Nov. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2847

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Unitarian Tennis Club (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Auckland this 19th day of November, 1924.

WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Election of Member of Canterbury Land Board.

I, GEORGE HENRY BULLARD, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Canterbury Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board was David Stowell, Esq., of Timaru.

I do therefore hereby declare that the said David Stowell is duly elected a member of the Canterbury Land Board as from the 13th day of December, 1924.

Dated at Christchurch this 31st day of October, 1924.

G. H. BULLARD, Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th November, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Hei Hei Settlement. Tenure: S.T. D.P. 10. Formerly held by Norman Johnson. Reason for forfeiture: Holding abandoned.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th November, 1924.

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

CERTIFICATE of occupation No. 397, Section 9, Block VI, Pakawau Survey District. Formerly held by Alexander Saunders. Reason for forfeiture: At request, and non-compliance with conditions.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 26th November, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned properties will be offered for sale by auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, 14th January, 1925, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Lots 25 and 26, Part Section 19, Block XVI, Waipukurau: Area, 1 rood 24·4 perches. Price, £1,000, for cash or on deferred payments; deposit required on deferred payments, £100.

Good house, four rooms and all conveniences, situated in Woburn Street, off Racecourse Road, Waipukurau.
File—H.O., 26/24383; D.O., 22/2618.

Lot 12, D.P. 1280, Section 11, Dannevirke: Area, 1 rood. Price, £500, for cash or on deferred payments; deposit required on deferred payments, £50.

Five-roomed house and conveniences in York Street, Dannevirke.
File—H.O., 26/11564; D.O., 22/2462.

Terms of Sale.

1. Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within thirty days.

2. Deferred Payments.—A deposit as shown against the respective properties in Schedule above; balance by equal half-yearly instalments consisting partly of purchase-money and partly of interest, extending over a period not exceeding twenty-five years and a half, with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

3. The unpaid purchase-money shall be secured by way of instalment mortgage, interest being calculated at 5 per cent. in the case of a discharged soldier and 5½ per cent. in all other cases. A rebate of one-tenth of the interest payable will be allowed for prompt payment and instalments.

4. Purchasers responsible for payment of mortgage fees, &c.

The lands 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.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th November, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders marked on the outside “tender for lease” will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday, 5th January, 1925, for a lease of the undermentioned land under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Onetaua Survey District.

FAREWELL Spit, Blocks III, IV, VII, and VIII: Area, 4,397 acres. Minimum annual rental, £20. Term of lease, twenty-one years.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

This land occupies the whole of Farewell Spit, with the exception of a Marine Reserve of 531 acres at the northern extremity.

The area comprises sand-dunes sparsely covered with vegetation consisting of marram-grass, lupins, tawhine, flax, and tumutukuri, with rough feed.

There is no permanent water, but numerous pools in the hollows (which seldom dry up) provide sufficient water, except in times of drought, for stock. Water may also be obtained by sinking shallow wells in the hollows.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-one years from 1st January, 1925.

2. One-half year’s rent at the rate offered, plus £1 1s. lease fee to accompany each tender. Rent for broken period is also payable.

3. Rent is payable half-yearly in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

4. Lessee to have no right to cut or remove flax from land.

5. Possession will be given on day of acceptance of tender.

6. No right of renewal beyond the term of twenty-one years, specified above, and no compensation for improvements to be effected.

7. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

It shall be compulsory for the successful tenderer for this land to plant annually an area of not less than five acres with marram-grass or other suitable sand-binding grass or clovers, and five acres with lupins, such planting to be done to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. The areas in question are to be fenced off and protected from stock. The approval of the Commissioner to the areas