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and suitable for cropping, especially potatoes; all in grass, except 20 acres cultivation. A good dairying section; watered by artesian bore; fencing in good order; 50 acres stumped, ploughed, and grassed, and 20 acres stumped, ploughed, and cropped; also 178 chains fencing.

Nine-roomed house and out-buildings on property valued at £700 to be paid for by thirty half-yearly instalments of £33 14s. 4d.

Lot 2.—About one-third good drained swamp, balance easy undulating land lying well to the sun. There is a small whare on this section. The soil is first class, semi-volcanic, and suitable for cropping; all in grass. A good dairying section; watered by springs; fences in good order; 85 acres felled, stumped, and grassed; 164 chains fencing; 40 chains main draining.

Lot 3.—All drained swamp, watered by spring; about 8 acres in blackberry and rough feed, 6 acres in turnips, balance grass; 42 acres stumped, felled, and grassed; 8 acres felled and grassed; 107 chains fencing; 80 chains drain.

Lot 4.—All undulating to steep country, all ploughable; well watered by stream. About 100 acres has been surface sown in grass, but is now about half scrub and fern; 40 acres were in oats last year. There is about 10 acres in green bush, part would be suitable for dairying. Soil is good semi-volcanic. Has all been heavy puriri bush.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

The barn, cow-shed, and implement-shed on Lot 1 are not included in the improvements to be taken over and paid for by the successful bidder for such lot.

The said buildings are reserved for removal, and the material therein may be disposed of for cash by the Commissioner of Crown Lands to the purchasers of the leases of the other three lots if so desired by them. Such materials are to be used for erection of a cow-shed and other buildings on each of the other respective lots.

In the event of the non-disposal of any or all of the said buildings, the lessee of Lot 1 will be required to purchase same at the valuation to be fixed by Commissioner. Total valuation about £500.

The right is also reserved for all authorized persons to have full right of ingress, egress, and regress over Lot 1 during the time for removal of the said buildings.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Six months’ rental at the rate offered, and £2 2s. lease fee and cost of registration, must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar term 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, and keep clear all creeks, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges, and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiry of the 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 any improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

10. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvement, 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 revert to the Crown without compensation.

11. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions 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.

The reserves are described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Possession will be given on date of sale.

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

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st May, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 21st June, 1923, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Franklin County.—Papakura Village—Allotment 31 of Section 10.

Lot 1: Area, 2 roods 19·5 perches; upset annual rent, £6 5s. Weighted with £8, valuation for fencing, clearing, and grassing.

Lot 2: Area, 2 roods 19·5 perches; upset annual rent, £6 5s. Weighted with £6 10s., valuation for fencing, clearing, and grassing.

Lot 3: Area, 2 roods 20 perches; upset annual rent, £5 15s. Weighted with £8 10s., valuation for fencing, clearing, and grassing.

Lot 4: Area, 2 roods 20 perches; upset annual rent, £5. Weighted with £7 10s., valuation for fencing, clearing, and grassing.

Lot 5: Area, 2 roods 37 perches; upset annual rent, £4 10s. Weighted with £4 10s., valuation for fencing and clearing.

These lots are all level and in grass, excepting Lot 5 and a part of Lot 4, which have been under cultivation and are inclined to be wet. These lots all have frontages to formed and metalled road, and are about ten minutes’ walk from the new Papakura Railway-station.

Eden County.—Suburbs of Auckland.—Subdivision of Lot 83, Section 16.

Area. Upset Annual Rental.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
SECTION 1 .. .. .. 0 1 11·9 18 0 0
,, 2 .. .. .. 0 1 14·5 22 0 0
,, 3 .. .. .. 0 1 15 22 0 0
,, 4 .. .. .. 0 1 16·7 18 0 0
,, 5 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 10 0 0
,, 6 .. .. .. 0 1 5·1 12 0 0
,, 7 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 10 0 0
,, 8 .. .. .. 0 1 5·1 12 0 0
,, 9 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 · 8 0 0
,, 10 .. .. .. 0 1 5 10 0 0
,, 12 .. .. .. 0 1 5 10 0 0
,, 13 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 8 0 0
,, 14 .. .. .. 0 1 4·9 8 0 0
,, 15 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 8 0 0
,, 16 .. .. .. 0 1 2·4 8 0 0
,, 19 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 4 0 0
,, 20 .. .. .. 0 1 7·1 3 0 0
,, 21 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 4 0 0
,, 22 .. .. .. 0 1 4·7 2 10 0
,, 23 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 2 10 0
,, 24 .. .. .. 0 1 4·6 2 10 0
,, 25 .. .. .. 0 1 3·4 2 10 0
,, 27 .. .. .. 0 2 38 7 0 0

These sections front Victoria Avenue and Manawa Road, Remuera, the latter road connecting Victoria Avenue and Orakei Road at the seaward end. The sections are situated in the well and favourably known residential quarter.

The soil is of a semi-volcanic nature, and the majority of the sections are admirably suited for building purposes.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

Buildings to the value of £500 must be erected within two years from date of lease, or within such further period as the Land Board may determine.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Six months rental at the rate offered, and £2 2s. lease fee and cost of registration, must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

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.