CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th April, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease 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, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L. Lease No. 224. Section 11, Block IV, Whirinaki Survey District. Formerly held by Cody Bros.
Reason of forfeiture: At request.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Hawke's Bay Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th April, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that surrender of the lease of the undermentioned land having been accepted by resolution of the Hawke's Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: Special Tenure Lease. Section 3, Block IX, Moeangiari Survey District: Area, 584 acres. Formerly held by Bertie Lawrence Paget.

A. D. MCLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Crown Land declared to be Settlement Land.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th March, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to section 20 (3) of the Land Act, 1924, that the undermentioned Crown land shall henceforth be deemed to be settlement land and to be subject to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area situated in Block IV, Te Mata Survey District, being part of Lots 9 and 13 on a plan deposited in the Lands Registry Office at Napier under No. 1690, and containing by admeasurement 21 acres 3 roods 11 perches, more or less, bounded, commencing at the south-west corner of the said Lot 13, towards the west by Lot 15 on deposited plan 1797, 954.9 links; thence towards the north-east by other parts of Lots 9 and 13 on deposited plan 1690 aforesaid, 1872 links; thence towards the east by Lot 20 on deposited plan 3449, 750.3 links, 495 links, and 280.2 links; thence towards the south by Lot 4 on deposited plan 3451, Lots 16 and 17 on deposited plan 2141, for a distance of 1486.6 links, to point of commencement; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

A. D. MCLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Hawke's Bay Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 21st April, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for general application on renewable lease for a term of thirty-three years, in terms of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.
Applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o'clock p.m., on Monday, the 25th day of May, 1925.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 28th day of May, 1925, 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 District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them, to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding the date of the ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully, to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force, and to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the late war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Dannevirke County.—Norsewood Survey District.—Glengarry Settlement.

SECTION 17s: Area, 68 acres 1 rood 20 perches; capital value, £1,800; half-yearly rent, £45.
Situated about four miles from Dannevirke and within easy distance of dairy factories. Flat and easy-sloping country. Good chocolate loam, well-watered by springs and streams. Subdivided into four paddocks.
Improvements included in capital value comprise cottage, three rooms, cow byre and yards, plantation, and about 100 chains of fencing.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with perpetual right of renewal of further successive terms of thirty-three years and the right to acquire the freehold.
2. Rent, 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value; payable in advance on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declarations, and on being declared successful deposit £1 1s. lease fee and a half-year's rent, together with rent for broken period.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.
6. Order of selection to be decided by ballot.
7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
9. All improvements on the land to be kept in good order and condition, and all buildings to be fully insured.
10. No transfer allowed without permission of Land Board and Minister.
11. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, section 130 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, on Friday, the 22nd day of May, 1925, at the Town Hall, Waverley, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Patea County.—Wairoa Survey District (formerly Moumahaki State Farm).

LOT 1 on plan No. 73/26w, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Wellington, containing 137 acres 1 rood; upset annual rental, £275.
Weighted with £100, valuation for buildings, which sum shall be payable in cash at the time of the sale.