Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3709

A member of the Land Board will be in attendance at the Council Chambers, Wairoa, on Thursday, 22nd January, 1920, for the purpose of examining local applicants who may not find it convenient to appear at Napier.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND- AND THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Wairoa County.—Mangahopai and Waiau Survey Districts.—Putere Block.

• Includes value of fencing on the section.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The block is distant about thirty-five miles from the Port of Wairoa by a formed dray-road to within about seven chains of the southern boundary of Putere A 12, from whence a formed bridle-track 4 ft. to 6 ft. wide intersects the block and provides access to each holding. A road has also been formed through Section 1, Block XII, Mangahopai Survey District, to the Mangahopai Stream.

With the exception of a few steep ridges and cliffs, the country throughout varies from fairly steep to easy sloping and undulating ground.

A large portion of the block is at present carrying a fair sole of native grass, the balance being mostly in fern and scrub, with a little light mixed bush throughout, and easily cleared and improved.

The soil is chiefly pumiceous sand on papa formation, and suitable for pastoral purposes only.

The country lies well to the sun, has a good rainfall, is well watered by permanent streams, and is very free from noxious weeds, there being only a few patches of blackberry and Californian thistle. Altitude is from 800 ft. to 2,400 ft.

There is a regular bi-weekly service from Frasertown to within two miles of the block.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1, Block XII, Mangahopai Survey District, contains some fair grass country, but is mostly in a rough state with a thick growth of fern and scrub, and some mixed bush on the Pukematai.

Section 1, Block XVII, Mangahopai Survey District, is mostly in a rough state, with fern and scrub and some patches of light mixed bush, and contains a large area of fairly easy sloping country.

Section 1, Block XXIV, Waiau Survey District, comprises easy sloping country generally, with some steep faces on the Pukematai and Waiau Rivers; is well grassed in places, balance of section being in fern and scrub.

Section 2, Block XXIV, Waiau Survey District, is easy sloping country; well grassed in places, with occasional patches of manuka and fern.

Section 3, Block XXIV, Waiau Survey District.—About 400 acres of the northern portion is fairly well grassed; the southern portion is in a rough state of fern and scrub and light bush; is mostly fairly easy country.

Section 2, Block XVIII, Waiau Survey District, is mostly fairly easy country; nearly all under grass, with a few patches of scrub and fern.

Section 3, Block XVIII, Waiau Survey District, carries a fair amount of grass, but has some fern and scrub on the southern portion; country varies from steep spurs to easy slopes.

Section 1, Block XXII, Waiau Survey District, is all fairly easy sloping country, but in a rough state of fern and scrub, with a few patches of light scrubby bush.

Section 2, Block XXII, Waiau Survey District, is fairly easy sloping country; has a little native grass, but is chiefly in fern with patches of scrub.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve for Lease by Public Tender.

North Auckland District Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th December, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 9th day of January, 1920, for a lease for seven years of the undermentioned reserve, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION S.W. 13, Wairau Parish, Franklin County: 22 acres, known as the Patumahoe Domain, on the corner of the Patumahoe-Wairau and Drury Roads. Minimum annual rental, £1 10s.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Lease to be for grazing purposes only, and subject to resumption at six 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. He will be expected to plough the whole area and put it down in grass.

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 discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.

6. 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.

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

8. 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 Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 11th December, 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, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 19th January, 1920.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of renewal for further successive terms 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, Napier, on Monday, the 26th January, 1920, at 9 o’clock a.m.

A member of the Land Board will be in attendance at the Council Chambers, Wairoa, on Thursday, 22nd January, 1920, for the purpose of examining local applicants who may not find it convenient to appear at Napier.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.