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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

The selector of Section 4s must pay the sum of £30 for the
right to remove from Section 3s two-roomed cottage, coal-
house, and wood-shed within six months of date of selection.
The selector of Section 1s will have the option to acquire
the crop of turnips thereon upon payment of £100 before
30th May, 1919, failing which the Crown reserves the right
to the area under crop and the right to dispose of such crop
to any person until 30th September, 1919.
Lessees will, whenever necessary, but not less than once a
year, properly clean and clear from weeds, and will at all
times keep open, and unpolluted, all creeks, drains, ditches,
and watercourses.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which go with the land are as follows :—
Section 1s.—310 chains of boundary and subdivisional
fencing, valued at £174 16s. ; dip, valued at £30 ; plantation
and sheep-yards, valued at £30.
Section 2s.—211 chains of boundary and subdivisional
fencing, valued at £111 ; and plantation, valued at £10.
Section 3s.—302½ chains of boundary and subdivisional
fencing, valued at £163 10s. ; plantation and drive, valued at
£80 ; concrete trough, iron tanks, stone walls, plantation,
hydraulic ram and piping, valued at £45.
Section 4s.—204½ chains of boundary and subdivisional
fencing, valued at £101 8s.

The improvements which do not go with the land, but
which have to be paid for separately by the lessees, are as
follows :—
Section 1s.—The lessee to pay in cash, or in twenty-one
years by half-yearly instalments of £7 0s. 5d. (interest and
principal), £180 for right to remove manager’s house and out-
house from Section 3s.
Section 2s.—The lessee to pay in cash £40 for the right to
remove four-stalled stable and hut on wheels from Section 3s.
Section 3s.—Buildings valued at £650, consisting of dwell-
inghouse, five rooms, bathroom, and pantry ; carbide lighting
plant and telephone, fowl-house and run, six-stalled stable,
wool and wagon shed. These improvements may be paid in
cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of
£25 7s. (interest and principal). The manager’s house and
outhouse, four-stalled stable, and hut on wheels, also two-
roomed cottage, coal-house and wood-shed, are excluded, and
will be removed from the section.)
Section 4s.—The lessee to pay £30 for the right to remove
two-roomed cottage, coal-house, and wood-shed from Section
3s.

The various buildings, &c., 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.
There is about 17 chains of internal fencing on Section 4s
to be removed, and re-erected on the boundary between Sec-
tions 3s and 4s, the necessary arrangements for this work to
be made by the selectors concerned.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Teihoka Settlement is situated within three miles and a
half from Castle Rock Railway-station, post-office, and school,
accessible by metalled road within one mile of sections, balance
unmetalled but formed. The land is of an easy undulating
character, clay subsoil of a sweet friable nature, well watered,
all cultivated excepting a piece of rough tussock about 113
acres at the south-west end.

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

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 25th March, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
is open for sale or lease under the Discharged Sol-
diers 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 Tuesday,
the 27th May, 1919.

The land may be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right
of renewal for further successive periods 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 Thursday, 29th May, 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.
Homebrook Settlement.—Ellesmere County.—Block V, South-
bridge Survey District.

SECTION 7 : Area, 88 acres 2 roods 10 perches ; capital value,
£2,290 ; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest),
£114 10s. ; half-yearly rent on lease, £51 10s. 6d.

All good flat agricultural land, in grass and stubble. About
two miles and a half from Southbridge Railway-station by
good road. The improvements that go with the land consist
of about two miles of boundary and subdivisional fences,
valued at £60 14s.

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

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Sale of Flax in Auckland Land District by Public Tender.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th March, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act,
1908, and the flax regulations thereunder, that written
tenders are invited and will be received at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 12 o’clock noon on
Wednesday, 16th April, 1919, for the purchase of the present
crop of flax growing on the undermentioned Crown lands.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA COUNTY.

PART Blocks I and II, Waihi South Survey District, between
the Kaikokopu and Pongakawa Rivers ; upset price, £750 ;
time for removal of flax, eighteen months from date of
acceptance of tender.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality
   and satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters
   relating to their tenders.
2. The position of the flax is only approximately shown on
   the lithograph lodged at the Lands and Survey Office, Auck-
   land, and should any dispute arise as to the boundaries, the
   decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.
3. No tender will be considered wherein a less price is
   offered than the upset price stated herein.
4. The successful tenderer shall use every precaution to
   prevent the flax from being destroyed by fire during the
   currency of his license, and no compensation for the de-
   struction of any flax from any cause whatsoever on the land
   occupied by the licensee shall be payable by the Crown.
5. The cutting and removal of the flax will be under the
   supervision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or other
   officer duly appointed by him, and the manner and method
   of such cutting and removal of flax shall be as directed by
   him.
6. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent.
   on the amount of tender in cash, marked cheque, or post-
   office order ; the balance to be paid, if tender accepted, in
   terms as stated hereunder.
7. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

TERMS.

One-third of amount of tender to be paid in cash within
seven days after acceptance of tender, together with £1 1s.
license fee, one-third in six months, and one-third in twelve
months thereafter. All instalment payments shall bear
interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum as from the
date of acceptance of tender, and with the interest added
shall be secured by “ On demand ” promissory notes made
and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown
Lands.

Tenders to be addressed “ Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Auckland,” and envelopes to be marked “ Tenders for flax.”

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Otago Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged
Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 24th March, 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