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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 10th May, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th May, 1921.

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

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 67, Block X, Mimi Survey District. Previously held by H. R. Farmer. Tenure: O.R.P. 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, 10th May, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license to occupy the undermentioned 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 8, Block II, Waimate Survey District, Bourndale Settlement.

Tenure: Deferred-payment license; License No. 156. Formerly held by George Matthews. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent and section abandoned.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Education Reserves in North Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th May, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 17th June, 1921, for leases of the undermentioned education reserves, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 85, Okahu Parish, Hobson County: Area, 65 acres; minimum annual rental, £13.

Situated about half a mile from main road from Tokatoka to Mangapai; 15 acres bush, 30 acres short fern and tea-tree, 20 acres tall tea-tree. Undulating clay land, well watered.

Weighted with £72 10s., valuation for fencing.

Section 90A, Ruarangi Parish, Whangarei County: Area, 450 acres; minimum annual rental, £30.

Situated near Ruarangi, six miles from Mowhare Flag-station; 5 acres swamp, 60 acres flat to easy undulating, balance undulating to broken. All been sown, now getting overgrown. Well watered by several creeks.

Weighted with £375 for improvements, consisting of 450 acres surface-sown grass and 190 chains fencing, mostly rusty.

Sections 141A, 142, 143A, Tauraroa Parish, Whangarei County: Area, 379½ acres: minimum annual rental, £40.

Situated on Tauraroa Stream; access from Waikiekie; 30 acres flat, subject to floods, balance half undulating and half broken. Soil medium quality clay; light forest and undergrowth; well watered as a whole.

Weighted with £1,780 for improvements, consisting of 290 acres felling and grassing and 310 chains fencing.

Section 249, Matakoe Parish, Otamatea County: Area, 60 acres; minimum annual rental, £12.

Situated twelve miles from Matakoe by road, formed except last quarter of a mile; undulating land, all in grass. Soil of sandy nature, on sandstone formation; watered by small creek.

Weighted with £205 for improvements, consisting of 60 acres felling and grassing and 20 chains fencing.

In each case the valuation for improvements must be paid in cash immediately on acceptance of tender.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, valuation for improvements, and £2 2s. lease fee and cost of registration must be deposited with tender.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual 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.

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 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.

11. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

12. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

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

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-guaranteed Advances Office.

The reserves are described for the general information of intending tenderers, 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.

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.