1864
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

Office, Dunedin, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 11th August, 1926, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Town of Hampden.

SECTION 19, Block LIV : Area, 1 rood ; upset annual rental, 5s. Term of lease : Twenty-one years, with right of renewal. Flat land of good quality, half a mile from railway-station, post-office, school, and store. Good building-site.

Town of Clyde.

Sections 2 and 3, Block XV : Area, 1 rood 20·7 perches ; upset annual rental, 5s.

Term of lease : Twenty-one years, with right of renewal. Situated at corner of Cheviot and Farne Streets, close to railway-station.

Glenomaru Survey District.

Section 13, Block IV : Area, 53 acres 0 roods 16 perches ; upset annual rental, £6 12s. 6d.

Term of lease : Twenty-one years, with right of renewal. About 32 acres in native bush, 2 acres scrub, balance now in grass. Access by formed road. Well watered by creeks. NOTE.—The successful applicant will require to take over half-cost of fencing at valuation.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee and valuation for improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer. Rent for broken period between date of sale and 1st January is also payable.

2. Term of lease : Twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further similar term at rents based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance, on 1st days of January and July in each and every year.

4. Lessee to keep in good state of repair all improvements effected upon the lands, and yield up same in good order and condition on expiry or sooner determination of the lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee to keep lands free from noxious weeds and rabbits.

7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the lands.

8. Lessee not to make any improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

9. On the rural lands lessee not to take more than three crops in succession, one of which must be a root-crop ; after the third crop the lands to be left in pasture for at least three years. At least two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the expiration of the term.

10. Lessee not entitled to compensation for improvements, but, if lease is not renewed upon expiration, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and other improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Land Board ; failing disposal, the land and all improvements to revert to the Crown without compensation.

11. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date or for breach of conditions.

12. Land Board may resume not more than 5 acres for school-site, subject to reduction of rent and compensation for crops.

13. Lessee to have no right to any minerals.

Full particulars may be obtained and form of lease perused at office of Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and the Land Act, 1924 ; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 10th August, 1926.

Applicants must appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 11th August, 1926, or, if an 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.

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SCHEDULE.

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

Clutha County.—Glenkenich Survey District.—Conical Hills Settlement.

SECTIONS 1A and 7A : Area, 530 acres 3 roods 30 perches ; capital value, £1,600; half-yearly rent, £40.

Situated two miles from Pomahaka Siding, railway-station, and post-office, and one mile and a half from school. Poorly watered by streams. Suitable for grazing sheep and growing turnips. Would carry 250 ewes and forty dry sheep. 300 acres is suitable for cropping. Rabbits require attention. Property ring-fenced. Buildings comprise a dwelling of three rooms and veranda, stable and barn, cow-shed, and a hut.

Improvements.—The improvements included in the capital value comprise part of the boundary and subdivisional fences, together with five gates, valued at £68.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value, but which must be paid for separately, comprise buildings as above, valued at £340 ; fencing, £120 ; trees, £27, total value, £487, of which approximately £480 may be left on State Advances mortgage ; balance payable in cash.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) 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. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

6. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

7. 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 foregoing, 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.

8. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

9. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years ; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.

10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Hokitika, 28th June, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Hokitika, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 26th July, 1926.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Lot 1.

ALL the milling-timber on that piece of land, containing 31 acres, situated in Block XI, Waimea Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve 1620, situated about three miles from Chesterfield Railway-station on the Hokitika–Greymouth Railway-line.