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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 12

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th February, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned 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, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: S.T.L./S. 93. Section 2, Wairere Settlement. Formerly held by L. R. Templeton. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th February, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LICENSE No. P.L. 245. Section 1, Block VII, Lewis Survey District. Formerly held by F. W. Cochrane. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited 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.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: O.R.P. Section 37, Block V, Mahanga Survey District. Formerly held by Whakaaro Rangi Kereru. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

F. J. ROLLESTON, for Minister of Lands.

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Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown in terms of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L. Lease No. 181. Section 2, Block II, Manganui Survey District. Formerly held by F. Gleeson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

F. J. ROLLESTON, for Minister of Lands.

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Land in the Marlborough Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 2nd March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, 8th April, 1926, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.

Sounds County.—Gore Survey District.

SECTION 49A, Block VII: Area, 462 acres 0 roods 18 perches; upset price, £450.

This property comprises a shady steep slope running up from Big Bay, Endeavour Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound. Situated about twenty miles from Picton by water. A small portion, fire-cleared, has reverted to fern and scrub, while the balance is in light birch bush.

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CONDITIONS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are:—

1. Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

2. Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years; interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money, but with the right to pay at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

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

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. STEVENSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 2nd March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, the 14th April, 1926, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Matiri Survey District.—Murchison County.

SECTION 16, Block IV: Area, 241 acres 2 roods; upset annual rental, £6.

Weighted with £100, valuation for felling and grassing.

Situated in the Owen Valley, about four miles from school, four miles and a half from post-office, and sixteen miles and a half from Murchison. About 40 acres flat and terrace, 60 acres being felled and grassed. • Soil of fair quality, resting on sandstone, granite formation. Well watered. Altitude, 1,700 ft. 3,200 ft. above sea-level.

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ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser.

2. A half year’s rent at rate offered, rent for broken period, and lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), together with valuation for improvements, to be paid on fall of hammer.

3. Term of lease, twenty-one years from date of sale, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years.

4. Rent of renewal lease to be fixed by arbitration. If lessee does not desire to renew lease at end of any term, land to be leased by auction. The incoming lessee to pay the value of improvements, which is to be handed over to outgoing lessee, less any sum due to the Crown.

5. No transfer or sublease allowed without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee to clear land of weeds and keep open creeks, drains, and watercourses.

7. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent more than thirty days in arrears.

8. Buildings on land to be kept in good order, repair, and condition.

9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade which may be a nuisance.