1538
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 30th May, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders marked on the outside “Tender for Lease” will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 30th June, 1922, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve, under the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—QUARANTINE RESERVE.
PART Section 34, Block III, Waimea Survey District: Area, 7 acres; minimum annual rental, £2.

Situated at the extreme western end of Quarantine Road. Area comprises low sand-dunes, with light sandy soil of fair quality; all in grass. Fenced on western boundary only, but fence is in poor repair. The main road on the east (Quarantine Road) is unformed for some twenty chains, though it is possible to drive stock along it.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, fourteen years from 1st July, 1922, without right of renewal.

2. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and £1 1s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.

3. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. Possession will be given on 1st July, 1922.

4. If on the termination of the lease the reserve is again leased, the incoming lessee shall pay to the outgoing lessee the value of all substantial improvements that may be effected hereafter with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

5. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance on the 1st July and 1st January in each year.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown lands first had and obtained.

7. All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have free right of egress, ingress, and regress for such purposes as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may deem expedient.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

The reserve is 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.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application to this office.

H. D. MCKELLAR,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 29th May, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease to discharged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 11th day of July, 1922.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive 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, Napier, on Thursday, the 13th day of July, 1922, 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.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Patangata County.—Te Kaihi Settlement.

SECTION 48: Area, 251 acres; capital value, £3,595; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £179 15s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £80 17s. 9d.

All undulating and mostly ploughable country. Soil fair to good quality, grass requires renewing in places; watered by two dams and a stream. Practically all fenced. Access by a good metalled road, and there is a tri-weekly motor mail-service from Waipawa. Situated about eighteen miles from Waipawa Township, and the Omakere Post-office is within two miles of the block.

Improvements included in the capital value consist of 179 chains of fencing valued at £136 19s.

Improvements not included in capital value consist of 113 chains of boundary fencing (half cost) valued at £163 10s. 6d. This amount may be paid in cash, or may be treated as an advance under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, in which case the successful applicant will be required to execute a mortgage for this amount to the Crown.

Dannevirke County.—Glengarry Settlement.

Section 78: Area, 96 acres 0 roods 12 perches; capital value, £4,140; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £207; half-yearly rent on lease, £93 3s.

Distant about two miles from Dannevirke by good metalled road. The Ruaroa, Umutaoroa, and Dannevirke cheese-factories are all within three miles of the section.

Section contains about 20 acres good land, which has been stumped and ploughed and sown in English grasses; balance good undulating country, ploughable when stumped; well grassed and watered; well adapted for dairying and fattening.

The improvements included in the capital value are sub-divisional and road-frontage fences valued at £58 10s.

Patangata County.—Te Kura Settlement.

Section 138: Area, 156 acres 2 roods 30 perches; capital value, £3,850; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £192 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £86 12s. 6d.

Altitude, from 270 ft. to 400 ft. Open agricultural flat and slightly undulating with gravel terrace near the road. Good black soil on clay and gravel. Intersected by small creek, which, however, runs dry in summer, and water will have to be conserved in storage dams. Practically all fenced. Distant about two miles and a half from Patangata, and eight miles from Otane Railway-station.

Subject to the right of the Crown to lay pipe-line as indicated on the plan.

Improvements included in capital value consist of fencing valued at £65.

Waipawa County.—Watea Settlement.

Section 48: Area, 180 acres 0 roods 11 perches; capital value, £3,400; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £170; half-yearly rent on lease, £76 10s.

Situated on the main road between Waipukurau and Takapau. Access is from Takapau or Waipukurau, five and nine miles distant respectively. Section comprises level terrace land, all fenced. Soil is of light loamy character resting on shingle and clay formation; watered by stream near southern boundary. Elevation, 750 ft. to 770 ft.

Improvements included in capital value consist of fencing valued at £149 16s.

Weighted with £230 for improvements, including two-roomed house, scullery, and two 600-gallon tanks. This amount may be paid for in cash, or treated as an advance under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, in which case the successful applicant will require to execute a mortgage to the Crown.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th May, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Friday, the 30th June, 1922, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.

MANA ISLAND: Area, 525 acres; upset annual rental, £197. Weighted with £865, valuation for improvements.

Mana Island is situated about two miles from the mainland at the nearest point, and about four miles from Plimmer-