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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Small Grazing-runs in Canterbury Land District open for Selection by Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 15th January, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for selection by discharged soldiers, under the provisions 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, the 23rd February, 1920.

Applicants must appear before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 25th February, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—PUKAKI WEST, STRACHEY, ETC., SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Ben Ohau and Rhoboro’ Downs Small Grazing-runs.

Section 36860: Area, 13,031 acres; capital value, £6,600; half-yearly rent, £165.

All hills, ranging from 1,600 ft. to 7,000 ft.; sunny faces, with good tussock on eastern portion, but the western side is more or less barren; well watered. About sixty-four miles from Fairlie by good motor-road.

Section 36861: Area, 16,400 acres; capital value, £5,500; half-yearly rent, £137 10s.

About 5,000 acres flat and undulating, remainder ranging from 1,600 ft. to 7,000 ft.; the lower portions carry good tussock, but there is little or no feed on the high tops; well watered. About sixty-two miles from Fairlie by good motor-road.

Section 36862: Area, 16,320 acres; capital value, £6,000; half-yearly rent, £150.

About half flat and undulating, remainder ranging from 1,600 ft. to 7,000 ft.; the lower portions carry good tussock, but there is little or no feed on the high tops; well watered. About sixty miles from Fairlie by good motor-road.

Sections 36865 and 36866: Area, 15,199 acres; capital value, £8,000; half-yearly rent, £200.

Section 36865 is all flat, with 700 acres suitable for cropping, balance stony in places, carrying fair tussock feed; well watered. Altitude, 1,450 ft. About sixty-three miles from Fairlie by good motor-road.

Section 36866 is practically all steep hills, ranging from 1,720 ft. to 5,531 ft.; mostly carrying good tussock feed. This section is to be held in conjunction with Section 36865. Access between them is by stock-track.

Section 36867: Area, 13,456 acres; capital value, £7,100; half-yearly rent, £177 10s.

About 10,000 acres flat, of which about 360 acres is suitable for cropping, remainder steep hills ranging from 1,720 ft. to 5,000 ft.; good tussock throughout; well watered. About sixty-four miles from Fairlie by good motor-road.

Sections 36868 and 36869: Area, 13,151 acres; capital value, £6,500; half-yearly rent, £162 10s.

Section 36868 is all flat, about 200 acres suitable for cropping, remainder somewhat stony, but carrying good tussock feed; well watered. Altitude, 1,450 ft. About sixty-three miles from Fairlie by good motor-road.

Section 36869 has about 600 acres flat, remainder undulating to steep hills ranging from 1,800 ft. to 4,543 ft.; good tussock feed throughout; well watered. This section is to be held in conjunction with Section 36868. Access between them is by unformed road, which is easily practicable for wheel traffic.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements that go with the sections are as follows:—

Section 36860.—138 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing valued at £76.

Section 36861.—Nil.

Section 36862.—792 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing valued at £528 (and sheep-yards).

Sections 36865 and 36866.—905 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing valued at £463 (and sheep-yards).

Section 36867.—1,022 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing valued at £576; iron hut, £20.

Sections 36868 and 36869.—908 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing valued at £431; wooden hut, £27.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

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

Education Reserve in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th January, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserve described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 27th February, 1920, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WENDON SURVEY DISTRICT.

Part Run 254B: Area, 7,340 acres; upset annual rental, £150.

Weighted with £1,875, valuation for improvements.

The run is situated two miles from Switzers Railway, school, and post-office. About 1,000 acres of eastern portion is covered with manuka and is of little value, the balance being silver tussock land with ferny gullies through it. It is a good run, free from snow, but there is no land fit for cultivation.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Possession will be given on 1st April, 1920.

2. The term of the lease will be twenty-one years from 1st March, 1920, without right of renewal.

3. The lessee to pay all rates, taxes, &c.

4. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, lease and registration fees, stamp duty, and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

5. The Land Board reserves the right to take part of the land for school-site and the right to lay off roads through the run where required.

6. The lessee to be allowed (with the consent of the Land Board) to cultivate for station purposes only, but not for sale, a reasonable area; provided that not more than one white crop and one green crop be taken off the land. Such land then to be laid down with good and sound grass and clover seeds, of the description and proportions usually sown in the district, and most suitable for the land, and to remain in grass for a period of three years, after which time the same process of cultivation may be repeated. All such cultivation to be subject to inspection by the lessor or his agent.

7. Lessee to have the right to bush for fencing and firewood only, but not for sale.

8. Three months before the expiration of the lease a valuation to be made by arbitration of all improvements, consisting of necessary buildings and fencing, the amount of such valuation to be payable by the incoming to the outgoing tenant. In the event of the lessee desiring to effect improvements in addition to those already on the ground, it will be necessary to obtain the Land Board’s permission, otherwise such improvements will not be made a subject of valuation.

9. At the expiry of the lease it shall not be obligatory upon the Land Board to offer a lease of the whole area in one lot, and in the event of subdivision into lots the provisions of clause 8 hereof, as to valuation and payment thereof, shall apply to each lot.

10. No assignment, sublease, or mortgage without the consent of the Land Board.

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

12. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

Full particulars, including sale plans, may be obtained on application to this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 15th January, 1920.

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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 9th March, 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.