Oct. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3109

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th October, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE, S.T.L. Lease No. 5. Section 40, Block IX. Cape Survey District. Lessee: J. D. Keogh. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 24th October, 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 Thursday, 8th November, 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.

Ohura County.—Aria Survey District.

SECTION 3, Sub. 2 of Section 4, Section 7, Block VIII, and Section 9, Block VII: Area, 427 acres 0 roods 21 perches. Capital value, £320. Half-yearly rent, £6 8s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of three years, providing improvements to the value of £32 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £620, valuation for improvements comprising three-roomed cottage, 250 chains fencing, wool-shed, yards, and dip. This amount is payable in cash, or may be secured, after payment of a deposit of 10 per cent., by instalment mortgage for a period of 34½ years; interest at 5½ per cent.

A grazing farm situated about thirteen miles from Matiere Railway-station and dairy factory. The section was originally bush and scrub land, which has been felled and grassed, and pastures are now somewhat deteriorated. About 4 acres are now in standing bush.

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 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 affected 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.

Education Reserves in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 24th October, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 12th December, 1928, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Township of Ohai Extension No. 7.

SECTION 1, Block III: Area 1 rood 10 perches. Upset annual rental, £4.
Section 2, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £3.
Section 3, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £3.
Section 4, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £3.
Section 5, Block III: Area, 1 rood 10·4 perches. Upset annual rental, £3 10s. Weighted with £550, valuation for improvements.
Section 6, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £3.
Section 7, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £3.
Section 8, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £3. Weighted with £25, valuation for improvements.
Section 9, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.
Section 10, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.
Section 11, Block III: Area, 1 rood 3·7 perches. Upset annual rental, £2 10s.
Section 12, Block III: Area, 1 rood 3·7 perches. Upset annual rental, £2.
Section 13, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.
Section 14, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2. Weighted with £60, valuation for improvements.
Section 15, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £1 5s.
Section 16, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £1 5s.
Section 17, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2. Weighted with £15, valuation for improvements.
Section 18, Block III: Area, 1 rood 10·4 perches. Upset annual rental, £2. Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements.
Section 19, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2. Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements.
Section 20, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.
Section 21, Block III: Area, 1 rood 12·8 perches. Upset annual rental, £2 10s. Weighted with £200, valuation for improvements.
Section 22, Block III: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Upset annual rental, £2.
Lots 1 and 2, L.T.P. 2746, being part Section 20, Block III, Wairio Survey District: Area, 2 acres 0 roods 36 perches. Upset price, £5. Weighted with £350, valuation for improvements.

The sections, which are level and suitable for building-sites, are situated close to the Ohai Railway-siding.