July 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2177

Access is from Havelock by bad road, and from Picton per launch to the Grove, and then by good road about one mile and a half.

Altitude about 10 ft. above sea-level.

The fences on the settlement are poor and dilapidated.

SPECIAL CONDITION.

The right is reserved to the Crown to construct drains through Sections 3s, 4s, 5s, and 6s.

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

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th July, 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, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 30th August, 1920.

The land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the Courthouse, Ashburton, on Thursday, the 2nd September, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Hawthorne Settlement.—Ashburton County.—Hinds Survey District.

• Buildings. † Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings.

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalment includes payment for buildings.

HAWTHORNE SETTLEMENT.

This settlement is situated about three miles from Hinds Railway-station, and is close alongside a school. It is all good flat agricultural land in grass and cereal crops, and is fairly well watered by water-races.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1 is weighted with £200 for a concrete building, which may be paid for in cash or out of advances, or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £10 2s. There are also on this section a granary, three stables, loft, hut, trap-shed, implement-shed, and meat-shed for removal to other sections.

Section 2 is weighted with £500 for a house and byre, which may be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £25 5s.

Section 3 is weighted with £100 for the granary at present on Section 1, which may be paid for in cash or out of advances, or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £5 1s.

Section 4 is weighted with £100 for a stable and loft at present on Section 1, which may be paid for in the same way as the improvements on Section 3.

Section 5 is weighted with £30 for an eight-stall stable and old hut at present on Section 1, which may be paid for in cash or out of advances.

Section 6 is weighted with £50 for four-stall stable, trap-shed, implement-shed, and meat-house at present on Section 1, and may be paid for in cash or out of advances, or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £2 10s. 6d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements that go with the land are the crops on Sections 1, 3, 4, and 5, a windmill and yards on Section 5, and also boundary and internal fencing valued as follows: Section 1, 268 chains, £90; Section 2, 292 chains, £126; Section 3, 207 chains, £100; Section 4, 230 chains, £70; Section 5, 248 chains, £90; Section 6, 162 chains, £60.

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

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 14th June, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserve described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office, Hamilton, at 12 o’clock noon on Tuesday, 3rd August, 1920, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPA COUNTY.

EASTERN part of Section 117, Parish of Horotiu: Area, 22 acres; upset annual rental, £11.

Weighted with £265, value of improvements consisting of cottage and outbuildings, also cultivation, ploughing, and fencing.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 120 ft. above sea-level. Level land, intersected by broken gully; about 7 acres have been cleared and 2 acres sown, balance manuka, gorse, &c. Soil of rather poor quality, on sandy formation; well watered by swampy stream. Distant about six miles from Hamilton by good road, and about one mile from Horotiu Railway-station.

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 lease 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. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

9. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

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.

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

The successful applicant must pay the value of the improvements before being admitted to possession, which will be given immediately upon the necessary payments being made.

In the event of a returned soldier being the successful bidder, he will be eligible to apply for an advance for the purpose of purchasing the existing improvements and effecting further improvements.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.