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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

2. The lease shall be for the term of five years, without right of renewal, and shall be subject to termination at any time by three months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

3. The lease shall be for grazing purposes only.

4. 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, or on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, or for any other cause; but the value of customary fencing requisite for grazing purposes will be loaded on the land in the event of leases being again offered for public competition.

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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 thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

The reserves are 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.

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

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th June, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the Town Hall, Patea, at 11.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 18th August, 1915, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and their amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SUBURBAN LAND.—SUBDIVISIONS OF SECTION 42, SUBURBS OF PATEA.

SUBDIVISIONS 1 and 2: Area, 1 rood 2·6 perches; upset annual rent, £5.

Subdivisions 3 and 4: Area, 1 rood 2·6 perches; upset annual rent, £4.

Subdivisions 5 and 6: Area, 1 rood 2·6 perches; upset annual rent, £4.

Subdivisions 7, 8, and 9: Area, 1 rood 23·9 perches; upset annual rent, £5.

Subdivisions 10, 11, 12, and 13: Area, 2 roods 5·2 perches; upset annual rent, £4.

Subdivisions 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18: Area, 2 roods 26·5 perches; upset annual rent, £4.

The sections comprise flat land, all in grass.

ABSTRACT OF 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 is twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years at rents based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. No compensation for improvements, but if lease is not renewed upon expiry the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Land Board; failing disposal, the land and improvements revert to the Crown without compensation.

4. No transfer, mortgage, sublease, or subdivision allowed without consent.

5. Lessee to keep land clear of noxious weeds.

6. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, fences, gates, and drains, and to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges, and to yield up all improvements in good order, repair, and condition at the expiration of the lease.

7. Rent payable half-yearly in advance, subject to penalty at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for any period during which it remains in arrear.

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

9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.

10. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.

11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments, and to keep buildings insured.

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

These leases 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 bidders, 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, full particulars ascertained, and plans obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th June, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the Town Hall, Patea, at 11.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 18th August, 1915, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

PATEA DISTRICT.—CARLYLE SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION part 503, Block III: Area, 4 acres 1 rood; upset annual rent, £2 18s.; term, fourteen years.

This section comprises undulating to flat land, all in grass, and fenced. Situated on the bank of the Patea River close to the Pariroa Pa.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. No declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. 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.

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

4. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

5. The lessee shall 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.

6. The land shall not be cropped or broken up, 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 shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails 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.

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.

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

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th June, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms 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 16th day of September, 1915.