Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3555

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Leasing.

1. The purchaser of the lease shall, immediately upon the fall of the hammer, deposit an amount equal to six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

4. Compensation payable for improvements, if lease not again offered at the end of the second term.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

7. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

8. No person shall acquire or be allowed to hold a lease of more than two of the allotments, and for this purpose a husband and wife shall be regarded as one person.

9. Lessee shall not carry on any offensive trade or occupation.

10. No improvements shall be made without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

11. No sand or gravel shall be removed from the land.

12. No habitable building of a less value than £50 shall be erected on any allotment. Before proceeding to erect any building, the lessee must first submit to the Commissioner of Crown Lands a plan of the proposed building, together with an estimate of cost.

13. Lessee shall maintain all buildings, fences, gates, and drains in good order and condition.

14. Adequate sanitary arrangements in keeping with the locality shall be made in connection with each house, and an adverse report from the Health Department on the sanitary facilities shall be sufficient reason for cancellation of the lease.

15. The owners of cottages already built on Sections 1, 6, 7, 10, and 16 will be allowed one month to remove same if unsuccessful in purchasing the lease of the sections on which the said cottages stand.

16. Compensation, as may be agreed upon between the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the lessee, will be payable for any permanent improvements taken by resumption. In event of failure to agree, value to be assessed by arbitration.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 22nd November, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at this office on Thursday, the 12th day of January, 1928, at 2.30 p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—AMURI COUNTY.—CULVERDEN TOWNSHIP.

Culverden Settlement.

SECTIONS 21 and 22: Area, 1 acre 2 roods. Upset price, £55. Situated in the Culverden Township, a few chains from the railway-station, fronting main road. Suitable for building. Part liable to flood.

Terms of Sale.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of 34½ years. The terms are:—

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

Deferred Payments.—£10 of the purchase-money and £1 1s. (license fee) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal half-yearly instalments extending over a period of 34½ years, with interest at 5½ per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off 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, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924, and section 85 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 22nd November, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that tenders for the lease of the undermentioned reserve will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 5th January, 1928, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—LEVELS COUNTY.—AROWHENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

RESERVE 3697, Block VIII: Area, 5 acres. Term, five years. Minimum annual rent, £4.

Situated one mile from Levels Railway-station. All flat and undulating, in old pasture. Ring-fenced and watered by county water-race.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Tenders to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, and to be marked on the outside “Tender for Reserve.” To be accompanied by a deposit of one half-year’s rent at rate offered and £1 1s. lease fee.

2. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

3. Possession will be given as from date of acceptance of any tender.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention to do so.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land or on account of the aforementioned resumption.

7. The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall, with all reasonable despatch, remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

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

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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