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River Railway-station, about a mile and a half. There is about 192 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing on this reserve.

1231. Nearly all hills with rocky faces. Altitude, 300 ft. to 1,200 ft. Volcanic soil, covered with tussock and native grasses. About five acres alluvial flat. Access from Birdling’s Flat Railway-station by formed road, about six miles. There is about 180 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing on this reserve.

1232. Good undulating volcanic land, originally in bush, but now in English grass; well watered. Access from Hilltop Post-office by Summit Road and Okain’s Bay Road, about fifteen miles. Besides the shed, for which £70 must be paid in cash by the purchaser of the lease, there are on the reserve yards, a water-race and wheel, and bridge, and 215 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing, which go with the land.

1233. Good undulating land; fair soil, partly grassed and well watered. Access from Hilltop Post-office by the Summit Road, Okain’s Bay Road, and a mile of unformed road—seventeen miles in all. There is about 192 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing on this reserve.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with rent for the broken period up to 1st July, 1916, and £2 2s. lease fee and cost of registration, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Immediate possession will be given.

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, subject to penalty at the rate of 10 per centum per annum for any period during which it remains in arrear.

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.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 16th February, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be sold in terms of section 128 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Wednesday, 17th May, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAIHEMO COUNTY.—WAIHEMO SURVEY DISTRICT.

PART of mining reserve in Block III, Waihemo District: Area, 58 acres.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 11th January, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 131 of that Act on or after Monday, the 17th day of April, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Block I, Mahoe Survey District.

Portion of original railway reserve adjoining Sections 45 and 47: Area, 8 acres 3 roods 13 perches.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd November, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 28th day of February, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 484A, Taupiri Parish, Waikato County: Area, 9 acres.

Lot 106 of Subsection 1, Opaheke Parish, Franklin County: Area, 1 acre 3 roods 10 perches.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under Section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 16th December, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 1, Block XIII, Mimi Survey District, containing 10 acres, will be disposed of under section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or after Friday, the 24th day of March, 1916.

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, 17th January, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance 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, 20th April, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAROA COUNTY.—KAEO SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 3A, Block III: Area, 39 acres 3 roods 17 perches.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Kowhatu Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th February, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Acts, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 20th March, 1916.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the Courthouse, Waimate, on Wednesday, 22nd March, 1916, at 12 o’clock noon, to answer any questions