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original lessee with the consent of the Land Board; failing
| Improvements on Rural Lands.—Lessee is required to im-
disposal, the land and improvements revert to the Crown
prove the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent.
without compensation.
of the capital value ; within two years to the value of another
4. No transfer, mortgage, sublease, or subdivision allowed
10 per cent. of the capital value ; and thereafter, but within
without consent.
six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the capital
5. Lessee to cultivate and improve the land and keep it
value. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years,
clear of weeds.
improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for
6. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all build-
every acre of first-class land and 10s. for every acre of second-
ings, fences, gates, and drains, and to keep clear all creeks,
class land.
drains, ditches, and watercourses, to trim all live hedges, and
to yield up all improvements in good order and condition at
the expiration of the lease.
NOTE.—Possession will be given on the day of sale,
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 Advances Office.
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 respon-
sible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
The valuation for improvements must be paid immediately
on the fall of the hammer.
Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
at this office.
JOHN COOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
7. Rent payable half-yearly in advance, subject to penalty
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for any period during
which it remains in arrear.
8. No gravel to be removed from land without consent of
the Land Board.
9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
10. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making
improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District for Lease by Application and Ballot.
District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, 18th December, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral runs are open for selection, and applications will be received
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 18th February, 1924.
Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board at the Athenæum Hall, Cromwell, on Thursday, 21st February,
1924, at 10 o'clock a.m.; or applicants may be examined on or before Tuesday, 19th February, 1924, at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Dunedin. An applicant may also be examined by the Land Board of any other district.
The ballot will be held at the Athenæum Hall, Cromwell, on Thursday, 21st February, 1924, at the conclusion of the
examination of applicants.
Preference at the ballot will be given to approved discharged-soldier applicants, to landless applicants who have one or
more children dependent on them, to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of the ballot have
applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully, and to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection
with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.
An application may include any number of runs shown on the sale plan, but no person will be allotted more than one
run.
Possession will be given on the 1st April, 1924.
Applications will only be considered by the Land Board from applicants who are in a position to finance their own stock.
No advance will be made to discharged soldiers for purchasing stock.
Rolling-stock and furniture on the homestead block will be disposed of after ballot. Schedules may be seen at the
office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. The selector of Run 630 will be allowed to purchase certain articles at valuation.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SUBDIVISIONS OF MOUNT PISA RUN.
Lake and Vincent Counties, Cardrona, Tarras, Cromwell, Crown, and Kawarau Survey Districts.
Term of license: Thirty-five years from 1st March, 1925.
(Exempt from payment of rent for twelve months for period 1st March, 1925, to 28th February, 1926.)
Run No. Area. Half-yearly Rental.
Half-yearly Instalment
of Principal and
Interest on Building.
Total Half-yearly
Payment on Lease.
Valuation for Fencing
included
in Capital Value.
Valuation for
Buildings to be paid
for by Instalments.
lbs. d.
£ s. d.
£ s. d.
£ s. d.
£
625
8,763
37 0 0
..
37 0 0
108 4 6
..
626
7,914
58 0 0
1 19 0
59 19 0
208 10 0
50
627
9,175
44 0 0
1 19 0
45 19 0
187 11 0
50
628
9,725
32 0 0
..
32 0 0
203 0 0
..
629
16,490
70 0 0
3 10 6
73 10 6
310 19 0
90
630
21,660
150 0 0
65 12 0
215 12 0
1,120 5 6
1,682
631
12,187
44 0 0
..
44 0 0
124 7 6
..
632
12,996
47 0 0
..
47 0 0
152 11 0
..
633
15,200
72 10 0
1 7 4
73 17 4
334 4 0
35
634
14,412
52 10 0
..
52 10 0
307 10 0
..
DESCRIPTION OF RUNS.
Run 625 : Situated in the Clutha Valley, in Central Otago. Access is from Cromwell, twenty-seven miles distant.
Cromwell is the present terminus of the Otago Central Railway, and there is a good formed road from Cromwell to Luggate.
There are a post-office, school, and store at Luggate. The run comprises a series of broken ridges; the lower altitudes
are somewhat bare, but the higher altitudes have fair tussock and native grasses. General aspect northerly. The soil
is of a light loam resting on a clay and rock formation. The section is well watered by Luggate Creek and its branches.
The elevation ranges from about 950 ft. to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. The general quality of the run is fair.
Run 626 : Situated near Luggate, in Central Otago, and is part of the original Mount Pisa Station. Access is from
Cromwell, eighteen miles distant. Cromwell is the present terminus of the Otago Central Railway, and there is a good road
from the railway terminus to the run. The run comprises a series of broken ridges with a north-easterly aspect generally.
The soil is of a light loam resting on a schist formation. The run is fairly well watered by a creek. The elevation ranges
from about 900 ft. to 4,500 ft. above sea-level. The general quality of the run is fair.
Run 627 : Situated about three miles from Cardrona, in Central Otago, and is part of the Mount Pisa Station. Access
is from Cromwell, forty-five miles distant, or from Frankton on Lake Wakatipu, which is about twenty-eight miles distant
on a steep road. There is a post and telegraph office and a school at Cardrona. The run comprises a number of open
steep ridges with generally a westerly and northerly aspect. The soil is of a very fair loam on a schist formation. The
run is well watered by different gullies. The elevation ranges from about 1,050 ft. to 6,000 ft. above sea-level. The
general quality of the run is very fair.