Oct. 30. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3307

DESCRIPTION.

Section 1.—All flat agricultural land in grass, with a blue-gum and broom plantation. Well watered by a water-race. Altitude, 300 ft. Weighted with £495 for a five-roomed house, dairy, wash-house, stable, loose-box, and feed-room, which may be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £25. There are on this section a trap-shed and wharf for removal to Section 2, and a barn and loose-box for removal to Section 3. Access by good road, six miles from Chertsey.

Section 2.—All flat agricultural land in grass and oats, with a blue-gum and broom plantation. Subdivided into three paddocks. Altitude, 300 ft. Well watered by a water-race. Weighted with £55 for a wharf and a trap-shed at present on Section 1. Access by good road, seven miles from Chertsey.

Section 3.—All flat agricultural land in wheat, oats, and grass, subdivided into three paddocks. Well watered by water-race. Altitude, 300 ft. Weighted with £80 for a shed, barn, and loose-box at present on Section 1. Access by good road, eight miles from Chertsey.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The buildings at present on Section 1 for removal to Sections 2 and 3 may be paid for either in cash or out of advances.

The improvements that go with the land are for boundary and interior fencing valued as follows: Section 1, 323 chains, £83 7s. 6d.; Section 2, 271 chains, £77 8s. 9d.; Section 3, 252 chains, £71 5s.

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

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lighthouse Reserve at Manukau Heads for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
North Auckland, 8th September, 1919.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 2nd day of December, 1919, for a lease for fourteen years of the Manukau Heads Lighthouse Reserve (excluding the portion reserved for the use of the lightkeepers), being Section N.E. 144, Awitu Parish, containing 242 acres, more or less. Lease to be subject to the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and the special conditions herein contained.

Minimum annual rental, £30.

The lessee will be required to maintain a suitable fence on the Manukau Coast for the purpose of preventing stock from damaging the lupins growing thereon; also to repair or reconstruct as a proper legal fence the fence adjoining the lightkeepers’ reserve; and to eradicate any blackberry growing on the land leased. Public right of access over any tracks across the land is reserved.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Lease to be for grazing purposes only, and subject to resumption at twelve months' notice.

2. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either for improvements put on the land or on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other cause; but he may, on the expiration or sooner determination of the lease, remove all buildings or fences erected by him, but not otherwise.

3. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

4. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

5. The lessee shall not be entitled to cut or make use of any timber on the land, and shall take all reasonable steps to preserve such timber from destruction by fire or otherwise.

6. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.

7. Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.

8. Tenders to be endorsed on the outside “Tender for Lease,” and to be accompanied by the first half-year’s rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee £1 1s.

9. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this office.

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1919.
NOTICE is hereby given, under section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 13, Block X, Makotuku Survey District, containing 1 acre 3 roods 36 perches, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Wednesday, the 17th day of December, 1919.

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

Land in the Canterbury Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 29th September, 1919.
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, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 21st November, 1919.

The lands may be purchased 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, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 25th November, 1919, at 10 o'clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Doyleston Settlement.—Ellesmere County.—Leeston Survey District.
Section 1, Block XIV : Area, 98 acres 2 roods 28 perches; capital value, £3,530 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £219 ; half-yearly rent on lease, £79 8s. 6d. Buildings, £850. Half-yearly instalment on buildings, £42 18s. 6d. Deferred-payment instalment includes amount for payment of value of buildings.

Section 2, Block XIV : Area, 66 acres 1 rood 30 perches; capital value, £2,120 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £106 ; half-yearly rent on lease, £47 14s.

Section 3, Block XIV : Area, 69 acres 2 roods 36 perches; capital value, £1,970 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £98 10s. ; half-yearly rent on lease, £44 6s. 6d.

Section 4, Block XIV : Area, 76 acres 0 roods 36 perches; capital value, £2,010 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £100 10s. ; half-yearly rent on lease, £45 4s. 6d.

Section 5, Block XIV : Area, 72 acres 0 roods 6 perches; capital value, £1,890 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £94 10s. ; half-yearly rent on lease, £42 10s. 6d.

DESCRIPTION.

All good, flat, agricultural land in grass and stubble, adjoining Doyleston Railway-station.

Section 1 is weighted with £850 for a nine-roomed house, wash-house, cow-shed and two other sheds, implement-shed, stable, and piggery. This is to be paid for either in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £42 18s. 6d. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £122 7s.

Sections 2 and 3 are each weighted with £25 for a hut, which is to be paid for in cash or out of advances.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements that go with the land are for boundary and interior fencing valued as follows: Section 1, 229 chains, £83 4s.; Section 2, 151 chains, £43 18s.; Section 3, 170 chains, £51 12s.; Section 4, 133 chains, £31 8s.; Section 5, 153 chains, £37 12s.

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

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.