3382
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 130]

The lands may be selected for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three 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, Auckland, on Wednesday, 25th September, 1918, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OTAMATEA COUNTY.—PARAHI SETTLEMENT.—MATAKOHE SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 5, Block V: Area, 198 acres; capital value, £2,033; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £101 13s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £45 14s. 10d.

Altitude, 120 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. 136 acres easy hilly country, inclined to be a little steep at the north end, carrying good grass with short fern through it; 63 acres at south end easy slope, suitable for dairying; small patches light bush. Well watered. Ten miles and three-quarters from Ruawai—a quarter of a mile unformed, balance formed; six miles and a half from Matakohē by formed road.

The improvements on the section comprise fencing and old cow-shed, the values of which are included in the price of the section.

Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 19th August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the Courthouse at Waimate, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 25th September, 1918, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Town of Morven.—Waimate County.—Waikakahi Settlement.

Block II.

| 10 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 15 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 12 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 16 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 14 | 0 1 0 | 30 0 0 | | | |

Block III.

| 8 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 14 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 9 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 15 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 10 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 16 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 11 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 17 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 12 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 18 | 0 1 0 | 35 0 0 |
| 13 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | | | |

Block V.

| 3 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 10 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 12 | 0 1 12 | 22 10 0 |
| 6 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 13 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 7 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 14 | 0 0 38 | 20 0 0 |
| 8 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | | | |

Block VI.

| 2 | 0 1 0 | 135 0 0 | 7 | 0 1 0 | 45 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 85 0 0 | 9 | 0 1 0 | 45 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 1 0 | 45 0 0 | | | |

Situated on the western side of the main south line of railway, a few chains from the Morven Railway-station. Flat land; good soil.

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TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are—(1.) Cash: One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter. (2.) Deferred payments: 5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount. In either case if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction, under section 132 of the Land Act, 1908, at the Railway-station, Temuka, on Thursday, the 10th day of October, 1918, at half past three o’clock p.m.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—LEVELS COUNTY.—ABOWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

AN island, Block VII: Area, 50 acres; upset annual rent, £25. All flat, good alluvial soil, covered with English grass, with patches of gorse. The section is an island at the mouth of the Opihi River. There is no road access.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.
2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
3. The lease will be for a term of five years.
4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.
5. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause.
6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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 lessee shall once a year during the said term, and at the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim all live fences now on the demised land, or which may be planted thereon during the said term.
10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.
11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.