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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 27

Election of Governor, Auckland Grammar School Board. _

Auckland, 21st April, 1926.

IN accordance with the Auckland Grammar School Act,
1899, and with the regulations thereunder for the
election of Governors by the Education Board of the District
of Auckland, I hereby notify that at a meeting of the said
Board held this day

Mr. Archibald Burns
was duly re-elected a Governor of the Board of Governors
constituted by the said Act.

ARCH. BURNS, Chairman of Meeting.

Cancellation of Certificate and of Registration as a Teacher of
Claude Charles Thompson.

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that the teacher's certificate
and registration as a teacher of Claude Charles
Thompson are hereby cancelled under section 17 (3) of the
Education Amendment Act, 1924.

J. CAUGHLERY, Director of Education.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th April, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby
reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act,
1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE : Renewable lease (settlement). Lease No. 121.
Sections la and 7a, Conical Hills Settlement. Lessee :
John Scott. Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with
conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th April, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said land has
thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the
Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE : O.R.P. License No. 717. Section 65, Block IX,
Campbelltown Hundred. Former lessees : Martin Welsh and
William Hardiman. Reason for forfeiture : At request.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Gisborne Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 5th May, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, at 11 o'clock
a.m. on Thursday, 10th June, 1926, under the provisions of
the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.--CROWN LAND.--SECOND-CLASS
LAND.
Wairoa County.--Taramarama Survey District.
SECTION 1, Block XIV : Area, 249 acres 2 roods ; upset price,
£1,050.
Comprises hilly land of fair quality, practically all in grass ;
has no formed access, but is within about half a mile of the
Cricklewood Road. The boundary adjoining Tutaekuri lc 13
Block is fenced.

Special condition : The Crown will not be responsible for
the formation of the legal road access.

Terms of Sale.

Cash.--One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the
hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee,
within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the
purchase-money paid by way of deposit will 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 on application to this
office.

E. H. FARNIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

National-endowment Land in Marlborough Land District for
Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 5th May, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section
is open for selection on renewable lease under the
Land Act, 1924 ; and applications will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, up to 4 o'clock
p.m. on Tuesday, 8th June, 1926.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, on Thursday, 10th June, 1926, at 10 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.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.--NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.--
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Marlborough County.--Wakamarina Survey District.
SECTION 44, Block XIV : Area, 568 acres 1 rood 20 perches ;
capital value, £850 ; half-yearly rental, £17.
Weighted with the sum of £32 16s. 6d., valuation for im-
provements, consisting of felling and grassing (£22 16s. 6d.)
and half-cost of boundary-fencing (£10). This sum must be
paid in cash by the successful applicant.

The property comprises poor quality birch hills with a
strip of fair country along the Wakamarina River. The bush
has been milled throughout, so little felling will require to be
done. The section is well watered by permanent streams.
Access is by main Wakamarina Valley Road about four miles
from Canvastown Post-office, dairy factory, store, and school.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of
   renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years ; but
   without right of purchase.

2. Rent, 4 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 applica-
   tions, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 ls. (lease
   fee), valuation for improvements, 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. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

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

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land
   or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open
   land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain
   conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

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 fore-
   going, 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 until completion of two years'
    continuous residence, except under extraordinary circum-
    stances, and then only with permission.