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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease 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 provisions of the Land
Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. L.S.R.L. 16. Section 7, Block XI, Wangapeka
Survey District. Formerly held by L. J. Griffith. Reason
for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Reserve in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 6th September, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve
will be offered for lease by public auction at this office
on Wednesday, the 13th day of October, 1926, at 11 o’clock
a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 1090 to 1093, Town of Reefton: Area, 1 acre 0 roods
1·2 perches; upset annual rental, £1 5s.

Weighted with £20, valuation for improvements, consisting
of clearing, stumping, fencing, and fowlhouse, to be paid for
in cash on the fall of the hammer.

Abstract of Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st January, 1927,
   with one right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one
   years.

2. The rent for the renewed lease for a further term shall
   be assessed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or his agent.

3. Rent is payable yearly in advance on the 1st January in
   each and every year.

4. No improvements are to be effected without prior con-
   sent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had
   and obtained.

5. If the lease is not renewed upon expiration a new lease
   offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to
   payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for improve-
   ments effected by the original lessee with the consent of the
   Commissioner aforesaid, failing disposal the land and improve-
   ments revert to the Crown without compensation.

6. Lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse,
   broom, sweet-brier, and other noxious weeds on the land, and
   shall remove or cause to be removed all noxious weeds now
   growing on the said land.

7. Lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or other-
   wise dispose of the land without the prior consent in writing
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. Lessee shall pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments
   accruing upon the said land.

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

Full particulars can be obtained on application to this office.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th September, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned educa-
tion reserve will be offered for lease by public auction
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 11
o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 13th October, 1926, under the
provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and the
Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Otorohanga County.—Punui Survey District.—First-class Land.
SECTION 9, Block XIII: Area, 267 acres 2 roods; upset
annual rental, £90.

Weighted with £153, valuation of improvements, com-
prising clearing, grassing, and fencing.

Situated about two miles and a half from Kiokio, one
mile and a half by metalled road and one mile by formed
dray-road. Cream-wagon calls in the district. Level to
easy undulating land; 150 acres swamp, 40 acres cleared.
ploughed, and grassed, balance fern and tea-tree country.
Soil, chocolate loam resting on volcanic formation; well
watered by swamps and springs.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right
   of renewal for the same term at a rent to be determined by
   revaluation in accordance with the provisions of the First
   Schedule of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

2. Rents payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver
   of Land Revenue, Auckland; the first half-yearly payment,
   together with lease and registration fee and valuation for
   improvements, to be made on the fall of the hammer.

3. The successful applicant must pay the value of the im-
   provements (if any) before being admitted to possession,
   which will be given (the necessary payments being made) on
   the day of sale.

4. No lease to be assigned, underlet, or the possession
   thereof parted with except with the consent of the Land
   Board.

5. All rates, taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever
   to be paid by the lessee.

6. The leases shall be prepared generally in accordance
   with the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

7. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be
   paid on rent in arrear.

8. Consent of the Land Board to be obtained before sub-
   dividing, erecting any buildings, or effecting other improve-
   ments.

9. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

The valuations for improvements must be paid immediately
on the fall of the hammer.

Possession will be given on date of sale.

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

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 6th September, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned educa-
tion reserves will be offered for lease by public auction
at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth,
at 11 o’clock a.m., on Thursday, the 21st day of October,
1926, under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act,
1908, and the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Stratford County.—Omona Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block III: Area, 606 acres; upset annual rental,
£28.

Situated on the Tututawa Road, about four miles from the
Tututawa Post-office and dairy factory. About 300 acres
has been felled and grassed, but 200 acres of this has reverted
to fern and second growth. The remaining 100 acres is in
fair pasture. The soil is of fair quality, resting on hard
sandstone formation.

Waitomo County.—Totoro Survey District.

Section 13, Block XI: Area, 302 acres; upset annual
rental, £15.

Weighted with £675, valuation for improvements, to be
paid in cash or taken over on mortgage to the State Advances
Department.

This section is seventeen miles from the Waimiha Railway-
station and thirty miles from the Te Kuiti Railway-station,
which is the usual outlet. It is one mile and a half from the
Oniaio School and six miles from the Aria Dairy Factory.
Well watered by permanent springs and creeks. About 200
acres has been felled and grassed, but 100 acres of this has
reverted to fern and second growth. Soil is of medium
quality loam, on rhyolite and sandstone formation.

Ohura County.—Waro Survey District.

Section 5, Block VIII: Area, 593 acres; upset annual
rent, £57 10s.