1046
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 8th March, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Friday, the 30th day of April, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under section 25 of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 1025, 1026, and 1028 (education reserve), Town of Picton; upset annual rental, £5; term of lease, twenty-one years; area, 3 roods.

Level land, well adapted for a site for a gentleman’s residence and garden; creek runs through lower portion.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on day of sale.
2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st day of January and 1st July in each year.
3. The lease shall be for the term stated from the 1st July, 1915.
4. The lessee shall have no right against the Crown or the Land Board to compensation, either for improvements he may place upon the land or for any other cause. Improvements effected with the consent of the Marlborough Land Board upon the land shall be paid for by the incoming lessee.
5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in his lease without the consent of the Marlborough Land Board first had and obtained.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants 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 said Commissioner of Crown lands.
7. 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 be fulfilled.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 15th March, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Friday, the 30th day of April, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—CLIFFORD BAY SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 10 and 11, Block XIV: Area, 15 acres 0 roods 8 perches (plantation reserve); upset annual rental, £10; term of lease, fourteen years.

Flat land. About 100 ft. above sea-level. Good soil; watered by Blind River. Distant about six miles from Town of Seddon by good formed road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever, on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. The lease shall be for the term stated from the 1st July, 1915.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation for improvements, but improvements other than boundary fences may be removed at end of lease.

5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his lease without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

6. 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 for the Marlborough Land District.

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

8. 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 be fulfilled.

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.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 1st March, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for lease by public auction for terms of twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, at the local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 28th day of April, 1915, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

SECTION 4, Block I, Turanganui District: Area, 52 acres 1 rood 9 perches; upset annual rental, £115 7s. 8d.

All flat land, soil heavy loam. Section has a splendid sole of good clean English rye-grass. Situated about six miles from Gisborne by good metalled road. The improvements which are included in the price of the land comprise 88 chains of fencing, £33; and grassing, £182 17s. 6d.; total, £215 17s. 6d.

Section 5, Block I, Turanganui District: Area, 45 acres; upset annual rental, £99 2s.

All flat land, soil partly sandy loam and heavy loam; whole of section laid down in good clean English rye-grass. Situated about seven miles from Gisborne by good metalled road. The improvements which are included in the price of the land comprise 65½ chains fencing, £24 11s. 3d.; and grassing, £157 10s.; total, £182 1s. 3d.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), to be paid on fall of hammer.
2. Term of lease, twenty-one years from date of sale, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.
3. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire a new lease at the end of the term, land to be leased by auction.
4. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of the Land Board.
5. Lessee to cultivate and improve the land, and keep it clear of weeds. Creeks, drains, and watercourses to be kept open.
6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrears.
7. Buildings which may be erected on the land to be kept in good repair and condition.
8. No gravel to be removed from the land without the consent of the Land Board.
9. Lessee not to carry on any offensive trade on the land.
10. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
13. The outgoing lessee to be allowed one month after date of sale to remove four stacks of oats, also windmill, tank, and troughs, from Section 4, Block I, Turanganui.

Form of lease may be perused, and plans and full particulars obtained, at the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, and the local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.