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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 53

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.

12. Licensee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

13. Transfer not allowed until after completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

14. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years from date of license.

15. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Renewable 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 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 land 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, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Reserve in Gisborne Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 26th June, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 31st July, 1928, for the lease of the undermentioned reserve under the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

Tiniroto Domain.

SECTIONS 26 and 27, Tiniroto Village: Area, 1 acre 3 roods 18 perches. Minimum annual rental, £1 10s.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

(1) Term of lease, seven years.

(2) Six months’ rent, together with lease fee of £1 1s., must be deposited with tender.

(3) The public shall at all times have access on foot to all parts of the demised land not newly laid down in grass.

(4) The free right at any time to plant trees on the demised land or to take possession of and fence off any portion of the demised land for the purpose of forming a football or cricket ground or a ground for sports of any kind is reserved to the lessor.

(5) No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee nor for any other cause.

(6) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

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

(8) The land shall not be broken up, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

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

(10) The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land and he shall prevent their increase and spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(11) The lessee will at all times keep all fences, gates, and other structures now erected or which may hereafter be erected on the said land or on the boundaries thereof in good repair, order, and condition, and so yield up the same at the expiration or sooner determination of the said term.

(12) The lease shall be for the term of years specified, without right of renewal, and shall be subject to termination on three months’ notice being given to the lessee in the event of the land being required by the Government.

(13) The lessee shall not erect any buildings on the land.

(14) The lease shall be liable to forfeiture if the lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within twenty-one days after the date on which the same ought to have been filed.

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

E. H. FARNIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 26th June, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are 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 Thursday, 12th 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.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.

(Exempt from payment of Rent for Four Years.)

SECTION 9, Block V, Aria Survey District: Area, 844 acres. Capital value, £350. Half-yearly rent, £7.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of four years, provided improvements to the value of £35 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £650, valuation for improvements comprising whare, 125 chains fencing, 444 acres felling and grassing. A deposit of £65 is payable, and the balance is to be secured by way of first mortgage for 34½ years; interest, 5½ per cent.

The property is situated on the Waitemehana Road, sixteen miles from Ohura, half the distance being metalled, remainder formed only. Comprises 200 acres undulating land; balance hilly to steep. Soil fair depth on papa and sandstone formation; well watered.

(Exempt from payment of Rent for Five Years.)

Sections 7 and 15, Block VI, Aria Survey District: Area, 721 acres. Capital value, £365. Half-yearly rent, £7 6s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years, provided improvements to the value of £40 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £600, valuation for improvements comprising dwelling (three rooms), shed, 200 chains fencing, 400 acres felled and grassed. A deposit of £60 is payable; the balance of £540 to be secured by way of first mortgage for a period of 34½ years; interest, 5½ per cent.