3596 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 128

Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 14th November, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for lease of the undermentioned reserve will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 20th December, 1916, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1906, and amendments.
Possession will be given on the 8th January, 1917.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 110, Block XII, Cape Survey District: Area, 26 acres; minimum annual rent, £25; term, five years.
The section comprises principally flat land, with one or two small hills. All ploughable, and laid down in English grasses; ring-fenced and subdivided. There is a four-roomed house with outbuildings on the land; house in a fairly good state of repair.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.
2. The lease shall be for the term stated, and shall be subject to termination by twelve months' notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
3. 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 im-
   provemments effected by the lessee, or on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, or for any other cause.
4. The lessee shall pay all rates, taxes, and assessments that may become due and payable.
5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
6. The lessee shall have no right to subject, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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 reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. House and fences to be yielded up in good order and condition on expiration or determination of lease.
10. The lease will be liable to forfeiture in case 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.

Tenders should be addrssed "The Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth," and marked on the outside "Tender for Reserve."
Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.
The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Sale to Owners of Adjoining Lands.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 19th September, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the land described in the Schedule below, being land formerly reserved for railway purposes, will be sold to the owners of adjoining lands, in terms of section 131 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Thursday, 28th December, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—BEAUMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P.
SECTION 40, Block III .. .. Area, 0 2 28
" 41 " .. .. " 4 0 25

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th October, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Sale-rooms, Rangiora, at 2 o'clock p.m., on Tuesday, 21st November, 1916, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—RANGIORA COUNTY.—MAIRAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

RESERVE 1240, Block VII: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 6 perches; upset price, £30.
Mostly hillsides, fair soil, stony in places. Access by good road, about three miles from Cust Railway-station.
Reserve 629, Block VII: Area, 9 acres; upset price, £54.
All flat land, fair soil, mostly covered with gorse and broom. Access by good road, about a mile and a half from Cust Railway-station.
Reserve 1078, Block VIII: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 31 perches; upset price, £17 10s.
About half open flat land of fair quality, remainder steep faces covered with gorse and broom. Access by good road, about four miles and a half from Stoke Railway-station.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.
Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in the Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 24th October, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the lease of the undermentioned reserve for a term of twenty-one years will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th November, 1916, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908, and their amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.—KAKARAMEA TOWN BELT.

SUB. B: Area, 6 acres 2 roods 16 perches; minimum annual rent, £8 5s.
Situated alongside Kakaramea Railway-station. Practically level land; soil of good quality; land was cropped last year, and has not been resown. Fenced on three sides with live hedges (in good order), remaining side by railway fence.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year's rent at rate offered, and lease and registration fees, £2 2s., must accompany each tender if leases are required.
2. Term of lease is twenty-one years under section 5 (c) of the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908, without compensation for improvements.
3. Possession will be given on date of acceptance of tender.
4. No transfer or sublease allowed without consent.
5. Lessee to keep the land clear of weeds. Creeks, drains, and watercourses to be kept open. Fences and live hedges to be kept in good order and repair.
6. Interest at rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
7. No gravel to be removed from land without consent of the Land Board.
8. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
9. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.
10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
11. Land to be left ring-fenced and in permanent pasture on expiry of lease by effluxion of time.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Envelopes should be marked on the outside "Tender for Reserve."
    Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.