JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2253

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MAKARA COUNTY.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—PAPARANGI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 21, Block XII: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 37 perches; capital value, £185; half-yearly rental, £4 3s. 3d.

Weighted with £275, valuation for improvements.

Situated near the north boundary of Johnsonville Township, the access being from Johnsonville Railway-station, which is about thirty-five chains distant by a metalled dray-road. Easy sloping land in grass, with good building-site. Soil is of a light nature, on clay formation. Elevation about 400 ft. above sea-level.

The improvements, which must be paid for in cash by the selector, comprise about eleven chains of fencing, six-roomed house with verandah, double brick chimney, &c., wash-house and copper, dairy, excavation, stable, and sheds, the whole valued at £275.

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

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

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th June, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 11A, Block V, Tutamoe Survey District, Auckland Land District, containing 3 acres, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 28th day of September, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 26th June, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, at 11.30 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 10th August, 1916, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments respectively.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

CROWN LAND.

Village of Tarata.

SECTIONS 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24: Area, 2 acres 3 roods 4 perches; upset annual rent, £2; term, ten years.

Sections comprise level and gently sloping land, in good English grasses.

RESERVES.

Town of Aria.

Section 10, Block II: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rent, 15s.; term, five years.

Flat land, in grass.

Town of Ohura.

Section 17, Block VIII: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rent, £1 5s.; term, five years.

Flat land in grass.

Hawera Survey District.

Sub. 1 of 59, Block I: Area, 5 acres; upset annual rent, £7; term, seven years.

About two-thirds level land, balance broken hillside cut up by creek-heads.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence is not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, but improvements may be removed on termination of lease.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years specified, without right of renewal, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 26th June, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, at 11.30 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 10th August, 1916, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

EDUCATION RESERVES.—735 ACRES 3 ROODS 27 PERCHES.

TOWN LAND.

Town of New Plymouth.

SECTIONS 196A, 196B, and 196C: Area, 3 roods 17 perches; upset annual rent, £4.

Section part 196H: Area, 38 perches; upset annual rent, £1.

Section 1291: Area, 1 rood 1 perch; upset annual rent, £4.

Sections 2313 and 2314: Area, 2 roods 1 perch; upset annual rent, £2.

Sections 2321, 2322, parts 2323 and 2324: Area, 3 roods 10 perches; upset annual rent, £2.

The sections comprise flat and undulating land, in grass.

Town of Stratford.

Section 47: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rent, £2 10s.

Flat or gently sloping land, in grass.

Town of Mangamui.

Sections 66 and 75: Area, 1 acre; upset annual rent, £1.

Flat land, in grass.

RURAL LAND.

Opaku Survey District.

Section 9: Block VIII: Area, 732 acres; upset annual rent, £18 10s.

Situated on the Ngarahu Road. Access from Waverley, thirty miles distant, via Okotuku, Mataimoana, and Ahoroa Roads. The first two are formed dray-roads, while the latter is being widened. The Ngarahu Road is unformed. The section comprises rough ridges and spurs, except at the extreme northern end, where the country is a little easier. A homestead-site would be difficult to find. The section is covered with a fairly heavy forest of tawa, rata, scattered rimu, &c., and a dense undergrowth of karamu, supplejacks, &c. The soil is of papa formation, and the section is well watered.

ABSTRACT OF 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 is twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years at rents based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. No compensation for improvements; but if lease is not renewed upon expiry, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Land Board; failing disposal, the land and improvements revert to the Crown without compensation.