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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—
Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 15th February, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application
in that behalf made to me by the Te Akatea Coal-mine
Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number
1009, situated at Glen Massey, and in exercise of the powers
in this behalf conferred upon me by section 21 of the In-
dustrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, it is my
intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union
after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the
publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the mean-
time cause is shown to the contrary.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

CLIFFORD GOVER CONNOLLY, Esquire, of Ludgate
Circus, London E.C. 4, a Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of England, has this day been appointed by the Right
Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G., Chief Justice
of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand in England under the 47th section of the
Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and
taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the
said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of January, 1926.

W. W. SAMSON,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Flax Leases in the Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 23rd February, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Land Act, 1924,
and the flax regulations thereunder, that leases of the
undermentioned areas for flax-cutting purposes will be offered
by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, on Tuesday, the 30th day of March, 1926, at
11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE OF AREAS.

1. Flax area No. 1, containing approximately 310 acres,
   being situated between the Wharere Canal and the Pongakawa
   River, and bounded in the south by the Pongakawa West
   Drain and on the north by the old bed of the Kaikokopu
   Stream.

2. Flax area No. 2, containing approximately 675 acres,
   being situated between the Pongakawa River and the Central
   Drain, and bounded on the south by the Tauranga—Whakatane
   Road.

3. Flax area No. 3, containing approximately 555 acres,
   being situated between the Wharere Canal and the Central
   Drain, being bounded on the north by the Pongakawa West
   Drain and on the south by Crown land and the Tauranga—
   Whakatane Road.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

These areas are subject to amendment on completion of
survey. In the case of areas Nos. 1 and 2, the boundary on
the east is at present the river-bank reserve along the old bed
of the Pongakawa River, but on completion of survey this
boundary will be discarded and the river-bank reserve along
the newly dredged channel substituted. The areas will be
adjusted accordingly, and the rentals then based on the new
areas. The areas are all peaty, ranging from shallow peat
towards the northern end of area No. 1 to deep peat in areas
Nos. 2 and 3. The flax is coming away practically over the
whole of the areas, and in places is now ready to cut. In
addition to flax the areas are covered with raupo, rushes, and
manuka. The Main East Coast Railway adjoins the southern
boundaries of areas numbered 2 and 3, and there are two
stations, Pongakawa and Pukehina, in close proximity.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS OF LEASES.

1. The term of the lease in each case is twenty-one years,
   with right of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years
   at revaluation, and on terms to be approved by the Land
   Board. The minimum upset rentals in each case are: For
   the first three years, 10s. per acre per annum; for the next
   eighteen years, 16s. per acre per annum.

2. The cutting of flax must not extend beyond the newly
   dredged channel of the Pongakawa River, which will eventually
   be the boundary of the areas on that side.

3. The cutting generally is to be subject to the approval
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and no flax is to be cut
   lower than 7 in. to 8 in. above the “crown,” the “crown”
   being defined as the junction of the bulb. For a period of
   eighteen years from the commencement of the term of the
   lease the hook method of cutting may be employed except
   during the months of April, May, June, and July in each
   year, when the side-leaf method shall be exclusively employed.
   During the three final years of the first term of the lease all
   flax must be cut by the side-leaf method only. The method
   of cutting during the term of the renewal, if granted, shall be
   determined by the Land Board.

4. Lessee to maintain in good order and condition, and to
   deeper when necessary all drains on the area, and to con-
   struct and maintain further subsidiary drains so as to stimu-
   late the growth of the flax, and also to clean up and prevent
   the spreading of noxious weeds and manuka on the area.
   The following drains will be maintained by the Department :—
   East side Wharere Canal.
   Central Drain and Eastern Drain.

5. Along the Tauranga—Whakatane Road all growth, with
   the exception of flax, has been felled for a width of 5 chains
   in order that such cleared area may act as a fire-break. The
   lessees of areas numbered 2 and 3 must keep this area cleared
   in a similar manner, and stock may be grazed thereon. On
   the other portions of the leased areas stock may only be
   grazed by permission of the Land Board. The fences at
   present on the fire-break must be maintained in good order.

6. No compensation to be allowed for loss by fire, of which
   all risk shall be taken by the lessee and against the occurrence
   and spread of which he will be required to take all reasonable
   precautions.

7. No compensation is to be allowed for improvements at
   the expiry or sooner determination of the lease, but the lessee
   may, provided all the conditions of the lease have been satis-
   factorily fulfilled, remove all buildings and plant erected by
   him on the ground.

8. All flax growing on the ground shall revert to the Crown
   at the expiry or sooner determination of the lease, without
   any compensation whatever, and no plants shall be removed
   or destroyed.

9. The Crown reserves the right to make drains and roads
   within the area at any time, and also reserves the right of
   access at all times.

10. The lessee shall not transfer nor sublet nor dispose of
    the cutting or milling rights except with the approval of the
    Land Board.

11. All carting on the roads shall be subject to the heavy
    traffic by-laws of the Tauranga County Council, or as may be
    gazetted by the Lands Department under the authority of the
    Swamp Drainage Act.

12. The lease will be subject to the rating clauses of the
    Swamp Drainage Act, but for maintenance only.

13. The lease may be forfeited by the Land Board for non-
    compliance with any of these conditions.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. Intending bidders are expected to visit the locality and
   satisfy themselves in every particular in all matters relating
   to the areas.

2. The rent is payable half-yearly in advance, the first
   half year’s, with £1 1s. lease fee—to be paid on the fall of the
   hammer.

3. In respect of the flax now growing on the areas, the
   successful bidder or bidders will be required to give four pro-
   missory notes, each equivalent to six months rent, these notes
   being payable at six, twelve, eighteen, and twenty-four
   months respectively. Such promissory notes will require to
   be completed within twenty-one days of the date of the sale.
   The promissory notes must be made payable on demand, and
   require approved endorsement. These notes will be returned
   at due dates on payment of the rent due, provided the other
   conditions of the lease have been satisfactorily fulfilled.
   These notes will be returned at earlier dates than above
   mentioned when the lessees have carried out approved im-
   provements on the area to the value of the notes.

Plans of the areas may be obtained from the Commissioner
of Crown Lands, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd February, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or
on deferred payments, at the Government Buildings, Te