JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1979

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.

Education Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 1st June, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 28th day of June, 1916, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MURCHISON COUNTY.—MATIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.
SECTION 16, Block IV: Area, 241 acres 2 roods; upset annual rent, £3.
All hill country, high and broken. Fair soil; well watered, and covered with heavy birch bush. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 3,200 ft. above sea-level. Accessible by pack-track. Distance about five miles and a half from Buller coach-road, and twenty miles and a half from Glenhope Railway-station.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, and lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), to be paid on fall of hammer.
2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.
3. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire new lease at end of term, land to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value of improvements, which is to be handed over to outgoing lessee, less any sums due to the Crown.
4. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of the Land Board.
5. Lessee to cultivate and improve land, and keep it clear of weeds. Creeks, drains, and watercourses to be kept open.
6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
7. Buildings in land to be kept in good order, repair, and condition.
8. No gravel to be removed from the land without consent of the Land Board.
9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
10. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before making improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 9th May, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned reserves for terms of two years will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 21st June, 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.
Patea District.—Block IX, Hawera Survey District.
SUBDIVISION 1, Section 189: Area, 4 acres 2 roods 39 perches; minimum annual rent, £25.
Subdivision 2, Section 189: Area, 3 acres 3 roods 39 perches; minimum annual rent, £20.
Subdivision 4, Section 189: Area, 4 acres 0 roods 5 perches; minimum annual rent, £18.
Subdivisions 1 and 2 are all level, in good English grasses, well fenced, and free from noxious weeds. Subdivision 2 is subdivided into two paddocks. Subdivision 4 is slightly undulating, in good English grasses, ring fenced.

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 two years under section 5 (b) of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, terminable by three months’ notice and 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.
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. 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.

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