2438
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Town Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 6th September, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 11.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 17th October, 1923, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.
Waitaki County.—Waitaki Survey District.—Glenavy Township.

SECTIONS 67 and 68, each containing 1 rood ; upset price, £14.

TERMS OF SALE.

The highest bidder shall be the purchaser.
One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, together with valuation for improvements and Crown-grant fee of £1, and the balance of the purchase-money within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited and the sale of the land declared null and void.
Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.
Full particulars may be ascertained on application to this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Southland Land District open for License by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 3rd September, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 31st October, 1923, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—STEWART ISLAND COUNTY.

RUN No. 536, Anglem and Mason Survey Districts : Area, 12,900 acres ; upset annual rent, £5.
Term, twenty-one years.

The run is at Stewart Island, and access is by boat about seventeen miles from Half-moon Bay. The greater part of the area is low-lying and wet, covered with rushes, scrub, &c. ; generally unsuitable for grazing, but a small area about the centre of the run grows coarse red tussock and would carry a few sheep.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st March, 1924.
2. Applicants must be over twenty-one years of age, excepting in the case of discharged soldier applicants.
3. One half-year’s rent, £1 1s. license fee, and statutory declaration to be deposited by successful applicant.
4. No person may hold more than one run, except on the recommendation of the Land Board and with the approval of the Minister. If a purchaser holds a run, his wife is deemed to be a runholder, and vice versa.
5. Rent is payable half-yearly in advance on 1st March and 1st September in each year. If not paid within thirty days of due date a penalty of 10 per cent. is added.
6. Term of license to be as stated hereon, with contingent right of renewal over the whole or a subdivision of the run for a similar term.
7. Licensee to prevent destruction or burning of timber, burning of snow-tussock, burning of other tussock, except in July, August, and September ; to prevent growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants ; to keep down rabbits ; and to refrain from burning grass during such months as the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall from time to time determine.
8. Licensee to have no right to the timber or flax on the land comprised in the license.
9. With the permission of the Land Board the licensee may—
   (a.) Cultivate a portion of the run and grow winter feed thereon ;
   (b.) Plough and sow in grass any area not exceeding 3,000 acres ;
   (c.) Clear of bush or scrub any portion of the run and sow same in grass ;
   (d.) Surface sow in grass any portion of the run.
   On expiry of license the value of licensee’s improvements will be protected.
10. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    The run is 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.
    Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th September, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the undermentioned land will be submitted for sale by public auction, under section 130 of the Land Act, 1908, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 17th October, 1923, at 11.30 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—AMURI COUNTY.—LYNDON SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 38, Block II : Area, 78 acres 2 roods 22 perches ; upset annual rental, £7 17s. 6d.

All stony tussock flat, rather poor soil. About a mile from Hanmer by formed road.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, five years from day of sale ; but subject to resumption at any time in the event of the land being required by the Government.
2. The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance.
3. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up unless it is necessary to renew the grass, in which case it shall be laid down in grass and clover in a satisfactory manner with a small quantity of oats for shelter, the oats to be fed off and not harvested. No crop of any kind shall at any time be taken off the land.
4. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor on account of the aforesaid possible resumption, nor for any other cause.
5. 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.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.
   Possession will be given on the day of sale. The present lessee has the right to remove all fences erected by him within one month from the day of sale.
   Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 12th September, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserve described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 17th October, 1923, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TAKAKA COUNTY.—TAKAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

PART 2 of Section 165, Block II, Takaka Survey District : Area, 59 acres 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £15.
Weighted with £10, valuation for half cost of fencing.