Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2729

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

9. 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.

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

11. 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.

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

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

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.

North Auckland District Lands and
Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th August, 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 North Auckland District Lands and
Survey Office, Auckland, at 10.30 o'clock a.m. on Wednes-
day, 5th October, 1927, under the provisions of the Dis-
charged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments. The
land is freehold land, the fee-simple of which may be pur-
chased.

Waitemata County.—Waikomiti Parish.
Subdivision of Part Lot 4, Allotment 90.
Lot 1: 1 rood 37·98 perches. Upset price, £630.
Lot 2: 1 rood 15·77 perches. Upset price, £150.
Lot 3: 1 rood 15·78 perches. Upset price, £150.
Lot 4: 1 rood 15·80 perches. Upset price, £150.
Lot 5: 1 rood 34·91 perches. Upset price, £150.
NOTE.—Areas subject to slight alteration upon comple-
tion of survey.

Sections are situated in McLeod's Road, Henderson. Only
a few minutes walk from the new concrete road, railway-
station, and school. A good bus service passes within three
minutes of the sections.

Section 1.—Practically level. There is a house of four
rooms, wash-house, and porch, built of good timber, on this
section, and the value of this is included in the upset price.

Sections 2, 3, 4.—Practically level land.

Section 5.—This section has a gully running through it,
but possesses a good building-site.

TERMS OF SALE.

(1) Cash.—The deposit of 20 per cent. of the purchase-
price on the fall of the hammer, and the balance within thirty
days.

(2) Deferred Payments.—A deposit of 10 per cent. of the
purchase-price; balance by equal half-yearly instalments,
consisting partly of purchase-money and partly of interest,
extending over a period not exceeding twenty years, with
the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the
outstanding amount.

(3) The unpaid purchase-money shall be secured by way
of instalment mortgage, interest being calculated at 5 per
cent. in the case of discharged soldiers and 5½ per cent. in
all other cases. A rebate of one-tenth of the interest payable
will be allowed for prompt payment of instalments.

(4) The transfer shall be prepared by the purchaser or his
solicitor, and submitted to the Crown Solicitor for perusal,
and shall be registered by the purchaser within thirty days
of the date of sale; and the purchaser shall be liable for all
costs of and incidental to such transfer, and also for costs of
and incidental to the preparation and registration of the
mortgage.

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 re-
sponsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from the
Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland, Auckland.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th August, 1927.
NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the undermentioned
reserve for a term of twenty-one years from Ist January, 1928, will be offered for sale by public auction at the local
Lands and Survey Office, Hamilton, on Wednesday, 21st Sep-
tember, 1927, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the
Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF HAMILTON WEST.
PART of Section 407: Area, 1 acre, having a frontage of
400 links to Collingwood Street and 250 links to Knox Street.
Upset annual rental, £25.
Weighted with £960, valuation for improvements comprising pavilion, shed, concreting, bowling-greens, hedges, and fences; to be paid in cash.

Conditions of Lease.

1. Lease for twenty-one years, with right of renewal for one
   further term of twenty-one years at a rent to be determined by
   revaluation.

2. The lessee shall have no right to compensation, either for
   improvements put on the land or for any other cause; but in
   the event of the lease reverting to the Crown and a new lease
   of the land being offered, the purchaser shall pay such amount
   as may be fixed as valuation for improvements existent thereon.

3. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose
   of his interest in the lease without the written consent of the
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.

4. All improvements shall be kept in good substantial repair.

5. The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and
   other assessments that may become due and payable.

6. Rental payments in arrear for six calendar months shall
   render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant
   in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to
   re-enter and determine the lease.

7. The Crown reserves the right to resume the lease upon
   giving twelve months' notice in the event of the land being
   required at any time for any public purpose.

8. Half-year's rent and lease fee, together with the valua-
   tion for improvements, to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
   Rent thereafter payable on 1st July and 1st January in each
   year.

Full particulars may be ascertained on application at this
office.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 13th August, 1927.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction
at this office on Wednesday, 21st September, 1927, at 11 o'clock
a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908,
and amendments, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTIONS 7 and 8, Block VI, Town of South Lumsden : Area,
23 acres 0 roods 14 perches. Upset annual rental, £6.
Situated one mile south of Lumsden Town. Land is of
medium quality, light and shingly.

Section 28, Block III, Aparima Hundred: Area, 73 acres
3 roods 19 perches. Upset annual rental, £14 16s.
Situated four miles from Otautau by road, partly metalled
and partly clay. All rolling country, with the exception of
approximately 10 acres of swamp which could be readily
drained.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on day of sale.

2. The term of lease of Sections 7 and 8, Block VI, Town of
   South Lumsden, will expire on 30th June, 1938. If any person
   other than the lessee acquires the lease at the end of the term,
   valuation of improvements will be paid to the outgoing tenant.

Term of lease of Section 28, Block III, Aparima, twenty-one
years, with perpetual right of renewal at rentals based on fresh
valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies' Leases
Act, 1908.