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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Whakatane, on the 27th May, 1924.

Registrar’s Office,
Rotorua, 30th April, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Whakatane on the 27th day of May, 1924, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Waiariki, 1924–6.]
T. ANARU, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.

No. 58. Name of applicant: Minister of Public Works. Name of land: Matata 52 and Rangitaiki 22. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for railway purposes.

No. 59. Name of applicant: Minister of Public Works. Name of land: Rangitaiki 22. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

No. 60. Name of applicant: Whakatane County Council. Name of land: Rangitaiki 38B 2P, 38B 2H, 38B 2O. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for Tokiokio Road.

No. 61. Name of applicant; Whakatane County Council. Name of land: Rangitaiki 22. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Notice to make Returns of Income under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the above Act and the regulations made thereunder, every person and company, whether a taxpayer or not, having derived income within the meaning of the said Act during the year ending 31st March, 1924, from any source or by any means which is made the subject of taxation under the said Act, is hereby required to make and furnish to me, in the prescribed form returns of such income on or before the 2nd day of June, 1924.

Returns of income are required to be furnished by all companies and persons in business, whether for the whole or part of the income year. They are also required from all persons in receipt of income from salary, wages, interest, rents, annuity, or other annual payment, where such income exceeds £250 per annum. The returns are required annually from such persons notwithstanding that by reason of the special exemptions allowable by law they may not be liable to pay tax.

In cases where the Commissioner has agreed to accept returns for twelve months ending at a date subsequent to the 31st March, such returns shall be made within two months of such subsequent date.

And, further, notice is hereby given that such returns shall in all cases be delivered at or forwarded to the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, in the Government Buildings at Wellington.

D. G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Taxes.

NOTE.—Forms of return may be obtained at any postal money-order office; they will not be sent to taxpayers from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes unless written application is made for them.

SPECIAL NOTE.—Any person failing to furnish a return at the prescribed time is liable to a penalty up to £100.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th May, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: S.G.R. License No. 148. Section 1, Block I, Nukumaru Survey District. Selector: A. J. Burtt. Reason for forfeiture: Arrears.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th May, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto, will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 11th June, 1914, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1980.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA COUNTY.

Part Section 20, Block VIII, Maketu Survey District: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 19·7 perches; upset annual rental, £4. Weighted with £6 10s., valuation for improvements, comprising half-share 7 chains boundary-fence, and 6 chains road-boundary fence, to be paid for in cash on fall of hammer.

Part Section 20, Block VIII, Maketu Survey District: Area, 4 acres 0 roods 30·3 perches; upset annual rental, £3. Weighted with £9, valuation for improvements, comprising half-share 6 chains boundary-fence, and 6 chains road-fence, to be paid for in cash on fall of hammer.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, for twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for the same term at a rent to be determined by valuation in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

2. Rent payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland; the first half-yearly payment, together with lease and registration fee and valuation for improvements, to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. The successful applicant must pay the value of the improvements before being admitted to possession, which will be given (the necessary payments being made) on the day of sale.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession thereof parted with, except with the consent of the Land Board.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

6. The leases shall be prepared generally in accordance with the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

7. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

8. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before subdividing, erecting any buildings, or effecting other improvements.

9. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated. The valuation for improvements must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 5th May, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the right to cut and remove timber on the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction in one lot at this office, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 11th June, 1924, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the timber regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MATIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 28 and 30: Area of milling-timber, approximately 71 acres.

Estimated quantity in superficial feet as follows: Kahikatea, 133,100; matai, 25,100; beech, 31,850: total, 190,050. Upset price, £220.

Time for removal of timber: Two years.

TERMS OF PAYMENT.

One-fourth of the purchase-money and licensee fee (£1 1s.) to be paid on the fall of the hammer. Balance of purchase-money shall be secured by three “on demand” promissory notes of equal amounts of £55 each, payable in six, twelve, and eighteen months from the date of sale, and bearing interest at 5 per cent. per annum from that date, made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.