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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No 54

Situated at the corner of Campbell and De Thierry Streets, about one mile from Rawene Post-office and school. Level to undulating land, originally in grass, but now reverted to second growth.

Rodney County.—Te Arai Parish.

Section 75: Area, 55 acres 2 roods 10 perches. Upset annual rent, £2 15s.

Situated on the Te Hana – Wellsford – Te Arai Road, seven miles from Te Hana Railway-station. About 3 acres in danthonia; balance of section being unimproved. Undulating country, nearly all ploughable. The soil is clay resting on clay formation. Poorly watered—swamp only. No buildings.

Rodney County.—Hoteo Parish.

Section 10: Area, 172 acres 1 rood 18 perches. Upset annual rent, £4 5s.

Situated between Warkworth and Wellsford by the Dome Valley Road. Access is from Warkworth, eight miles distant (seven miles and a half formed road), or from Wayby Railway-station by six miles formed road and three-quarters of a mile unformed. Steep broken country in fern and scrub, with some light bush in gullies and a lot of blackberry. Soil is clay on sandstone formation. Watered by springs. Section is practically unploughable, and generally poor. Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Waitemata County.—Kaukapakapa Parish.

Section 1A: Area, 28 acres. Upset annual rent, £2 10s.

Situated about six miles from Kaukapakapa Railway-station. Access road is formed for two miles, three miles unformed track; balance undefined. Access also obtainable at high tide by water. Approximately 6 acres level land, half of which is covered with water at spring tides. Balance of land is hillsides. Covered with scrub and fern, with a fair amount of gorse. No fresh water on section.

NOTE.—The Crown will not undertake to form the road access.

Waitemata County.—Waipareira Parish.

Lot 1 of Allotment 82: Area, 47 acres 3 roods 28 perches. Upset annual rent, £2 10s.

Lot 2 of Allotment 82: Area, 48 acres 1 rood 9 perches. Upset annual rent, £2 10s.

Lot 3 of Allotment 82: Area, 32 acres 1 rood 6 perches. Upset annual rent, £1 15s.

Situated on the high country at the back of Swanson. Access is from the Waitakere Railway-station, about one mile and a half distant, by partly formed cart-road. Also about two miles from Swanson Railway-station. Undulating to steep land, in scrub, all more or less ploughable. Soil is clay resting on sandstone formation; poorly watered by a swampy stream. No improvements.

Waitemata County.—Takapuna Parish.

Section N.W.M. 204: Area, 27 acres 0 roods 25 perches. Upset annual rent, £7.

Situated facing the Birkenhead–Albany Road close to Cut Hill, Glenfield. Access is from Birkenhead, about six miles and a half distant. Undulating country, all ploughable, at present covered with stunted manuka. The soil is poor clay resting on clay formation. Land lies to the east; no water. No improvements.

Manukau County.—Suburbs of Weymouth.

Section 6: Area, 4 acres 2 roods 32 perches. Upset annual rent, £9 10s.

Weighted with £29, valuation for improvements consisting of grassing and fencing.

Section 10: Area, 4 acres 2 roods 12 perches. Upset annual rent, £4.

Weighted with £3, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing in poor state of repair and one gate.

Section 24: Area, 8 acres 2 roods 10 perches. Upset annual rent, £10.

Weighted with £6, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing.

Situated at Weymouth, about three miles from Manurewa Railway-station by metalled road and about a quarter mile from the Weymouth Beach. Level land; all ploughable. Soil is dark loam of good quality resting on clay formation. Altitude, 20 ft. to 30 ft. above sea-level.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, valuation for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease fee), and cost of registration must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

8. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

9. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the 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 improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings revert to the Crown without compensation.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

11. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

12. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Settlement Land in the Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 3rd July, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday, 6th August, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 8th August, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Otanomomo Settlement.—Clutha County.—Clutha Survey District.

SECTION 9A: Area, 85 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £750. Half-yearly rental, £18 15s.

Improvements.—Improvements included in the capital value comprise: Whole value 28⅓ chains east boundary fencing, £21 11s.; whole value 17 chains internal fencing, £5 19s.; 27 chains ditching, £10 16s.: Total, £38 6s.

Improvements not included in the capital value, but which must be paid for separately, are as follows: Dwellinghouse, £290; stable and implement-shed, £50; cow-byre, £35; windmill, pipes, and ditches, £125; clearing, logging, and grassing 78 acres, £312; fencing, approximately 204 chains, £36 14s.: Total, £848 14s.

This amount may be paid either in cash or by a deposit of £63 14s., and the balance over a period of twenty years to be secured by a first mortgage over the property for a term of twenty years, interest at the rate of 5 per cent. in the case of a soldier and 5½ per cent. in the case of a civilian.