Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3551
Result of Land Surveyors' Examination, September, 1918.
Office of the Surveyors' Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 10th October, 1918.
A T the examination of candidates for a surveyor's license
held in September, 1918, under the Surveyors' Institute
and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, and conducted by the
Federated Surveyors' Boards of Australia and New Zealand,
eleven candidates presented themselves in New Zealand.
Two of these candidates succeeded in passing the examination—Mr. J. H. Vivian, of Auckland, and Mr, C. D. Truebridge,
of Wellington.
M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors' Board.
Land in the Southland Land District for Sale or Lease to
Discharged Soldiers.
District Lands and Survey Office
Invercargill, 11th October, 1918.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for sale or lease under the Discharged Soldiers
Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and
applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the
20th November, 1918.
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,
Invercargill, on Thursday, the 21st November, 1918, at
10 o'clock a.m.
The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination
of applicants.
CROWN LANDS NOTICES.
Land in Otago Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th October, 1918.
OTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has
thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1908.
SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Section 83, Block I, Benger District.
TENURE : Mining District Land Occupation, No. 467, formerly
held by Frederick Bowden. Reason for forfeiture : Non-
payment of rent.
D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.
Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.
District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 8th October, 1918.
OTICE is hereby given that written tenders for lease
of the undermentioned reserve will be received at this
office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th November,
1918, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, and amendments.
Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of the
tender.
SCHEDULE.
SECTION 57, Otakeho Village : Area, 1 acre ; upset annual
rent, £2 10s. ; term, three years. Comprises level land in
grass.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with
   £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.
2. The lease shall be for the term stated, and shall be
   subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event
   of the land being required by the Government.
3. 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, or on account of the aforesaid
   possible resumption.
4. The lessee shall pay all rates, taxes, and assessments that
   may become due and payable.
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 without
   the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up except
   with the written consent 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 reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be
   removed; all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by
   the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. The lease will be liable to forfeiture in case 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
   have been fulfilled.
   Tenders should be addressed “ The Commissioner of Crown
   Lands, New Plymouth,” and marked on the outside “ Tender
   for Reserve.”
   Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.
   The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
   G. H. BULLARD,
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.
   SCHEDULE.
   SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.-FIRST-CLASS LAND.
   Southland County.—New River Hundred.—Monte Christo
   Settlement.
   Section ls, Block XXII : Area, 106 acres ; capital value,
   £1,700 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest),
   £85 ; half-yearly rent on lease, £38 5s.
   Section 2s, Block XXII : Area, 117 acres ; capital value,
   £1,840 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest),
   £92 ; half-yearly rent on lease, £41 8s.
   Section 3s, Block XII : Area, 112 acres ; capital value,
   £1,740 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest),
   £87 ; half-yearly rent on lease, £39 3s. ; interest and sinking
   fund, £10 6s. 9d.*
   Section 4s, Block XII : Area, 110 acres ; capital value,
   £1,650 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest),
   £82 10s. ; half-yearly rent on lease, £37 2s. 6d. ; interest and
   sinking fund, £4 13s. 8d.t

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £265
  payable in cash, or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instal-
  ments of £10 6s. 9d. (The lean-to, motor-shed, and implement-
  shed are excluded, and will be removed from section.)
  † Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £120
  payable in cash, or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instal-
  ments of £4 13s. 8d.
  SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
  The areas of the sections are subject to alteration.
  The selector of Section ls, on payment of £22 10s., will
  be allowed to remove from Section 3s the lean-to attached to
  the main barn on the latter section.
  The selector of Section 2s, on payment of £17 10s., will be
  allowed to remove from Section 3s the implement-shed.
  The selector of Section 4s, on payment of £10, will be
  allowed to remove the motor-shed from Section 3s.
  The lean-to, motor-shed, and implement-shed referred to
  above for removal will be pointed out to selectors by the
  Commissioner of Crown Lands (or his deputy), whose decision
  shall be final.
  The ploughed land on Sections 3s and 4s will probably
  be sown in crop and sold to successful applicants.
  About twenty-five chains of good internal fencing on Sec-
  tion 2s to be removed and re-erected on the boundary between
  Sections ls and 2s, the necessary arrangements to be made
  and the work done by the selectors concerned.
  DESCRIPTION.
  Monte Christo Settlement is situated within three miles
  from Wright’s Bush Railway-siding, school, post-office, and
  dairy factory by a good metal road, to which every section
  has a frontage. The settlement is well watered, and is suitable
  for dairying. The eastern portion is good soil, with clay
  subsoil, the balance being more of a friable nature and having
  a gravel subsoil. Portion of the area is subject to flood.
  The boundary and subdivisional fencing is included in the
  price of the sections, part of the fencing on Section 2s to be
  dealt with as set out above.
  IMPROVEMENTS.
  The improvements which go with the land are as follows :-
  Section ls.—93 chains of boundary and subdivisional
  fencing valued at £36 14s.
  Section 2s.—171 chains of boundary and subdivisional
  fencing and plantation valued at £86 12s. (About 25 chains
  of the fencing to be removed to boundary between Sections
  ls and 2s.)
  Section 3s.—1743 chains of boundary and subdivisional
  fencing and garden fences and plantation valued at £101 6s. 9d.
  Section 4s.—1213 chains of boundary and subdivisional
  fencing valued at £42 13s. 9d.