2064
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board.

DECLARATION OF RESULT OF ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVE FOR WARD 8.

I, WILLIAM CHARLES ROBINSON, Returning Officer for the purpose of the Dairy-produce Control Election Regulations, 1926, do hereby declare the result of the election of producers’ representative for Ward 8, which closed on the 15th day of June, 1928, to be as follows;—

Ward 8.

Candidate. Tonnage Votes received.
Bryant, William .. .. .. .. 31
Lee, William .. .. .. .. .. 165

I therefore declare the said William Lee, who received the greatest number of tonnage votes in this election, to be elected.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of June, 1928.

WM. C. ROBINSON, Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th June, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned 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: S.T.L./S. 179. Section 4, Waitohi Peaks Settlement. Formerly held by E. A. Robinson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 16th June, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said lands have hereby 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.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 16th June, 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, 4th July, 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 of 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangamomona County.—Pouatu Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block VIII: Area, 770 acres. Capital value, £460. Half-yearly rent, £9 4s.

Weighted with £830, valuation for improvements comprising four-roomed house, whare, sheep-yards, 80 chains fencing, 235 acres felled and grassed, repayable by a deposit of £80, the balance to be secured by a mortgage for £750 to the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account on a 34½-year term; interest, 5½ per cent.

Situated on the Tangarakau Road close to the Public Works Camp, and four miles and a half from Tahora Railway-station. There are about 55 acres undulating slopes and flats; balance broken. Good soil on papa and sandstone formation; 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 in advance 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 applications, 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.