APRIL 15. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1131

COLLINGWOOD COUNTY.—PAKAWAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Sections 20 and 26, Block XV: Area, 53 acres 2 roods 30 perches; upset annual rental, £3.

All low hills, covered with gorse, scrub, fern, and manuka. Land of inferior quality, suitable for pastoral purposes. Situated about three miles distant from Collingwood.

TAKAKA COUNTY.—TAKAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 68, Square 11, Block VII: Area, 11 acres 3 roods 8 perches; upset annual rental, £1.

About 4 acres hillside, covered with fern and scrub; remainder flat land of good quality, covered with blackberry, manuka, and grass. About fourteen miles distant from Takaka.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), and valuation for improvements (if any) 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 new lease at end of any term, land to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value of improvements, which is to be handed over to outgoing lessee, less any sums due to the Crown.

4. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of the Land Board.

5. Lessees to cultivate and improve 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 arrear.

7. Buildings on land to be kept in good order, repair, and condition.

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

9. Lessee not to carry on any offensive trade.

10. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before making improvements.

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

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

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th April, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 24th day of July, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTOMA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 3, Block VIII: Area, 57 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 14th January, 1915.

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 29th day of April, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.