MAR. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 721

(2.) Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money, valuation for improvements, and licensee fee (£1 ls.) 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 (if any) already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.
Titles will be subject to Part XIII ef the Land Act, 1908.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke's Bay Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 9th March, 1921.
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, Napier, and the local Lands Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 18th April, 1921.
The lands may be selected 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.
Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Tuesday, the 26th April, 1921, at 10 o'clock a.m.
The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waipu County.—Mangaoporo Survey District.—Hurakia Block.

SECTION 2, Block VI: Area, 1,012 acres; capital value, £4,330; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £216 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £97 8s. 6d.
Section 5, Block XI: Area, 520 acres; capital value, £2,400; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £120; half-yearly rent on lease, £54.
Section 4, Block XI: Area, 570 acres; capital value, £2,850; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £142 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £64 2s. 6d.
Section 2, Block XV: Area, 421 acres; capital value, £2,440; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £122; half-yearly rent on lease, £54 18s.
Section 2, Block X: Area, 504 acres; capital value, £1,870; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £93 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £42 Is. 6d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital value of the sections are as follows:—
Section 2, Block VI.—Felling, grassing, and fencing, valued at £600.
Section 5, Block XI.—Felling and grassing, valued at £132.
Section 2, Block XV.—Felling, grassing, and fencing, valued at £230.
Section 2, Block X.—Felling, grassing, and fencing. valued at £102 10s.

NOTE.—The two cottages on Section 2, Block X, belong to Tipiwa Houkamau, and are to be removed.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Distant about ten miles inland from the Port of Tuparaoa, and about forty miles from Tokomaru Bay. The latter port has fair shipping facilities—is served by the Richardson Company’s coastal boats. Union Steamship Company twice a week, and direct Home boats. The nearest township to the block is Ruatorea, distant about seven miles, connected with the ports of Tokomaru and Tuparaoa by serviceable roads, partly metalled; and there is also a post-office and store at the Waiorongomai Station, two miles from the block. Access from Ruatorea to the southern portions of the block will be from the formed Tapuaeroa Valley Road. Access to sections in the Mangaoporo and Waiorongomai Valleys will generally be up the river-beds.
Country varies from easy and undulating, with a few terraces, to steep spurs broken with papa slips. Good homestead-sites are obtainable on each section.
The quality of the soil generally is good, resting on papa formation. The bush for the most part comprises good matai, rimu, and tawa, with dense undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, mahoi, &c.

SPECIAL DESCRIPTION.

Section 2, Block VI.—Comprises about 840 acres hilly country in heavy bush (matai, rimu, tawa, rata, &c.), with dense undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, mahoe, &c.; and about 172 acres cleared and grassed, of which about 50 acres is ploughable. Rich soil, resting on papa formation; well watered.
Section 5, Block XI.—About 60 acres undulating country in grass and fern; balance hilly, in mixed bush, ranging from light rangiora, cabbage-trees, &c., to heavy matai, rimu, tawa, and some totara, with dense undergrowth. Good soil, well watered.
Section 4, Block XI.—Mostly hilly country, but containing some good terraces; all in heavy bush, comprising tawa, matai, rimu, and some totara, with heavy undergrowth. Good soil. Section is well watered.
Section 2, Block XV.—Comprises about 55 acres undulating country, cleared and in grass; balance steep country, and in heavy mixed bush, with dense undergrowth. Good soil, liable to slip when bush is felled; well watered.
Section 2, Block X.—Generally easy slopes, but contains some big papa slips and broken country; about 30 acres cleared and grassed; balance mostly in light bush, with patches of heavy tawa, and also a few good totara logs near homestead flat. Good soil, well watered.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in the Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 14th March, 1921.
NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 11.30 o'clock a.m., on Tuesday, 26th April, 1921, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.

E.R. 1143, Block V, Teviotdale Survey District: Area, 72 acres 2 roods; upset annual rent, £36 5s. 2d.
The section is situated about one-half mile from Glasnevin Railway-station, and is flat agricultural and pastoral land. Weighted with £36, valuation for about sixty-six chains of fencing.

E.R. 1219, Blocks XI and XV, Pigeon Bay Survey District: Area, 41 acres; upset annual rent, £69 14s.
The section is situated four miles from Duvauchelles Bay Township. Rich pastoral hilly land, well grassed and well watered by springs. The fencing, valued at £30, is the property of the trust and goes with the land.

E.R. 1234, Block XI, Pigeon Bay Survey District: Area, 60 acres 0 roods 13 perches; upset annual rent, £102 2s. 8d.
Situated about four miles from Duvauchelles Bay Township. Rich pastoral hilly land, well grassed, and well watered by springs. Weighted with £102 2s. 8d., valuation for fencing.

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, 1921, 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.