2632
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 56

lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Land Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE: R.L. Lease No. 225. Sections 154, 158, 159, and 164, Block I, Paterson Survey District. Former lessee: James Mawson Stewart. Reason of forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
Tenure: O.R.P. License No. 757. Section 17, Block VII, Aparima Hundred. Former lessee: Henrietta Blackstock Harrington (deceased). Reason of forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.
Tenure: R.L. L.S. Lease No. 100. Section 9, Beaumont Settlement, Block XXIX, Wairaki Survey District. Former lessee: Alan Cameron Macdonald. Reason of forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th July, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE: S.T.L./s. Section 7, Wairere Settlement. Formerly held by W. H. Brown. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Gisborne Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 2nd August, 1927.

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, Gisborne, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 7th September, 1927, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—CROWN LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Wairoa County.—Taramarama Survey District.
SECTION 1, Block XIV: Area, 249 acres 2 roods. Upset price, £1,050.
Comprises hilly land of fair quality, practically all in grass; has no formed access, but is within about half a mile of the Cricklewood Road. The boundary adjoining Tutaekuri lc 13 Block is fenced.
Special condition: The Crown will not be responsible for the formation of the legal road access.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.
The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments. The terms are:—

1. Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.
2. Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee, to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
   The balance of the purchase-money, with interest thereon at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, to be paid by instalments extending over a period of 34½ years.
   The licensee shall have the right at any time during the currency of his license to pay off either the whole of the purchase-money or any half-yearly instalment or instalments thereof then remaining unpaid.

Upon receipt of the final instalment a certificate of title in respect of the land purchased shall issue upon payment of the prescribed Crown grant fee.
If the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by the due date the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for sale be null and void.
Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.
E. H. FARNIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 7th September, 1927, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.
SECTION 28, Block XVI: Area, 394 acres. Upset price, £400. Weighted with £1,087, valuation for improvements consisting of a four-roomed dwelling and outbuildings, £265; cowshed, £150; felling and grassing, £320; fencing, £140; stumping and clearing, £180; ditching, £32: payable in cash.
Situated on the lower slope of Mount Ruapehu. Access is from Horopito Railway-station, which is a mile and a half distant, by metalled dray-road. Comprises practically all level land, about 90 acres being swampy. 160 acres have been felled, and are now in grass of poor quality; remainder in bush. Section is well watered by permanent streams. Altitude: 2,800 ft. to 2,900 ft.
Section 29, Block XVI: Area, 7 acres 3 roods 26 perches. Upset price, £8.
Weighted with £230 10s., valuation for improvements consisting of a four-roomed dwelling and fourteen chains of fencing, payable in cash.
Section 30, Block XVI: Area, 5 acres 2 roods 38 perches. Upset price, £6 10s.
Weighted with £215, valuation for improvements consisting of four mill cottages and about twelve chains of fencing, payable in cash.
These sections are situated on the Waimarino—Ohakune Road, about a mile and a half from Horopito, and adjoin Section 28 above mentioned. Comprise flat land, all in grass.

Terms of Sale.

1. Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown grant fee (£1), to be paid within thirty days thereafter.
2. Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) to be paid on the fall of the hammer, the balance by equal half-yearly instalments extending over 34½ years, bearing interest at the rate of 5½ 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.
   In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, the amount already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for sale of the land shall be null and void.
   Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924. The lands are described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
   Under the table prescribing the instalments of purchase-money and interest payable during the term of 34½ years, the instalments payable in respect of every £100 of the price is £3 5s., payable at the end of each successive period of six months.
   Full particulars may be obtained at this office.
   H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.