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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

or posting to the last known address of the licensee in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such factory, requiring the licensee within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, the licensee shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

7. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the licensee to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or with any provisions of the Harbours Act, 1923, or its amendments, or the Fisheries Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

8. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for fourteen years from the date hereof, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the licensee shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the written consent of the Minister first obtained.

9. The said rights, powers, and privileges may at any time be resumed by the Governor-General, and the licensee may be required to remove the factory at the licensee’s cost, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving the licensee three calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the licensee in New Zealand.

10. In case the licensee shall—
    (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them;
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said factory for a period of thirty days;
    (3.) Become bankrupt, or be in any manner brought under the operation of any law in force for the time being relating to bankruptcy;
    (4.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these conditions; or
    (5.) Commit or suffer to be committed, through the working of the said factory, any nuisance, or fail to dispose of the whale carcases, or to dispose of them in such mannner as to cause the same to be a menace to the public health,—
    then and in any of the said cases this Order in Council, and every license, right, power, or privilege may be revoked and determined by the Governor-General in Council without any notice to the licensee or other proceeding whatsoever: and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the licensee, and to all persons concerned and interested, that this Order in Council, and the license, rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred, have been revoked and determined.

11. In the event of this Order in Council being revoked for any reason whatsoever, or upon the expiry of the period for which the license is granted, the licensee shall, if required by the Minister so to do, remove the said factory entirely from the site, and restore the site to its original condition, within three months from the date of the revocation or expiry, as the case may be; and if the licensee fails so to do, the Minister may cause the said factory to be removed and the site so restored, and may recover the costs incurred by the said removal and restoration from the licensee.

12. The occupation of the said factory shall be sufficient evidence of the acceptance by the licensee of the terms and conditions of this Order in Council.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Opening Settlement Lands in the Auckland Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Tauranga County.—Hereford Park Settlement.

SECTIONS 2s, 3s, and 4s: Area, 1,056 acres 1 rood 27 perches; capital value, £2,070; half-yearly rent, £51 15s. Valuation for buildings, £500. Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, £19 10s.

Situated about five miles from Pongakawa Railway-station and school, and twenty-one miles from Te Puke Dairy Factory. About 20 acres swamp, 190 acres worn-out pasture, balance in fern and tea-tree. Undulating to hilly and broken land, watered by swamp, stream, and by ram from Pongakawa River. Suitable for mixed farming.

Improvements.—The improvements included in the capital value comprise fencing and grassing, valued at £628 15s.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but which are to be paid for separately, are—four-roomed dwelling, three-roomed dwelling and shed, iron shed, and cow-shed; total value, £500; repayable in cash or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £19 10s. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £71 5s.

Otorohanga County.—Tahaia Settlement.

Section 8s: Area, 70 acres 3 roods 10 perches; capital value, £1,040; half-yearly rent, £26. Valuation for buildings, £320. Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, £14 15s. 3d.

Section 9s.: Area, 74 acres 1 rood 28 perches; capital value, £920; half-yearly rent, £23. Valuation for buildings, £200. Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, £10 2s.

Sections are situated about two miles and a half from Otorohanga Railway-station, school, and dairy factory. Practically level land of good quality, suitable for dairying. Section 8 has about 34 acres fair pasture; balance in worn-out pasture, watered by two windmills. Section 9 has about 24 acres fair pasture, 10 acres worn-out pasture, 4 acres old cultivation, 6 acres tea-tree, and 30 acres surface-sown, drained, swamp land; watered by hand-pump at shed, and well and windmill at back. Gorse is spreading on both sections.

Improvements.—The improvements included in the capital value comprise: Section 8, fencing, draining, valued at £165. Section 9, fencing, valued at £114.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but to be paid for separately, are—

Section 8: Four-roomed dwelling, cow-shed, engine-room, and two implement-sheds, piggery; valued at £320; repayable in cash or in sixteen years by thirty-two half-yearly instalments of £14 15s. 3d. Total half-yearly payments on lease, £40 15s. 3d.

Section 9: Two-roomed dwelling, and four-bail cow-shed and separator-room; valued at £200; repayable in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £10 2s. Total half-yearly payments on lease, £33 2s.

Piako County.—Mangateparu Settlement.

Section 51s: Area, 94 acres 3 roods 9 perches; capital value, £1,500; half-yearly rent, £37 10s.

Situated about four miles and a half from Morrinsville Railway-station and dairy factory, and two miles from Mangateparu School. About 48 acres fair pasture, 10 acres worn-out pasture, 16 acres lying after crop, and 20 acres unimproved swamp. Warm country, lying well to the sun, intersected by a gully, watered by a bore and windmill. Suitable for dairying. Subdivided into six paddocks.

Improvements.—The improvements which are included in the capital value comprise dwelling, three rooms and leanto, electric light, cow-shed and engine-room, electric motor and boiler, approximately 105 chains boundary fencing and 50 chains subdivisional fencing; total value, £433 10s.

Waipa County.—Puahue Settlement.

Section 19s: Area, 101 acres; capital value, £900; half-yearly rent, £22 10s. Valuation for buildings, £290. Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, £12 8s. 3d.

Dairying property, situated about eleven miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station and dairy factory, and three miles from Puahue School. About 50 acres fairly steep faces in fern, balance level land in old pasture. Soil of a light nature on sandstone; watered by creek. Rabbits are numerous. Subdivided into four paddocks.

Improvements.—The improvements included in the capital value are approximately 102 chains fencing, valued at £65.

The improvements not included in the capital value, but to be paid for separately, are—three-roomed house and bathroom, with washhouse detached; four-bail cow-shed and separator-room, and piggery; valued at £290; repayable in cash or in eighteen years by thirty-six half-yearly instalments of £12 8s. 3d. Total half-yearly payments on lease, £34 18s. 3d.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of April, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.