Rodney County.—Oruawharo Parish.
Section 74A : Area, 111 acres ; minimum annual rental, £5 10s.
Weighted with £50, valuation for improvements consisting
of 40 chains of fencing and 30 acres grassed.
Section undulating to broken, containing 1 acre native bush,
balance tea-tree, fern, and scrub, except for 30 acres grassed.
Soil clay formation. Well watered by gullies and small creek.
Situated about half-way between Te Hana and Topuni.
Access from main North Road by unformed road, three miles
distant from Te Hana Railway-station.
Mangonui County.—Maungataniwha Parish.
Section 72A : Area, 66 acres; minimum annual rental,
£13 10s.
Weighted with £83, valuation for improvements consisting
of felling, grassing, and fencing.
Situated about four miles from Peria by formed road.
About 50 acres is mostly in bush, balance being felled and
grassed. There is about 100 chains of fencing on the section.
ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, valuation for im-
   provements, 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 build-
   ings, 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 improve-
    ments; 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 respon-
    sible 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.
    Education Reserves in Auckland Land District for Lease by
    Public Auction.
    District Lands and Survey Office,
    Auckland, 21st February, 1922.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves de-
    scribed in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease
    by public auction at the Local Land Office, Hamilton, at
    10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, 5th April, 1922, under the
    provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amend-
    ments, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.
    SCHEDULE.
    AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
    ALLOTMENT 160, Town of Cambridge West: Area, 1 acre ;
    upset annual rental, £15.
    Weighted with valuation for improvements comprising
    fencing, grassing, and tree planting, £20.
    Situated about half a mile from Cambridge Post-office, and
    has a frontage to Coleridge Street. High, level land, ploughed
    and in grass, suitable for residence-site.
    Section 12, Block XI, Waihou Survey District, Hauraki
    Plains County: Area, 49 acres 3 roods 39 perches ; upset
    annual rental, £50.
    Weighted with valuation for improvements, comprising
    one-roomed shanty, four-stall cow-shed, and engine-room,
    fencing, draining, grassing, and stumping; total value,
    £224 10s.
    Partly drained kahikatea swamp land of good quality,
    situated about one mile from Netherton by formed road.
    Section W. 117, Parish of Horotiu : Area, 29 acres 2 roods
    8 perches; upset annual rental, £25.
    Level section broken by two winding shallow gullies, good
    loamy soil on pumice clay subsoil, watered by springs.
    Weighted with valuation for improvements, comprising
    shanty, fencing, and grassing ; total value, £50. Distant
    about six miles from Hamilton by good road and about one
    mile from Horotiu Railway-station.
    ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.
14. Term of lease for twenty-one years, with perpetual right
    of renewal for the same term at a rent to be determined by
    valuation, in accordance with the provisions of the First
    Schedule of the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.
15. Rents payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver
    of Land Revenue, Auckland; the first half-yearly payment,
    together with lease and registration fee and valuation for
    improvements, to be made on the fall of the hammer.
16. The successful applicant must pay the value of the
    improvements (if any) before being admitted to possession,
    which will be given (the necessary payments being made) on
    the day of sale.
17. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession
    thereof parted with except with the consent of the Land
    Board.
18. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to
    be paid by the lessee.
19. The leases shall be prepared generally in accordance
    with the provisions of the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.
20. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid
    on rent in arrear.
21. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before sub-
    dividing, erecting any buildings, or effecting other improve-
    ments.
22. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.
    H. M. SKEET,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Sections in Launson Settlement for Cash or on Deferred
    Payments, under the Housing Act, 1919.
    District Lands and Survey Office,
    Auckland, 20th February, 1922.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
    will be offered for sale for cash or on deferred payments
    at the Local Lands and Survey Office, Hamilton, on Wed-
    esday, the 5th day of April, 1922, at 10 o'clock a.m., under
    the provisions of the Housing Act, 1919.
    SCHEDULE.
    AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
    Waipa County.—Launson Settlement.
    Area.
    Upset Price.
    A. R. P.
    SECTION 6 .. .. .. 0 1 0 140
    " 7 .. .. .. 0 1 0 130
    " 8 .. .. .. 0 1 0 145
    " 16 .. .. .. 0 1 0 130
    " 20 .. .. .. 0 1 0 135
    " 21 .. .. .. 0 1 0 135
    " 25 .. .. .. 0 1 0 120
    " 26 .. .. .. 0 1 0 135
    " 30 .. .. .. 0 1 0 145
    " 31 .. .. .. 0 1 0 145
    " 34 .. .. .. 0 1 0 135
    " 35 .. .. .. 0 1 0 120
    " 36 .. .. .. 0 1 2•05 145
    The sections are situated on the north side of Forest Lake
    Road, about three-quarters to one mile from Frankton Junction
    Railway-station by formed and metalled road.
    Level sections, mostly in grass, slightly swampy in places.
    H. M. SKEET,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Education Reserve in Wellington Land District for Selection
    on Renewable Lease.
    Department of Lands and Survey,
    Wellington, 21st February, 1922.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned educa-
    tion reserve is open for selection on renewable lease
    under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Education
    Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, and amendments; and
    applications will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m.
    on Tuesday, the 28th day of March, 1922.