Nov. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3471

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 1st November, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Christchurch, 18th October, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at this office on Tuesday, 19th December, 1916, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—AMURI COUNTY.—CULVERDEN TOWNSHIP.

| Sec- | Area. | Upset Price. | Sec- | Area. | Upset Price. |
| tion. | | | tion. | | |
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 22 | 1 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 36 | 0 2 0 | 50 0 0 |
| 25 | 0 2 0 | 50 0 0 | 37 | 1 0 0 | 75 0 0 |
| 26 | 0 2 0 | 50 0 0 | 38 | 1 0 0 | 75 0 0 |
| 27 | 0 2 0 | 50 0 0 | 44 | 3 0 0 | 100 0 0 |
| 28 | 0 2 0 | 50 0 0 | 46 | 5 0 0 | 100 0 0 |
| 29 | 0 2 0 | 50 0 0 | 47 | 4 0 0 | 80 0 0 |
| 30 | 0 2 0 | 75 0 0 | 50 | 4 0 0 | 100 0 0 |
| 35* | 0 2 0 | 50 0 0 | | | |

• Weighted with £140, valuation for improvements.

Culverden is situated in the Amuri County, sixty-nine miles from Christchurch, is the present terminus of the railway, and is part of the Culverden Estate. The whole of the township is flat, the soil being of a light and shingly nature. Water is obtained by means of wells and pumps. Lot 35 fronts Montrose Street, about twenty chains from the railway-station.

There are on this section a dwellinghouse of five rooms, surgery, two-stalled stable, harness-room and trap-shed, well, pump, and gate, the whole valued at £140, payable in cash.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are—

(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

(2.) Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

In either case if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

The valuation for improvements must be paid immediately the applicant has been declared successful.

Titles will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 30th October, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 19th December, 1916, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY.—KAPUNATIKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Part Reserve 100, Block IV: Area, 75 acres 1 rood; upset annual rent, £18 15s.

Part Reserve 1486, Block IV: Area, 41 acres; upset annual rent, £10 5s.

Term of lease, fourteen years.

Open land, carrying excellent native pasture. Situated on the south side of the mouth of the Rangitata River, about twelve miles from Rangitata Railway-station.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on the 1st day of January, 1917.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or on account of the aforesaid resumption.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion 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 be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.