JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2255

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st April, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 37, Whangape Parish, Rangiriri Survey District, Auckland Land District, containing 35 acres 1 rood 5 perches, will be disposed of on or after Friday, the 21st day of July, 1916, under the provisions of the said Act.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

Land in the Auckland Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd June, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 12th July, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAITEMATA COUNTY.—
PAREMOREMO PARISH.

Second-class National Endowment Land.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and manuka country, nearly all ploughable. Soil of second-class quality, on clay subsoil; fairly well watered by streams. Distant four to five miles from Albany by formed road.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Department of Lands and Survey,
Auckland, 22nd June, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the township reserve in Block XVI, Waoku Survey District, containing 145 acres 2 roods 14 perches, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 21st day of September, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Otago Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 16th May, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on Wednesday, 23rd August, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WAITAKI BRIDGE.

Section 1, Block I: Area, 1 rood.
,, 2 ,, I ,, 37 perches.

D. M. CALDER,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th May, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 194, Te Papa Parish, Tauranga County, Auckland Land District, containing 50 acres, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 28th day of August, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.