Result of Election of a Trustee of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th September, 1928.

THE following result of the election of a trustee of a
drainage district has been received from the Returning
Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON,
Under-Secretary.

Hokio Drainage District, County of Horowhenua—
Cyril Bartholomew.
(I.A. 19/78/73.)

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ERNEST CLAUDE ADAMS, Assistant Registrar of
Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it
has been made to appear to me that the Reefton Returned
Soldiers' Association (Incorporated) is no longer carrying
on operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in
pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Hokitika, this 25th day of September, 1928.

E. C. ADAMS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ERNEST CLAUDE ADAMS, Assistant Registrar of
Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it
has been made to appear to me that the Grey Returned
Soldiers' Association (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on
operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in
pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Hokitika, this 25th day of September, 1928.

E. C. ADAMS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ERNEST CLAUDE ADAMS, Assistant Registrar of
Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it
has been made to appear to me that the Blackball Boxing
Association (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on operations,
the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of
section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Hokitika, this 25th day of September, 1928.

E. C. ADAMS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ERNEST CLAUDE ADAMS, Assistant Registrar of
Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has
been made to appear to me that the Kawatiri Rowing Club
(Incorporated) is no longer carrying on operations, the afore-
said society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28
of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Hokitika, this 25th day of September, 1928.

E. C. ADAMS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
is open for selection on renewable lease under the
Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o'clock
p.m. on Wednesday, 7th November, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, on Friday, 9th November, 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.

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 the 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.
GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Opotiki County.—Waioeka South Survey District.
Section 8, Block IV: Area, 1,209 acres. Capital value,
£365. Half-yearly rent, £7 6s.

Rent will be remitted for a maximum of five years from
1st January or 1st July following date of selection conditional
upon the lessee effecting new improvements to at least the
value of the rent remitted annually.

Weighted with £540, valuation for improvements consisting of felling, grassing, fencing, small dip, yards, &c. £400 of this amount may be left on mortgage for five years
at 5 per cent., by arrangement.

Situated on Matawai-Opotiki Road, about sixteen miles
from Matawai. About 5 acres on frontage flat; balance steep.
Some 450 acres originally felled and grassed, but 60 acres
(approximate) gone back. Cleared area slipping badly.
Practically whole of clearing in one paddock; balance bush.
Mostly lies well to the sun. Well watered by streams.
About half area remaining in bush is unfit for felling.

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, Gisborne.

E. H. FARNIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash
or on deferred payments, at the Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, on Wednesday, 7th November, 1928, at
2.30 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act,
1924, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act,
1925.