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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 13th April, 1927; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; and to applicants who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany.

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SCHEDULE.

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

Tuapeka County.—Beaumont and Tuapeka West Survey Districts.—Bellamy Settlement.

SECTION 2A: Area, 90 acres 2 roods 18 perches. Capital value £430. Half-yearly rent, £10 15s.

Weighted with £8 6s. 3d., valuation for improvements, comprising fencing, to be paid for in cash.

Improvements, included in the capital value, comprise fencing valued at £37 16s.

General Description.

Bellamy Settlement is situated on the main road, Lawrence to Roxburgh, half a mile from the Beaumont Railway-station. Section 2A is broken land with fairly steep faces, with a fair amount of manuka. Soil generally is black loam on clay formation. Most of the arable land has been cultivated and is now in old pasture. At the present time the section carries a fair amount of rough feed with a fair sprinkling of clover. Section well watered. The nearest school and store are at Beaumont.

Special Condition.—The successful applicant will be liable for his half share of the boundary fencing.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

Settlement Land.

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: Five 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. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. No person may hold more than one allotment.

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

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

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

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

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 1st March, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 6th April, 1927, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Town of Lowther.

Section 6, Block IX: Area, 2 roods. Upset price, £7 10s.

Section 7, Block IX: 1 acre 0 roods 1 perch. Upset price, £7 10s.

Section 6, Block V: Area, 3 roods 3 perches. Upset price, £10.

Situated a quarter of a mile from Lowther Railway-station. Flat land. Sections are suitable for building-sites.

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.

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

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

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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MAORI LANDS NOTICE.

Tenders for lease of Lands.

NOTICE is hereby given, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and its amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Waiariki District Maori Land Board, Rotorua, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 21st April, 1927, for the lease of the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, on the terms and conditions set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA TOWN SECTIONS.

Block XLIX, Town of Rotorua.

SECTION 3: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £8 10s.

Locality and Description.—This section is situated close to Whakarewarewa, with a frontage of 82½ ft. to Meade Street—a blind street off the southern end of Fenton Street. It has a slightly elevated position, and is a good building-site.

Block LI, Town of Rotorua.

Section 1: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £10.

Section 2: Area 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £6 12s.

Locality and Description.—These two sections are both very good level sections, in scrub, situated at the corner of Fenton Street and Froude Street. Section 1 has a frontage of 66 ft. to Fenton Street and 165 ft. to Froude Street. Section 2 has a frontage of 66 ft. to Fenton Street.

Block LII, Town of Rotorua.

Locality and Description.

Section 1 is situated at the corner of Fenton and Sala Streets, having a frontage of 66 ft. to Fenton Street and 165 ft. to Sala Street. It is a good level section, and very useful building-site.

Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are all good level sections, each having a frontage of 82½ ft. to Sala Street, which is formed and constitutes the main roadway to the Government Nurseries.