3592
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 138

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land for Lease by Public Auction for Flax-growing Purposes.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 3rd November, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for lease by public auction in one lot
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, at 2 o’clock
p.m. on Wednesday, the 7th day of January, 1920, under
the provisions of section 313 of the Land Act, 1908, and the
Flax Regulations thereunder.

Approximate area, 500 acres. Term of lease, fourteen
years, with right of renewal. Upset annual rent, £20.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Crown land in Blocks XII, Waimea, and IX, Hohonu;
Survey Districts. Estimated area, 500 acres, more or less;
Situated about two miles by formed road from Kumara
Township. Bounded generally towards the north-west by
the southern bank of Black Creek from the right bank of the
Taramakau River to the Government pipe-line, and thence
by said pipe-line to Payne’s Gully Road; towards the north-
east and south-west respectively by said Payne’s Gully Road
and right bank of Taramakau River, and extending between
these boundaries in a south-westerly direction for a distance
of approximately one mile.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, fourteen years, from 1st January, 1920,
   at expiration of which a new lease for a term not exceeding
   fourteen years may be granted at rental to be fixed by the
   Land Board.

2. The successful purchaser must pay the first half-year’s
   rent on the fall of the hammer, together with one guinea
   lease fee.

3. The lessee shall use the land for the bona fide growth,
   cultivation, and cutting of flax, and shall within six months
   of the date of the lease provide either upon the area or on
   some other approved site a properly equipped flax-mill to
   be used in connection with the area, and shall maintain such
   mill during the currency of the lease.

4. No compensation shall be payable on the expiration or
   sooner termination of the lease for improvements effected on
   the land.

5. The lessee shall have no right to any timber on the land.

6. Flax must not be cut oftener than once in three years
   without the express permission in writing of the Commissioner
   of Crown Lands.

7. The lease is subject to the provisions of the Mining Act,
   1908, and amendments, and the lessee shall have no right to
   compensation for any damage caused by mining operations
   or by cutting and removal of timber.

8. The lessee shall be required to clear all noxious weeds
   from the land, and prevent their growth and spread.

9. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars of the lease may be ascertained and Flax
Regulations inspected at this office.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
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 dis-
posed 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.

Lighthouse Reserve at Manukan 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 con-
tained.

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 afore-
   said 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 Southland Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 4th November, 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, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the
15th December, 1919.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of
renewal for further successive term of sixty-six 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 18th December, 1919, at
10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Town of Wallacetown.

SECTIONS 2 and 3, Block XXXVIII: Area, 7 acres; capital
value, £140; instalment on deferred payment (excluding
interest), £7; half-yearly rent on lease, £3 3s.

Section 4, Block XXXVIII: Area, 11 acres 0 roods
3 perches; capital value, £220; instalment on deferred pay-
ment (excluding interest), £11; half-yearly rent on lease,
£4 19s.

Open level land of good quality, all in grass; situated
eight miles from Town of Invercargill; access good; suitable
for dairying or cropping. Residence will not be compulsory,
as sections are liable to flood.

Sections 2 and 3 are loaded with £10, valuation for fencing;
and Section 4 is loaded with £6, valuation for fencing.

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

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.