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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Lands in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 4th March, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 14th September, 1925.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 16th September, 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 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 date of 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 war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
TOWN LAND.

Runanga Borough.—Town of Runanga.—National Endowment.

SECTION 5, Block XIX: Area, 1 rood 1 perch; capital value, £40; half-yearly rent, £1.

Section 10, Block XXVI: Area, 1 rood; capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 15s.

Weighted with £5, valuation for fencing and clearing.

Section 2, Block XXXVIII: Area, 27·4 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 16, Block XVII: Area, 1 rood; capital value, £65; half-yearly rent, £1 12s. 6d.

Weighted with £40, valuation for house and clearing.

Section 5, Block XXXII: Area, 1 rood 19 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 5, Block XXXVIII: Area, 24·7 perches; capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Runanga Township is situated at the State Coal-mine about three miles by road and railway from Greymouth.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE FOR LANDS IN FIRST SCHEDULE.

1. Term of lease: thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years.

2. Rent: 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. No lessee to hold more than one allotment.

7. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

8. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. 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, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed, except with permission of Land Board and approval of Minister of Lands.

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

SECOND SCHEDULE.
SETTLEMENT LAND.—TOWN LAND.

Runanga Borough.—Town of Runanga.

SECTION 11, Block IX: Area, 34 perches; capital value, £40; half-yearly rent, £1.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE FOR LAND IN SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. Term of lease: thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent: 4½ per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 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 declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. No person may hold more than one allotment.

7. Successful applicants 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. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. 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, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.

10. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

11. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.

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

Plans and full particulars may be had on application to this office.

W. T. MORPETH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 4th August, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 9th September, 1925.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at this office at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 10th September, 1925.

The ballot will be held on Thursday, 10th September, 1925, at the conclusion of 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 date of 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 war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

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

SECTION 30s: Area 16 acres. Capital value, £200; £600*. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5; £30 6s.†

• Buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings comprising woolshed and whare, valued at £600, which must be paid for in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £30 6s. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £35 6s.

Situated about two miles and a half from Dannevirke. The land comprised in this section is generally hilly, the soil being somewhat inferior in quality.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years and a right to acquire the freehold.