Feb. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 515

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. The lease shall be for fourteen years, without right of renewal.

3. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except only with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

4. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

5. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease; 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.

6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

8. Possession will be given on the date of the sale.

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

Education Reserves in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 29th January, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the leases of the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 1st March, 1920, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF HAMILTON WEST.—SUBDIVISIONS OF SECTION 56.

Lot 2: Area, 23·36 perches; upset annual rent, £7 10s.
Lot 3: Area, 28·37 perches; upset annual rent, £10.
Lot 7: Area, 13·6 perches; upset annual rent, £60.

These lots are situated close to the Hamilton Post-office. Lot 7 has about 44 ft. frontage to Grantham Street, and is well adapted for a business-site; Lots 2 and 3 front on Hillsborough Terrace, and have also access by a right-of-way to Grantham Street.

They are weighted with valuations for improvements as follows: Lot 2, two dwellinghouses of five rooms each, with conveniences, washhouses, and fencing, total valuation £782 10s.; Lot 7, levelling and filling, £20.

The lessee of Lot 7 will be required to set back any building erected by him, to a line bearing to the nearest corner of the post-office building.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for the same term at a rent to be determined by revaluation in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

2. Rents payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; the first half-yearly payment, with lease fee (£2 2s.), to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with except with the consent of the Land Board.

4. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

5. The leases shall be prepared generally in accordance with the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

6. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

7. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before subdividing, erecting any buildings, or effecting other improvements.

8. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District for License to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 12th February, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for selection by discharged soldiers in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 24th March, 1920.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, the 25th day of March, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

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.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Part Mangangarara Block.

SECTIONS 1, 2, and 3, Block IV, Mangatoro Survey District: Area 2,845 acres 1 rood 29 perches; half-yearly rental, £175: term, twenty-one years.

Access by pack-track through Section 4, Block V, Parangahau Survey District, and Section 4, Block IV, Mangatoro Survey District. Country comprises hilly to undulating land; fair soil; mostly in fern, scrub, and manuka, with good native grass in places; is well watered, and lies well to the sun.

Possession will be given at conclusion of ballot.

Residence is compulsory.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for License to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 29th January, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for selection by discharged soldiers in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 22nd March, 1920.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 24th March, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — THIRD - CLASS LAND.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Ashburton County.—Heron, Somers, and Alford Survey Districts.

RUN 115A (Clent Hills): Area, 30,100 acres; annual rent, £564.

About 8,000 acres flat and undulating, remainder very steep and broken hills. Altitude, 2,276 ft. to 7,248 ft. Well watered. Fair tussock feed on the lower slopes, but little or no vegetation on the high tops.

The improvements that go with the land comprise about thirty miles of boundary and subdivisional fences, and two huts, the total value of which is £1,273 9s. Access is by good road (which crosses the Ashburton River twice), twenty-three miles from Mount Somers Railway-station.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

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