JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2023

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 1st June, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday, the 15th day of July, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF MURCHISON.

SECTION 46: Area, 1 acre 3 roods 8 perches; upset annual rent, £8.

Level land, felled and in grass, about one-eighth of a mile from the Murchison Post-office.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser, and shall deposit one half-year’s rent, together with rent for the broken period between the date of sale and the 1st day of January, 1916, and £1 1s. lease fee.

2. The leases shall be for the terms specified, without right of renewal, but shall be subject to termination at any time by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

3. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee unless they have been sanctioned by the Governor, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause.

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

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st day of January and July in each year.

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

7. 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 gorse, sweetbrier, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease will 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.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 29th May, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned education reserves will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 30th June, 1915, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

RESERVE 920, Block XVI, Rolleston Survey District: Area, 32 acres; upset annual rental, £13 12s.

Level alluvial land. Light soil, improving from north to south; suitable for roots and legumes; south end oats and barley. Two miles from Weedons Railway-station by good road.

Reserve 923, Block XVI, Rolleston Survey District: Area, 68 acres; upset annual rental, £23 16s.

Level alluvial light land, improving in character from north to south; suitable for roots and legumes; gorse has spread from road boundary. Two miles and a half from Weedons Railway-station.

Reserve 1164, Block XII, Rolleston Survey District: Area, 34 acres; upset annual rental, £20 8s.

Level alluvial land, all fit for cultivation, and growing roots and legume crops; two-thirds suitable for barley and oats. Five miles from Templeton Railway-station by good road.

Reserve 919, Block XII, Rolleston Survey District: Area, 140 acres; upset annual rental, £49.

Light, level, alluvial land; suitable for cultivation and growing root and legume crops; watered by water-race. Four miles from Templeton Railway-station by good road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, and £2 2s. lease fee and cost of registration, must be deposited with tender.

2. Possession will be given 1st July, 1915.

3. Term of lease, fourteen 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, on 1st days of January and July in each year.

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 to take more than three crops in succession, one of which must be a root crop; after the third crop the land to be left in pasture for at least three years; at least two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the expiration of the term; penalty for breach, £5 per acre.

12. 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.

13. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date, or for breach of conditions.

14. Land Board may resume not more than 5 acres for school-site upon reduction of rent and compensation for crops.

15. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

16. Lessee to have no right to any minerals.

Education reserves are included in the classes of land on which, with the approval of the Advances Board, money may be advanced by the State-guaranteed Advances Office.

The reserves are described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

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

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th March, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, on or after Thursday, the 8th day of July, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—SELWYN SETTLEMENT.

SECTION 69, Block XVI, Tapapa Survey District: Area, 10 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.