s. per chain, £8 7s. 6d.; west boundary, between Sections 8 and 7 (half), 3 chains at 10s. per chain, £1 10s.; north boundary, between Sections 8 and 7 (half), 10 chains at 10s. per chain, £5: total, £16 7s. 6d.
  Section 8.--55 acres flat and in grass; balance hilly, with surface-sown grass; watered by small springs. About 250 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. One mile from Tirau or Okoroire Stations by good road.
  Improvements included in capital value of section consist of fencing as follows: Internal, 51 chains at 10s. per chain, £25 10s.; south boundary, between Sections 7 and 8 (half), 10 chains at 10s. per chain, £5; north boundary (half), 30 chains at 10s. per chain, £15; west boundary, between Sections 6 and 8 (half), 15 chains at 10s. per chain, £7 10s.; between Sections 6, 7, and 8 (half), 9 chains at 10s. per chain, £4 10s.: total, £57 10s.
  GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
  Clifford Settlement, formerly the property of Mr. H. J. Clifford, is situated between Tirau and Okoroire Stations on the Auckland-Rotorua line. Post-office and telephone bureau at Tirau, and creamery about half a mile distant. The bulk of the estate is composed of easy slopes and terraces, with some patches of a steep nature difficult to plough, and a proportion of flat land fit for dairying. Soil good on the higher slopes, and of a lighter description on the lower parts and flats, being as a rule of good quality resting on sandstone formation. Water-supply chiefly from springs. Fencing and buildings are in good repair, except one of the small cottages. The estate is in grass and cultivation, except a few patches of rough hillside. Lower land on railway frontage suitable for dairying, balance good sheep-country.
  H. M. SKEET,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.