JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1863

Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of one-half year's rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee and valuation for improvements.

Full particulars on application, and copy of lease may be seen at this office.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 29th June, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 11th August, 1926, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Ashburton County.—Hutt Survey District.

SECTION 36982, Block IV: Area, 150 acres (third-class land); upset price, £50.

Situated about fourteen miles from Methven. Altitude, 1,400 ft. About 50 acres swamp, remainder river-bed.

Section 36984, Blocks IV and VI: Area, 10 acres 0 roods 30 perches (second-class land); upset price, £65.

Situated twelve miles and a half from Methven. Well watered. Altitude, 1,600 ft. Good undulating ploughable land, light loam, mostly on clay.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of purchase-money to be paid on the fall of hammer, and the balance, with Crown grant fee, £1, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

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

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 29th June, 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, Christchurch, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., on Wednesday, 11th August, 1926, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.

Ashburton County.—Hutt Survey District.—Third-class Land.

SECTION 36983, Blocks IV and VI: Area, 558 acres; upset price, £800.

Situated about twelve miles from Methven. Approximately 260 acres fair grazing, balance sand and running terraces. Altitude, 1,300 ft. to 1,400 ft.

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.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale for Cash by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 29th June, 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, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 11th August, 1926, at 2.30 p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Geraldine County.—Orari Survey District.

RESERVE 175, Block IV: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 7 perches; upset price, £125.

Situated half a mile from Peel Forest. About 2 acres in light bush, balance cleared. Soil light, on shingly bottom. Suitable for bee-farming.

TERMS OF SALE.

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 shall be forfeited, and the sale of the land declared null and void.

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

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

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 29th June, 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 Courthouse, Timaru, at 1.30 o'clock p.m., on Tuesday, 27th July, 1926, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waimate County.—Waitaki Survey District.

SECTION 35637, Block XII: Area, 45 acres 0 roods 18 perches; upset price, £270.

Situated five miles from Glenroy. Land in native state, covered in tussock, with patches of matagauri and gorse. Soil light and stony; suitable for grazing only. 80 chains of boundary-fencing goes with the land.

Section 34375, Block VIII: Area, 313 acres; upset price, £1,800.

Light and fairly stony land, subdivided into three paddocks. Section has fair amount of spreading gorse, and fences are in need of attention. Pasture only fair. Land not suited to cropping. Carrying-capacity, 230 sheep. The section could be profitably worked in with other land.

TERMS OF SALE.

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee of £1, is payable within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit will be forfeited and the sale of the land declared null and void.

Deferred Payments.—A deposit of 5 per cent. of the price bid, together with £1 1s. license fee, on the fall of the hammer, balance by equal annual instalments extending over a period of nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money, but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

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

Full particulars may be had on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th June, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Education Reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey