Feb. 14.] • THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 515

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 11th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Lands in the Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 11th February, 1924.

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 11th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Thursday, the 20th day of March, 1924, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Stratford County.—Ngaiere Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block II: Area, 38 acres; upset annual rental, £57.

Situated on the north side of Flint Road adjoining boundary of the Stratford Borough. Access is from Stratford Railway-station by good roads, distant about one mile and a half. Practically all level land in grass. Well watered by creeks. The Kahouri River forms the back boundary. Ring-fenced. There are no buildings on the section.

Improvements.—The improvements, comprising felling, grassing, stumping, and fencing, are valued at £224 12s., and are the property of the Crown.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, and lease and registration fees, £2 2s., to be paid on fall of hammer.

2. Term of lease is twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years at rents based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. No compensation for improvements; but if lease is not renewed upon expiry the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Land Board; failing disposal, the land and improvements revert to the Crown without compensation.

4. No transfer, mortgage, sublease, or subdivision allowed without consent.

5. Lessee to cultivate and improve the land and keep it clear of weeds.

6. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, fences, gates, and drains, and to keep clear all creeks, 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.

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.

Improvements on Rural Lands.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the capital value; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the capital value; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the capital value. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land and 10s. for every acre of second-class land.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

JOHN COOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.