754
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Land in Suburbs of Rotorua, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th March, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, 14th April, 1916, under the provisions of the Thermal Springs Districts Act, 1910, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—SUBURBS OF ROTORUA.

SECTION 57: Area, 12 acres 1 rood 5 perches; upset annual rental, £3.

Altitude, 960 ft. to 970 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with manuka scrub and fern. Fair pumice soil, on pumice formation, fairly watered by swampy stream. Distant three miles from Rotorua by dray-road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for the same term at a rent to be determined by revaluation in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

2. Rent payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; the first half-yearly payment, with lease fee (£1 1s.), to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. Section to be improved within one year from the date of the lease to the value of at least ten times the annual rental.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent of the Land Board.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

6. The lessee shall throughout the term of the lease keep and maintain in good order, condition, and repair, to the satisfaction of the Resident Officer, Rotorua, all buildings, structures, fixtures, and fences which may be erected or placed upon the land.

7. The lessee shall not erect any building until the plan of the same has been first submitted to the Resident Officer or local authority, Rotorua, for approval, and duly approved.

8. The lease shall be prepared generally in accordance with the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Westland Land District for License by Public Auction.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Hokitika, 7th March, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for license by public auction at this office on Friday, 28th April, 1916, at 12 o’clock noon, for a term of twenty-one years, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Class A.

RUN 629, Robinson Valley; 32,500 acres; upset annual rental, £5.

Comprises the valley of the Robinson River from a point about a mile and a half above its junction with the Grey River, together with a considerable area of open hilltops between the Robinson and Grey Rivers. There is some good sheep-feed on the hilltops, the greatest altitude of which is about 5,800 ft. The area in the valley of the Robinson River is all heavily timbered. Accessible by dray-road twenty miles, and thence by horse-track thirty-six miles, from Reefton; or by dray-road nine miles, and thence by horse-track twenty-six miles, from Ikamatua.

Run 435, Mount Adams; 26,100 acres; upset annual rental, £10.

Includes the lower southern faces and the open tussock tops of the Adams Range. Bush feed for cattle and mountain summer feed for sheep. Access from main South Road and Wataroa River bed.

Sale posters giving full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 26th April, 1916.

The ballot will be held at this office on Thursday, 27th April, 1916, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

Preference will be given to soldiers, either discharged or on active service, and to landless applicants who have children dependent on them or who have within the preceding two years been twice unsuccessful at former ballots.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Manunui Village Settlement.

SECTION 54, Block II: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 8 perches; capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 12s.

Situated in Manunui Town District, access being from Manunui Railway-station, about half a mile distant, by a formed dray-road. Easy sloping land in grass, with soil of good quality on clay formation. Elevation, about 200 ft. above sea-level. Good building-site.

Rangataua Village Settlement.

Sections 6 and 7, Block X: Area, 2 acres; capital value, £85; half-yearly rent, £1 14s.

Weighted with £106, valuation for improvements.

Situated in Rangataua Village Settlement, on Main Trunk Railway. Access is from Rangataua Railway-station, a few chains distant. All flat land in grass; part of lot is rather swampy. Soil is of good quality, on grit formation. Elevation, about 2,200 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise fencing, and a four-roomed house 30 ft. by 30 ft., valued at £106.

Wanganui County.—Ngamatea Survey District.

Section 8, Block IV: Area, 59 acres; capital value, £150; half-yearly rent, £3.

Situated in Rangiwaea Block, fronting a formed dray-road. Broken land, all in bush, with sufficient flat or easy country for building-site.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 6th March, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at noon on Friday, 28th April, 1916, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

The lands in question were formerly reserves the sale of which is authorized by section 72 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1915.

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

RESERVE 1240, Block VII: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 6 perches; upset price, £40.

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, £72.

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 1886, Block VI: Area, 2 acres 1 rood; upset price, £18.

All flat land that has been cultivated, somewhat stony. Access by good road, about two miles and a half from Cust Railway-station.

Reserve 1078, Block VIII: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 31 perches; upset price, £27 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.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.