Dec. 10.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

3377

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Southern Maori Electoral District.

I, JOHN ROYDEN SANSOM, Returning Officer for the Southern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 3rd day of November, 1925, for the election of a member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:

Candidates.                        Votes polled.
Henare Whakatau Uru              ... ... ... 211
Tuiti MacDonald                  ... ... ... 195
Teone Matapura Erihana           ... ... ... 157
Wereta Tainui Pitama..           ... ... ... 114
John Topi Patuki                 ... ... ... 28

Total number of votes polled     ... ... ... 705

I therefore declare the said Henare Whakatau Uru to be elected.
Dated at Christchurch this 12th day of November, 1925.
J. R. SANSOM, Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th December, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned sections having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L. 166. Section 15, Block XVI, Pouatu Survey District. Lessee: P. F. Wilson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with the conditions of lease.

Tenure: S.T.L.S. 70. Section 1s, Karu Settlement. Lessee: J.B. Woods. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with the conditions of lease.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th November, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of 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, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No.: L.P. 406. Section 1, Block IV, Maruia Survey District. Formerly held by A. Thomson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1925.
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, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE and lease No.: L.P.V. 503. Section 5, Nukuroa Village Settlement. Lessee: Claridge Bros. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure and lease No: L.P. 152. Section 4, Studholme Junction Settlement. Lessee: Claridge Bros. Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Town Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned town land will be open for selection on renewable lease in terms of the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o'clock p.m., on Monday, 25th January, 1926.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, 26th January, 1926, at 10.30 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 applicants.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Manawatu County.—Sandy Survey District.—Town of Tangimoana Extension No. 1.

SECTION 55: Area, 1 rood; capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

Situated in Nuku Street. Good level section, close to a formed and metalled road. The township is situated on the left bank of the Rangitikei River, about one mile from the sea. Access can be obtained by good metalled motor-road from Bull's, Feilding, and Palmerston North, which are respectively fourteen, twenty-four, and twenty-seven miles distant.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Gisborne Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 17th November, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, 22nd December, 1925, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Gisborne.—Subdivision of Sections 47 and 48.

Lot 1 : 27.9 perches; frontage of 46 ft. to Lowe Street; upset annual rental, £104.

Weighted with £2,500, valuation for improvements consisting of sample-rooms. To be paid for by cash or by forty-two half-yearly instalments (principal and interest) of £97 10s.; the first of such instalments to be payable on date of sale.

Lot 2: 11.4 perches; frontage of 40 ft. to Lowe Street; upset annual rental, £63. The old wooden building on the section is to be removed by the owner before sale, or immediately after.

Lot 3: 13.2 perches; frontage of 46 ft. to Lowe Street and 78 ft. to Childers Road; upset annual rental, £145.

Easement: Lot 4, as shown on the plan, will not be offered for lease, but will be allowed to remain as an easement or private right-of-way for the use of the lessees of other lots (1, 2, 3, 5, and 6) without charge, for the first term of lease, each lessee to be deemed to have an equal right to use the said Lot 4.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, lease, and registration fees (£2 2s.) to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
2. Improvements to be paid for by half-yearly instalments of interest and principal as specified in the Schedule above.
3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.