1882

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 64

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case.

Wellington, 31st May, 1916.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Beach Reserve adjoining Town of Westport, Nelson Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 29th May, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at the local Lands Office, Westport, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 30th June, 1916, under the provisions of the Nelson and Westland Coalfields Administration Act, 1877, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Sections 12 and 13, Block III, Kawatiri Survey District.

AREA, 51 acres 0 roods 28 perches; upset annual rental, £35. Weighted with £400, valuation for improvements.

All flat land adjoining the Town of Westport. Covered with gorse, a few lupins, and small patches of grass. Locally known as the Beach Reserve.

TERMS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser. No bid shall advance less than £1, or such sum as the auctioneer may determine. No bid shall be retracted.

2. The purchaser shall immediately upon the fall of the hammer pay the full amount of one-half year’s rent at the rate bid, together with all fees necessary in respect of the lease.

3. The land is weighted with £400, valuation for improvements which must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Nelson, before the purchaser is allowed to enter into possession.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of the lease shall be twenty-one years from 1st July, 1916, on which date possession will be given.

2. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land or encumber the same with any debt without the approval of the Land Board first had and obtained.

3. The word “lessee” shall include the executors, administrators, or permitted assigns of such lessee.

4. If the lessee fails to execute a lease in due form within one month of being called upon to do so, his interest in the land shall be deemed to have lapsed and all deposits forfeited.

5. The lessee shall submit to the Land Board for approval all proposed improvements.

6. Twelve months before the end of the term the substantial improvements effected with permission upon the land shall be duly assessed in expectation of reletting and the new annual rental determined.

7. If the lessee declines to accept a renewal of the lease the land shall be submitted for lease by public auction, weighted with improvements as assessed.

8. The lessee shall keep the land clear of noxious weeds.

9. A fine of 10 per cent. shall be imposed on all rent remaining over one month in arrears.

10. If either the rent or the fine shall be over six months in arrear, the lease may be forfeited without notice, and the arrears may in addition be sued for.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th May, 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 Friday, the 1st September, 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.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT.—MATAMATA COUNTY.—MATAMATA TOWN.—MATAMATA SETTLEMENT.

SECTION 21, Block VII: Area, 10 perches; upset price, £200.
Section 22, Block VII: Area, 15 perches; upset price, £150.
Section 23, Block VII: Area, 15 perches; upset price, £150.

Altitude, about 200 ft. above sea-level. Level grass land. Good soil, of a light sandy nature, on pumice formation. Distant ten miles from Matamata Railway-station by good road. Section 21 is situated at the corner of Lower Road and Arawa Street; the other sections front Arawa Street.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.