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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Gisborne on the 21st May, 1928.

Registrar’s Office,
Gisborne, 21st April, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Gisborne on the 21st day of May, 1928, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

JNO. HARVEY, Registrar.

[Gisborne, 1928/9-1.]

SCHEDULE.

No. 32. Applicant: Waiapu County Council. Name of land: Waipiro A 16. Nature of application: For assessment of compensation for land taken for road.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th April, 1928.

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: R.L. 568. Section 8, Lansdown Settlement. Formerly held by T. E. Gynes. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

W. NOSWORTHY,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th April, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said land has hereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L. Lease No. 691. Section 7, Block XLIII, Runanga Village Settlement. Lessee: R. Tait. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th April, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Lands for Settlement Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Wallace County.

TENURE: L.I.P./L.S. Lease No. 137. Section 2, Beaumont Settlement, Block XXIII, Wairaki Survey District. Former lessee: Patrick Ryan. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th April, 1928.

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

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: Special Tenure (Settlement Land). Section 9, Block III, Woodville Survey District (Coyne Settlement). Formerly held by Arthur Edward Dean. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 26th April, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 13th June, 1928, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1 of 47, Block VI, Clarendon Survey District: Area, 30 acres. Upset annual rental, £2 5s. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with right of renewal.

Weighted with £35, valuation for improvements consisting of cultivation (£25) and fencing (£10).

A back-lying piece of ground with a good portion in bush and scrub, broken by gullies and steep faces, looking into the Akatore River.

TOWN OF BALCLUTHA.

Section 5, Block IV: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £1 10s.

Weighted with 10s. valuation for two chains of fencing.

This area is situated in Stamford Street, North Balclutha, one mile from the station and three-quarters of a mile from the post-office and business portion of the town. Access by good road.

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 July, 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 the 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 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.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

R. S. GALBRAITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.