Dec. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3669

Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th December, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the Public Hall, Matamata, at 12 o’clock noon on Thursday, 15th January, 1920, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Matamata County.—Matamata Settlement.

Matamata Township is situated on the Auckland-Rotorua Railway line, about 121 miles from Auckland. The sections are all fairly level, and have good road frontages. Section 19, Block VIII, is weighted with £7 for fencing.

TERMS OF SALE.

(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 obtained at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.