July 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2313

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st July, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned lands 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, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 15s, Clifton Settlement. Tenure: Renewable Lease (Settlement) 271. Formerly held by William James Rogers. Reason for forfeiture: Lessee’s request.

Section 20, Block XIV, Rimu Survey District. Tenure: Special Tenure Lease 3. Formerly held by William Thomas Hannon. Reason for forfeiture: Lessee’s request.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

(2.) Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-money, and license fee (£1 1s.), on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Purchasers will be required to make a declaration in terms of subsection (1) of section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

Titles will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

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

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 26th July, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 14th September, 1920, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WAIKIWI TOWN SETTLEMENT.—TOWN LAND.

Area: 9 Acres 3 Roods 22·6 Perches.

DESCRIPTION.

The above sections comprise excellent suburban building-sites, adjacent to school, post-office, and railway-station, and only a few chains from Waikiwi-Invercargill tram terminus.

TERMS OF SALE.

The owner of the buildings on Sections 113s and 114s will be allowed one month from date of sale in which to remove the buildings thereon. The old stable on Sections 120s and 121s does not go with the land, but will be removed.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are—

(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 10th July, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on the 1st day of September, 1920, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 2 of 42, Block II, Hillend District: Area, 9 acres 2 roods 37 perches; upset annual rental, £20.

Weighted with £10 18s., valuation for fencing.

A level section, of excellent quality, situated on a good road about two miles and a quarter from Balclutha.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period between 1st September and the 31st December, 1920, lease and registration fees, and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Term of lease is twenty-one years from 1st January, 1921, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire new lease at end of any term, land to be leased by auction.

The incoming lessee to pay the value of the improvements, which is to be handed over to outgoing lessee.

No assignment or sublease without consent.

Lessee to improve the land and keep it clear of all weeds.

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

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

Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Notice of Adjournment of Sittings of the Native Land Court and Maori Land Board.

Native Land Court, Wellington, 24th July, 1920.

THE sittings of the Native Land Court and Maori Land Board to be held at Palmerston North on the 5th and 9th August, 1920, respectively, have been adjourned to the 13th and the 17th August, 1920.

A. H. MACKAY, Registrar.