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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

Section 16s.—About 30 acres of good flats, balance undulating to hilly, mostly ploughable when stumped. Good soil, well grassed, well watered.

Section 17s.—About 20 acres of flats, of which 12 acres have been stumped, ploughed, and cropped; balance low hills, all ploughable when stumped. Good soil, well grassed and watered.

Section 18s.—About 45 acres good flat land, of which 30 acres have been stumped, ploughed, and cropped; balance low hills, mostly ploughable when stumped; well grassed. Good soil, on clay formation; well watered.

Section 19s.—About 40 acres of good flat land, 23 acres of which have been stumped, ploughed, and cropped; balance of section undulating to hilly country, mostly ploughable when stumped; well grassed. Fair to good soil, and well watered.

Section 20s.—About 40 acres of good flat land, 30 acres of which have been stumped, ploughed, and cropped; balance easy undulating and hilly country, mostly ploughable when stumped. Good soil, well grassed and watered.

Section 21s.—About 40 acres of good flat and undulating land, of which about 24 acres have been stumped and ploughed; 7 acres cropped, 17 acres sown down in English grasses; the balance of section is undulating to hilly country, well grassed, and mostly ploughable when stumped. Good soil, well watered.

Section 22s.—About 20 acres good flat land; balance undulating to hilly, mostly ploughable when stumped; well grassed. Soil fair to good, well watered.

Section 23s.—Undulating to hilly country, with good flats along Tapiatu Stream; well grassed. Good soil, and well watered.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 28th September, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserves will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years at the local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 19th day of October, 1920, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 47 and 48, Town of Gisborne: Area, 2 roods; upset annual rental, £750.

Weighted with £3,350 for improvements, consisting of sample-rooms (three buildings) and three cottages. Crown’s interest in improvements, £300.

Corner sections, with a frontage of 132 ft. to Lowe Street and 165 ft. to Childers Road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years.

3. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of the Land Board.

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

5. Buildings which are or may be erected on the land to be kept in good repair and condition.

6. Lessee shall not carry on any offensive trade.

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

8. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

9. Buildings to be insured by the lessee in the name of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. Lease shall be liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

The reserves are 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.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office, and at the local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 28th September, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered 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, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 22nd day of November, 1920.

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

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 24th day of November, 1920.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Dalmain Settlement.—Tuapeka County.—Benger Survey District.

SECTIONS 4s and 5s: Area, 223 acres; capital value, £3,160. Valuation for buildings, £1,235; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £219 15s.; half-yearly rent, £71 2s; half-yearly instalment on buildings, £48 3s. 4d.

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

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital value of the sections consist of boundary and subdivisional fencing valued at £348 15s.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but which have to be paid for separately, are: Concrete dwelling-house of nine rooms, bathroom, &c., concrete dairy, fowl-house and run, valued at £1,235. Payable in cash or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly payments of £48 3s. 4d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £119 5s. 4d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Situated about eighteen to twenty miles from Beaumont Railway-station, the present terminus of the Lawrence-Roxburgh Railway, and from one mile to one mile and a half from Ettrick Post and Telegraph Office and school. Access by good roads.

The land is practically level, and of very fair quality. Altitude 270 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Capable of producing every kind of grain or root crop, and suitable for fruitgrowing.

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

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 28th August, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the undermentioned land will be submitted at public auction at this office on Tuesday, the 12th day of October, 1920, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and section 89 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1919.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Lot 2 of Section 26, Block XIII, Town of Mataura, Gore High School Endowment: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 39 perches; upset annual rental, £25. Situated between Selbourne Street, Mataura, and the freezing-works.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Term, twenty years and six months from 1st January, 1921.

2. Perpetual right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years each, with a revaluation at end of each term.

3. No assignment, sublease, mortgage, or other disposition without consent of Land Board.

4. Interest at rate of 10 per centum per annum to be paid on rent in arrears.

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

6. Lease will be registered under Land Transfer Act.

7. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

8. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period between the date of sale and 31st December, 1920, lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.