SEPT. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2419

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Town Lands in Westland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 5th September, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 16th October, 1922.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 18th October, 1922, at 10 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly Rental.

TOWN LAND.
Runanga Borough.—Runanga Township.

A. R. P. £ £ s. d.
6 II 0 1 0 65 1 12 6
1 IV 0 1 11 50 1 5 0
6 V 0 1 1 40 1 0 0
13 XVI 0 1 0 35 0 17 6
Weighted with £103, valuation for dwellinghouse.
2 XVII 0 1 1 35 0 17 6
9 XXVIII 0 0 32 20 0 10 0
10 ,, 0 0 32 15 0 7 6
13 XXX 0 0 35 20 0 10 0
Weighted with £30, valuation for shed, fencing, and clearing.
5 XXXIII 0 1 3 15 0 7 6
Weighted with £1, valuation for clearing.
11 XXXV 0 1 9 15 0 7 6
12 ,, 0 1 10 15 0 7 6
Weighted with £12 valuation for shed.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT LAND.

Runanga Borough.—Runanga Township.

10 V 0 1 1 40 1 0 0
10 XXVI 0 1 0 30 0 15 0

Runanga Borough.—Runanga Village Settlement.

6 XLIII 0 1 0 30 0 12 0

Plans and full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika.

W. T. MORPETH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th September, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, 12th October, 1922, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—GERALDINE COUNTY.

SECTION 1, part "B" Reserve 1400, Block XVI, Geraldine Survey District: Area, 73 acres ; upset annual rent, £69 7s. 6d. Situated about eighteen miles from Temuka by good road. Comprises heavy swamp land in fair order, and is good dairy country.

Improvements consist of house, shed, trap-shed, and fencing, valued at £330, which must be paid for in cash on the fall of the hammer.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, valuation for improvements, together with rent for the broken period up to 1st January, 1923, and £2 2s. lease fee and cost of registration, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one 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.

9. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

10. Lessee not to take more than three crops in succession, one of which must be a root crop; after the third crop the land to be left in pasture for at least three years; at least two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the expiration of the term; penalty for breach, £2 per acre.

11. 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.

12. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date, or for breach of conditions.

13. Land Board may resume not more than 5 acres for school-site upon reduction of rent and compensation for crops.

14. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

15. Lessee to have no right to any minerals.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 5th September, 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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 25th day of October, 1922.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for a term of 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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, the 26th day of October, 1922, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.; or applicants may be examined at the Courthouse, Dargaville, on Friday, the 27th October, 1922, at 10.30 o'clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND'
Hobson County.—Mangakahia Survey District.—Pekapekarau Block.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Annual Instalment on Deferred Payment (excluding Interest). Half-yearly Rent on Lease.

Acres. £ £ s. d. £ s. d.
5 XIII 2963 1100 55 0 0 24 15 0
4 XIV 458 2820 141 0 0 63 9 0
6 XIV 446 690 34 10 0 15 10 6
7 XIV 343 1270 63 10 0 28 11 6
8 XIV 400 2470 123 10 0 55 11 6
9 XIV 262 1940 97 0 0 43 13 0
10 XIV 217 1070 53 10 0 24 1 6
11 XIV 252 1860 93 0 0 41 17 0

The elevation of this block ranges from 200 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. The block comprises easy undulating slopes, lies well to the sun, having a north-easterly aspect, and is well sheltered from the prevailing cold south-westerly winds. The land has all been heavy-bush country, the greater part of which has now been milled. Fires have cleaned up