JUNE 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2099

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser, and shall deposit one half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease fee, and valuation for improvements.

2. The lease shall be for the term 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. Improvements existing on the land or to be made under the authority of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson, will be protected.

4. Possession will be given on the 1st July, 1915.

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 accommodation-houses on the reserves shall be kept open as places of public entertainment for the use of travellers, for whose exclusive use suitable accommodation and provisions shall be provided at the following rates, and for whose horses and cattle a sufficient supply of sound oats and hay shall be provided at rates mentioned below. The lessees will not suffer any sheep to feed or pasture on paddocks, which shall be kept exclusively for the use of travellers’ horses and cattle.

Charges for Accommodation of Travellers.

Inangahua Junction Accommodation-house: Meals (each), not exceeding 2s.; beds (each), not exceeding 2s.; horse-feed, with oats, 2s.

Warwick Junction Accommodation-house: Meals (each), not exceeding, 2s.; beds (each), not exceeding, 2s.; horse-feed, with oats, 2s.

9. The lease will be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, and at the local Land Offices, Reefton and Westport.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 14th June, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection, in terms of section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, for occupation with right of purchase or with agreement to purchase on deferred payments, at the option of the applicant; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 26th July, 1915.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, the 29th July, 1915, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Preference will be given 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.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rodney County.—Otamatea Survey District.

SECTION 37, Block XVI: Area, 23 acres 3 roods 21 perches; capital value, £35. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, 17s. 6d. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £1 15s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and manuka land, mostly dug over for gum. Soil inferior clay, on sandstone formation; no water on section. Distant half a mile from Wellsford Railway-station by cart-road.

Waitemata County.—Okura Parish.

Section 80: Area, 19 acres 3 roods 37 perches; capital value, £80. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £4.

Section 86: Area, 20 acres 3 roods 23 perches; capital value, £80. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £4.

Section 87: Area, 20 acres 2 roods 37 perches: capital value, £90. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 5s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £4 10s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 390 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with short manuka and danthonia. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation. Section 87 fairly watered by small swampy streams; other sections not watered, but water can be obtained by sinking. Section 80 distant four miles from Silverdale, three miles and a half of which is by coach-road, balance unformed, but fit for traffic. Sections 86 and 87 front main coach-road, four miles from Silverdale, and ten miles from Takapuna.

Section 182: Area, 25 acres; capital value, £110. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 15s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £5 10s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating country, covered with manuka, scrub, and danthonia. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent stream. Fronts main coach-road, three miles and a quarter from Silverdale.

Section 183: Area, 22 acres 3 roods 10 perches; capital value, £110. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 15s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £5 10s.

Section 184: Area, 24 acres 3 roods 18 perches; capital value, £120. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £6.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 260 ft. above sea-level. Almost level and easy undulating land, covered with danthonia and short manuka. Clay soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distant three miles and a quarter from Silverdale by coach-road.

Section 185: Area, 24 acres 3 roods 39 perches; capital value, £120. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £6.

Section 186: Area, 24 acres 3 roods 38 perches; capital value, £120. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £3. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £6.

Section 187: Area 23 acres 0 roods 4 perches; capital value, £100. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 10s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £5.

Section 188: Area, 23 acres 0 roods 7 perches; capital value, £100. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 10s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £5.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 330 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with short manuka and danthonia grass. Clay soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation. Section 186 fairly watered by swampy stream, remaining sections poorly watered by small swampy streams; but water can be obtained by sinking. Distant three miles from Silverdale, two miles of which is by coach-road, balance unformed but quite suitable for horse or sledge traffic.

Section 189: Area, 22 acres 1 rood 37 perches; capital value, £110. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 15s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £5 10s.

Section 190: Area, 22 acres 0 roods 30 perches; capital value, £110. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 15s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £5 10s.

Section 191: Area, 22 acres 2 roods 13 perches; capital value, £110. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 15s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £5 10s.

Altitude, 180 ft. to 280 ft. above sea-level. Sections 189 and 190 nearly flat; Section 191 easy undulating land, all covered with short manuka and danthonia. Clay soil of good quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distant two miles and a quarter to two miles and a half from Silverdale, a mile and three-quarters of which is by coach-road, balance unformed but fit for horse traffic.

Section 192: Area, 21 acres 1 rood 20 perches; capital value, £100. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £2 10s. Deferred payment: Half-yearly instalment (not including interest), £5.

Altitude, 230 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with short manuka and danthonia. Clay soil