APRIL 15. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1135

Education Reserves in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd March, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 30th day of April, 1915, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WAIPA COUNTY.—HOROTIU PARISH.

Section E. 117: Area, 22 acres; upset annual rental, £12.
Level land, partly swamp. 6 acres old grass, 4 acres swamp; balance tea-tree, gorse, &c. Adjoining Horotiu Railway-station, five miles from Ngaruawahia by very good road.

WAIKATO COUNTY.—HAMILTON EAST TOWN.

Section 303: Area, 1 acre; upset annual rental, £17 10s.
Level section, fronting the main street of Hamilton East. Soil of first-class quality, on gravel formation. Blackberry prevalent.

MANUKAU COUNTY.—PAPAKURA TOWN.

Sections 1 to 4, Block X: Area, 3 roods 18 perches; upset annual rental, £9.
Flat land on main South Road. Soil brown volcanic nature, resting on clay; no water. Loaded with £3 14s., for improvements consisting of fencing and grassing.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—WAIKOMITI PARISH.

Section 391: Area, 5 acres 2 roods; upset annual rental, £8.
Section 392: Area, 5 acres 2 roods 20 perches; upset annual rental, £8.
Section 393: Area, 5 acres 2 roods 20 perches; upset annual rental, £8.
Level to slightly undulating land partly cleared and roughly grassed; balance covered with hakea and tea-tree. No water. A mile and a half from New Lynn Station by formed road. The sections are loaded for fencing and grassing as follows: Section 391, £8 15s.; Section 392, £12; Section 393, £22.

OHINEMURI COUNTY.—WAIHOU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 12, Block XI: Area, 49 acres 3 roods 39 perches; upset annual rental, £35.
Partly drained swamp on Hauraki Plains, about a mile from Netherton by formed road, adjoining block disposed of on 26th March last. Soil alluvial formation of first-class quality.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.—PAHI TOWN.

Lots 60 to 68: Area, 4 acres 2 roods 36 perches; upset annual rental, £1.
Hilly and broken land all in rough feed. Fairly heavy black soil, fair to good; no water. A quarter of a mile from Pahi by unformed road or along the coast.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—RAWENE TOWN.

Section 8: Area, 36 perches; upset annual rental, £7 10s.
Mostly level land in business part of the town, adjoining County Offices. The house on the section has been sold for removal.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.—WAIKOMITI PARISH.

Section 274: Area, 2 acres 1 rood 9 perches; upset annual rental, £4.
Section 389: Area, 2 acres 1 rood; upset annual rental, £4.
Section 390: Area, 2 acres 1 rood 9 perches; upset annual rental, £4.
Fairly level and ploughable land, a mile and a quarter from New Lynn Railway-station. Soil of grey nature, on clay formation; no water. Light growth of tea-tree.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee, which includes cost of registration, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. Immediate possession will be given.
3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further similar terms, at rentals based on fresh valuations, under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.
4. Rent payable half-yearly, in advance, subject to penalty at the rate of 10 per centum per annum for any period during which it remains in arrear.
5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.
6. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.
8. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.
9. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
10. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.
11. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings to revert to the Crown without compensation.
12. Lease liable to forfeiture for breach of conditions.
13. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Forest Reserve (Part) in Auckland Land District for Lease by Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th March, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up till 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 26th April, 1915, for a lease for ten years of about 75 acres of the forest reserve in Block XV, Wairere Survey District, adjoining Mr. Sandford’s Section 1, Block IV, Tapapa, in accordance with the provisions of section 315 of the Land Act, 1908, and of the State Forests Act, 1908. Minimum annual rental, £3 10s.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. LEASE to be for grazing purposes only, and subject to resumption at six months’ notice.
2. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either for improvements put on the land or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause; but he may on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease remove all buildings or fences erected by him, but not otherwise.
3. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
4. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land, 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.
5. The lessee shall not be entitled to cut or make use of any timber on the land, and shall take all reasonable steps to preserve such timber from destruction by fire or otherwise.
6. The lessee shall grant to all persons duly authorized in that behalf free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the State Forests Act, 1908, or for felling and removing from the land any trees or timber as aforesaid.
7. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.
8. Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease
9. Tenders to be endorsed on the outside “Tender for Lease,” and to be accompanied by the first half-year’s rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee £1 1s.
10. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District open for License on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 6th April, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs are open for license; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 25th May, 1915, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.