Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 811

Undulating to slightly broken country. Soil of medium quality, on sandstone formation. Situated nine miles from Whatawhata, and fifteen miles from Hamilton.

Raglan County.—Pirongia Parish.

Sections 107, 108, 109 : Area, 148 acres ; minimum annual rental, £10.

Undulating to broken land, covered with fern and little gorse ; partly watered by small stream. One mile from Harapepe.

Waipa County.—Pirongia Parish.

Section 100 : Area, 37 acres 2 roods ; minimum annual rental, £2 15s.

Undulating to broken fern and scrub land of second-class quality. Four miles from Te Rore by formed road.

Rotorua County.—Horohoro Survey District.

Section 1, Block XV : Area, 1,222 acres ; minimum annual rental, £75.

Section 2, Block XV : Area 1,004 acres ; minimum annual rental, £60.

Level to undulating ; fern, tea-tree, scrub, and tussock. Soil of fair quality ; fairly well watered. Eleven miles from Rotorua to Taupo Road, half a mile up formed by-road.

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Town.

Section 4, Block XLV : Area, 36·2 perches ; minimum annual rental, £15.

Situated at corner of Amohau and Tutanekai Streets.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee, which includes stamp duty and cost of registration, must accompany tender.

2. Immediate possession will be given.

3. Term of lease, twenty-one 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 have no right to any milling-timber, minerals, or kauri-gum, all rights to which, together with rights of access for the purpose of working the same, are reserved by and on behalf of the Crown.

16. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 13th March, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease to discharged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regula-
tions thereunder ; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 10th May, 1916.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 11th May, 1916, at 10 o’clock a.m.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Possession will be given on 1st June, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPAWA COUNTY.—TAKAPAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Block VI.

| 20 | 122 2 26 | 17 0 0 | 2,090 | 104 10 0 | 41 16 0 |
| 21 | 105 1 24 | 16 0 0 | 1,690 | 84 10 0 | 33 16 0 |
| 22 | 100 1 11 | 15 0 0 | 1,500 | 75 0 0 | 30 0 0 |
| 23 | 133 3 9 | 16 0 0 | 2,140 | 107 0 0 | 42 16 0 |
| 24 | 92 2 18 | 14 10 0| 1,340 | 67 0 0 | 26 16 0 |
| 25 | 113 2 26 | 16 0 0 | 1,820 | 91 0 0 | 36 8 0 |
| 26 | 122 1 4 | 16 0 0 | 1,960 | 98 0 0 | 39 4 0 |
| 27 | 148 3 24 | 15 10 0| 2,310 | 115 10 0 | 46 4 0 |
| 28 | 132 2 24 | 15 10 0| 2,060 | 103 0 0 | 41 4 0 |
| 29 | 16 0 37 | 15 0 0 | 240 | 12 0 0 | 4 16 0 |
| 30 | 110 1 0 | 16 0 0 | 1,760 | 88 0 0 | 35 4 0 |

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the prices of the sections consist of fencing valued as follows :—Block II—Section 9, £48 5s. ; Section 10, £34 2s. 6d. ; Section 11, £35 2s. 6d. ; Section 12, £11 10s. ; Section 13, £102 5s. ; Section 14, £21 15s. ; Section 15, £9 ; Section 16, £31 15s. ; Section 17, £25 10s. ; Section 18, £16 ; Section 19, £43 5s. ; Section 23, £60 15s. Block VI—Section 20, £11 12s. 6d. ; Section 21, £15 7s. 6d. ; Section 22, £36 ; Section 23, £38 5s. ; Section 24, £26 17s. 6d. ; Section 25, £15 ; Section 26, £33 ; Section 27, £28 2s. 6d. ; Section 28, £52 17s. 6d. ; Section 29, £12 ; Section 30, £30 15s.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Block II.

Section 9.—Mostly level country, in grass, and all ploughable when stumped ; watered by springs ; good loamy soil, mixed with shingle, overlying clay. In the adjoining section water has been obtained by sinking.

Section 10.—Level and undulating country, in grass, and all ploughable when stumped.

Section 11.—Mostly undulating and level, though a little cut up with two gullies ; in grass, and nearly all ploughable ; water probably obtained by sinking or artificial dams. Cheese-factory is erected at north-west end of section.

Section 12.—Undulating and level, in grass, nearly all ploughable ; watered by stream, but at certain seasons may have to sink or erect dams to secure permanent supply ; fronts on to Takapau—Ormondville Road.

Section 13.—Undulating and level country, in grass ; all ploughable, and fairly well watered by streams.

Section 14.—Undulating and level in grass ; all ploughable ; water can be obtained from springs.

Section 15.—Level on higher and lower terrace, remainder undulating, in grass, and nearly all ploughable ; water can be obtained from springs.