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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

any river, stream, or watercourse, any sawdust or other saw-
mill refuse.
8. The purchaser shall be required to clear all noxious
weeds growing upon the land included in his license.
9. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be
accepted.
Plans may be inspected at this office.

THOMAS BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th October, 1921.

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 there-
under; and applications will be received at the District
Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m.
on Monday, the 21st day of November, 1921.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, or selected on renewable 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,
Auckland, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of November, 1921.

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

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Orongo Settlement.—Hauraki Plains County.—Thames Survey District.

The Orongo Settlement is situated on the western bank of
the Waihou River about two miles and a half from Turua
Township, from which there is a metalled road to the boundary
of the settlement. Section 37 fronting the Waihou River has
water access, and there is a ferry landing at the south-eastern
corner of Section 24. Kopu Railway-station is distant about
one mile from the settlement, and there is a daily launch
service connecting with the trains. All the sections comprise
level land of first-class quality, carrying more or less English
grass mixed with rushes and cutty-grass; there is some tall
fescue on several of the sections. Provision has been made
to sink an artesian well on each section.

The improvements which are included in the capital value
of the land are as follows: Section 13, well and windmill
(requiring repairs), value £15; Section 36, eleven chains
seven-wire boundary-fence, value £16 10s.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Christchurch, 30th September, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for lease by public auction at the
Courthouse, Rakaia, on Thursday, the 1st day of December,
1921, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., in terms of section 124 of the
Land Act, 1908. The valuation for improvements must be
paid on the fall of the hammer.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHBURTON COUNTY.

Block XIII, Rakaia Survey District, South Rakaia Township.

• Exempt from rent for one year on condition that gorse
  is cleared.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The purchaser of a lease shall, immediately upon the
   fall of the hammer, or with his application, deposit an amount
   equal to one year’s rent at the rate offered, together with
   £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The leases will be for terms of ten years, commencing
   on the day of sale or on acceptance of application.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time
   resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any
   portion thereof, by giving to the lessee six month’s notice in
   writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either
   for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or
   on account of the aforesaid resumption, or for any other
   cause, but he will be allowed, on the expiration of his lease,
   or in the event of the land being resumed as hereinbefore
   provided, to remove any fencing or buildings erected by him
   upon the land.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or
   otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land
   comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of
   the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and
   shall not be broken up or cropped without the written con-
   sent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and
   obtained.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of
   the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee will be required, within six months from the
   commencement of the lease, to have the land securely fenced,
   and thoroughly cleared of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other
   noxious weeds, and to so keep it cleared during the whole of
   the term.

10. The rent shall be payable yearly in advance, free from
    all deductions whatsoever.

11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee
    shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease
    within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to
    be fulfilled.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.