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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Mining Privileges struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Act, 1908, and the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been struck off the Register, no cause to the contrary having been shown within the prescribed period of three months.

Mining Registrar’s Office, Thames, 21st April, 1920.

H. R. BUSH, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th April, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 9A, Bellamy Settlement. Tenure: Renewable lease 230s. Formerly held by Michael Hoare. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th April, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 4, Block IX, Arowhenua Survey District. Tenure: Renewable lease; Lease No. 691. Formerly held by Edward John Fifield. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent; section abandoned.

W. NOSWORTHY,
For Minister of Lands.

Education Reserve for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 19th April, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserve described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Waimate, at 2 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 7th June, 1920, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—
WAITAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Education Reserve.

Lot 1b of E.R. 1129, Block IX: Area, 205 acres 3 roods 23 perches; upset annual rental, £169 19s.

Good agricultural land; soil of good quality, though light in places; all level. Southern portion well watered by water-race and stream. Situated about eight miles from Glenavy Railway-station by good road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with rent for the broken period up to 1st July, 1920, and £2 2s. lease fee and cost of registration, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Term of lease, fourteen years, with right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly, in advance, on 1st days of January and July in each year.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.

7. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

8. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

9. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

10. Lessee not to take more than three crops in succession, one of which must be a root crop; after the third crop the land to be left in pasture for at least three years; at least two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the expiration of the term; penalty for breach, £2 per acre.

11. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings to revert to the Crown without compensation.

12. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date, or for breach of conditions.

13. Land Board may resume not more than 5 acres for school-site upon reduction of rent and compensation for crops.

14. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

15. Lessee to have no right to any minerals.

Education reserves are included in the classes of land on which, with the approval of the Advances Board, money may be advanced by the State Advances Office.

The reserve is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

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