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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the Auckland Land District forfeited.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th October, 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 Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L. Section 2, Bourndale Settlement. Formerly held by K. W. Mercer. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in the Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th October, 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.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: L.P. Section 20, Block VII, Cheviot Survey District (Mackenzie Suburbs). Formerly held by M. A. Swords. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 2nd November, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the Courthouse, Oamaru, at 12 o’clock noon, on Friday, 9th December, 1927.

SCHEDULE.

Otago Land District.—Town Land (Town of Oamaru).
SECTION 6, Block 77: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £10. Term of lease: Twenty-one years with right of renewal. This section comprises a very good building-site situated adjoining Greta Street, three-quarters of a mile from the Oamaru Post-office, railway-station, &c. It was previously the site of the teacher’s residence for the Oamaru South School. The boundary fencing is the property of the Oamaru South School, which is on the adjoining section.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. (lease fee), must be paid on the fall of the hammer. Rent for broken period between date of sale and 1st January, 1928, is also payable.

2. Term of lease: Twenty-one years with right of renewal for a further term at rents based on fresh valuations 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.

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 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 to revert to the Crown without compensation.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date or for breach of conditions.

11. Lessee to have no right to any minerals.

Full particulars may be obtained from this office.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 1st November, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 21st November, 1927.

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