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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration revoking the Dissolution of a Society.

I, ROY FELLOWES BAIRD, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that the declaration made by me on the 27th day of May, 1927, dissolving the Tangoio-Waikare Rural Telephone Society, was made in error, and the said declaration is accordingly hereby revoked in pursuance of section 28, subsection (3), of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Napier, this 15th day of February, 1928.

R. F. BAIRD,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Result of an Election under the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1927.—Government Railways Appeal Board.

New Zealand Government Railways,
Head Office, Wellington,
22nd February, 1928.

THE following is the result of the first election of the elective members of the Government Railways Appeal Board constituted under the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1927 :—

FIRST DIVISION.

Johanson, H. .. .. .. 639
Stanley, V. R. J. .. .. .. 1,956
Informal .. .. .. 5

SECOND DIVISION.

Traffic and Stores Branch.

Aitken, W. J. .. .. .. 630
Connelly, M. .. .. .. 807
Pickup, J. .. .. .. 526
Terry, J. H. .. .. .. 390
Informal .. .. .. 13

Maintenance Branch.

Alexander, R. W. .. .. .. 389
Dash, E. J. .. .. .. 891
Gavan, P. B. .. .. .. 452
Informal .. .. .. 9

Loco. Running Branch.

Carroll, R. .. .. .. 700
Lewin, F. J. .. .. .. 859
Informal .. .. .. 10

Workshops Branch.

Cameron, E. .. .. .. 778
Elliott, J. .. .. .. 515
Mills, T. L. .. .. .. 149
Morison, A. J. .. .. .. 390
Rowles, D. .. .. .. 344
Seddon, W. .. .. .. 278
Informal .. .. .. 13

I hereby declare Victor Robert John Stanley, Michael Connelly, Ernest John Dash, Frederick John Lewin, and Edward Cameron duly elected to act as members of the Government Railways Appeal Board.

J. BROWN, Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Wellington 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: L.S.R.L. Lease No. 372. Sections 45, 47, 48, and 49, Normandale Settlement. Formerly held by J. E. Ford. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 18th February, 1928.

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 Wednesday, 7th March, 1928.

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 in New Zealand; and to applicants who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s Forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany.

SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Egmont County.—Cape Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of Rent for Three Years.)

SECTION 42, Block IX: Area, 111 acres 3 roods 3 perches. Capital value, £150. Half-yearly rent, £3.

Exempt from rent for a period of three years, providing improvements to the value of £20 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements comprising about 110 chains fencing, cowshed, and three-roomed house with back porch. This amount is to be secured by way of first mortgage under the provisions of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, after payment of a deposit of £30.

The property is situated on the Newall Road, about three miles and a half from the Warea School and Dairy Factory. About 100 acres were originally felled and grassed, but this is now becoming overgrown with blackberry and tutson. It comprises fairly easy country. Soil is of a volcanic loam, and is well watered.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.
2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with application, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.
6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.
7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.
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. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
12. 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.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

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

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.