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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 40

The elevation rises to about 100 ft. above sea-level. Broken to steep sections covered with blackberries. The soil is of heavy black loam resting on limestone formation. No water on sections. The access is from Pahi Wharf and Post-office, which are about a quarter of a mile distant along the beach. These sections would make an ideal camping-site.

Whangarei County.—Mangapai Parish.

Section 32: Area, 29 acres 1 rood; upset annual rental, £2.

The elevation ranges to 150 ft. above sea-level. The section comprises all undulating land in tea-tree, scrub, and gorse. The soil is of clay, resting on pipeclay formation. Badly watered by soakage. The access is from Oakleigh Wharf and Railway-station, which is about two and a half miles distant by cart-road, of which one-third is metalled.

Eden County.—Panmure Village.

Lot 43 of Section 2.

Lot 1: Area, 1 rood 10 perches; upset annual rental, £6.
Lot 2: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £7.
Lot 3: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £7.
Lot 4: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £7 10s.
Lot 5: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £8.
Lot 6: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £8.
Lot 7: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £6.
Lot 8: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £7.
Lot 9: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £7.
Lot 10: Area, 1 rood; upset annual rental, £7.
Lot 11: Area, 2 roods 14·3 perches; upset annual rental, £12 10s.

Soil heavy black loam on sandstone formation. The sections are practically level and are all elevated, giving a magnificent view towards the south-west overlooking Panmure basin. Five feet of water along bank at high tide. Sections are situated about 10 chains from the Panmure Post-office by an unmetalled road. The proposed Panmure Station on the deviation of the railway from Auckland City will be situated within easy-walking distance.

Eden County.—Auckland Suburbs.

Part Lots 6 and 7, Allotment 13, Section 12.

Section 60: Area, 37·8 perches; upset annual rental, £17 10s.
Section 61: Area, 37·8 perches; upset annual rental, £17 10s.

Fine level sections in Haydn Avenue just off Manukau Road, facing Cornwall Park, and are about fifty yards from tram stop. The land is at present in grass and garden. Good volcanic soil. These are fine building-sites.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, valuation for improvements, 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.
3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
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 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 revert to the Crown without compensation.
11. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are 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.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland.

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 23rd July, 1924, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBAN LAND.

Raetihi Borough.—Town of Raetihi Extension No. 1.

SECTION 42: Area, 2 acres 0 roods 1 perch; upset price, £80. Situated at the corner of George and Ward Streets, about one mile from Raetihi Railway-station by good metalled road. All in grass, 1½ acres being undulating land, and the remainder swampy, with a creek running through it. Soil is of fair quality. Altitude, 1,750 ft. to 1,780 ft.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are—
(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.
(2.) Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money, but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void. Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 9th June, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale or selection under the Land Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday, the 15th day of July, 1924.

The land may be purchased for cash or selected for occupation with right of purchase or on renewable lease.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, the 17th day of July, 1924, at 10 o’clock a.m.; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Toetoes Survey District.

SECTION 16, Block III: Area, 225 acres 0 roods 11 perches. Capital value, £225. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £5 12s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 10s.

Hilly land, mostly covered with light bush. Soil fair to good, on loam and sandstone formation. About one-half ploughable when cleared. Situated ten miles from Waimahaka, one mile being unformed. Suitable for grazing and dairying when cleared.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.