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Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1928.

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

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: L.S.R.L. Lease No: 276, Section 6s, Kopane Settlement. Formerly held by C. H. de Mey D'Alkemade. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Forfeiture of Land in Nelson Land District rescinded.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th January, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the forfeiture of the under-mentioned land, gazetted on 24th November, 1927, page 3554, has been rescinded by resolution of the Nelson Land Board.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. L.S.R.L. 71, Section 8, Block IX, Aorere Survey District. Lessee: Robert James Walker.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District reclassified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th January, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 127 (3) of the Land Act, 1924, that His Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the reclassification as village land by the Auckland Land Board of Sections 1 to 4 and 8 to 91, inclusive, of the Town of Mairua, the said lands having been previously classified as town land.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in the Auckland Land District reclassified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th January, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of section 127 (3) of the Land Act, 1924, His Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the reclassification as third-class land by the Auckland Land Board of the sections enumerated in the Schedule hereto, such lands having been previously classified as first-class land.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIHOU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Sections 18 to 25, inclusive, Block IX.
Sections 63 to 70, inclusive, Block XIII.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 3rd February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 20th March, 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 in 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.

Opotoki County.—Waiawa Survey District.

SECTIONS 2 and 6, Block XVI: Area, 1,816 acres. Capital value, £400. Half-yearly rent, £8.

Weighted with £1,010, valuation for improvements consisting of dwelling 45 ft. by 18 ft., split palings shingle roof, in good condition. Wool-shed 25 ft. by 21 ft., and iron tool-shed 15 ft. by 10 ft., also in good condition. About two miles post-and-wire fence, sheep-yards, 200 acres pasture. Deposit required £100; balance may remain on mortgage.

Situated on Takaputahi Road, about eight miles from Toa Toa Post-office, school, and creamery. 450 acres felled and grassed, of which 250 acres have gone back to second growth and rubbish; balance good pasture. There is a further area of 600 acres (approx.) good country which could be profitably felled and grassed. Watered by creeks. New bridge in course of erection near section, completing access to Toa Toa, &c.

Special condition.—After payment of the rent for the first half-year and broken period (if any) the rent will be remitted for a period not exceeding five years, on condition that extra new improvements to the value of at least the annual rental are effected annually. In event of failure to observe this condition in any one year, all rent remitted will become payable.

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 application, 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.

Land in Southland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 4th February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 13th March, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 15th March, 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 at the 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 the date of the ballot have applied for land at least twice