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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th June, 1927.

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. 773. Section 4, Block XXII,
Jacobs River Hundred. Former lessee: Alek Owen Saunders.
Reason of forfeiture: At request.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th June, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said land has there-
by reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land
Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LICENSE No. P.L. 426. Section 23, Block IV, Mawheraiti
Survey District. Formerly held by R. J. Loubere. Reason
for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th June, 1927.

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LICENSE No. P.L. 448. Section 8, Block XIV, Reefton Sur-
vey District. Formerly held by Mrs. A. M. Wise. Reason
for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th June, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by re-
solution of the Nelson Land Board, the said land has thereby
reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act,
1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. R.L. 207. Section 2, Block XIII, Otumahana
Survey District. Formerly held by William Phipps and James
Edwards. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with
conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister for Lands.

Land for Lease under Part XV of the Native Land Act, 1909,
and its Amendments, and the Regulations thereunder.

WRITTEN tenders are invited for the lease for fifteen
years from 1st July, 1927, with one right of renewal
of a further term of fifteen years, of the property known as

Section 6, Block I, Raetihi 3b 2b, Block IV, Makotuku Survey
District, containing an area of 165 acres 2 roods. Tenders
close at 3 p.m. on Friday, 1st July, 1927.

Tenders should be on the proper form, and should be ac-
companied by a deposit equal to the first half-year’s rent,
plus costs of lease fee, &c. (£4 19s.).

Upset rental, £33 18s; loading for improvements, £1,300.
The lessee will require to make the usual declaration of
qualification and to deposit the amount with which the section
is loaded for improvements (£1,300).

Full particulars on application to the Native Department,
Wellington, or to—

JAS. W. BROWNE,
President Aotea District Maori Land Board.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 20th June, 1927.

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, Dunedin, at 10.30
o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 27th July, 1927, under the pro-
visions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments,
and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 13, Block IV, Glenomaru Survey District: Area,
53 acres 0 roods 16 perches. Upset annual rental, £3 7s.
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.
Weighted with £12 12s., being the half value of the fencing,
to be paid in cash.

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 rent based on fresh valuation
   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 land, 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 land free from noxious weeds and rabbits.

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

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

9. Lessee not to take more than three crops in succession,
   one of which must be a root-crop; after the third crop the
   land 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 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.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.