JAN. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 107

Loaded with £570, valuation for improvements consisting
of felling and grassing, sheep-yards, and about 400 chains
fencing. Loading may be left on mortgage, if necessary,
by arrangement with State Advances Office.

Section 1, Block X, Opotiki Survey District. Area :
245 acres. Minimum annual rental, £4 10s.

Situated about nine miles from Opotiki at south end of
Paerata Ridge Road, last mile unformed and impracticable.
Very broken hill country covered in heavy bush, principally
tawa, with sprinkling of rata, rimu, tawhero, &c. Well
watered by streams.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, loading for improve-
   ments, and £2 2s. (lease fee) 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 build-
   ings, 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. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of
   the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for
   improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration,
   or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for dis-
   posal by public competition will be subject to payment by the
   incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings
   and improvements effected by the original lessee; and the
   amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the
   original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other
   payments in arrear.

9. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

10. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

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

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner
of Crown Lands, Gisborne.

E. H. FARNIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Pastoral Lands in the Otago Land District for License.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th January, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral
lands will be open for license for a term of thirty-five
years, under the provisions of Part VI of the Land Act, 1924,
and applications will be received at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 25th
February, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the Courthouse, Alexandra, at 7.30 o’clock
p.m. on Wednesday, 27th February, 1929.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examina-
tion of applicants.

Intending applicants may inspect the property at any time
up to the date the applications close.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Last Chance Irrigation Block.—Vincent County.

Term of License: Thirty-five years from 1st March, 1929.

Lot 1: Comprising Sections 16, Block 11, Fraser Survey
District, Section 2, Block IV, Fraser Survey District, and
Section 10, Block XVII, Cairnhill Survey District. Total
area: 2,396 acres 1 rood 19 perches. Annual rental, £76.

Weighted with £596 4s. 9d., valuation for improvements;
payable in cash.

Lot 2: Comprising Section 117, Block I, Fraser Survey
District. Area: 743 acres 0 roods 15 perches. Annual rental,
£23 10s.

Weighted with £67 2s. 6d., valuation for improvements;
payable in cash.

Lot 3: Comprising Section 119, Block I, Fraser Survey
District. Area: 118 acres 0 roods 9 perches. Annual
rental, £3 15s.

Weighted with £4 10s., valuation for improvements;
payable in cash.

Lot 1: Sections 16, Block II, Fraser Survey District, and
10, Block XVII, Cairnhill Survey District, are situated on
the west bank of the Molyneux River and between the river
and the main Roxburgh road. Access is from Alexandra
on the Otago Central Railway, which is about five miles
distant by good main road. These two sections comprise
all hill country and rocky faces to the river, with patches of
light schisty soil resting on rock formation. No irrigation
available; poorly watered by streams. Elevation from
1,000 ft. to 2,000 ft. General quality, fair grazing and safe
winter country.

Section 2, Block IV, Fraser Survey District, situated about
five miles from Alexandra on the main Roxburgh–Clyde
road, and forming part of the foothills of the Old Man Range.
Access by good formed road. This section comprises easy
undulating country, broken by rocky outcrops, with a light
schisty soil in patches, resting on rocks. It is expected that
at least 100 acres of this section will benefit by water from
the Last Chance Irrigation Race. Elevation, approximately
1,000 ft.

Lot 2: Section 117, Block I, Fraser Survey District.
This section is situated about three miles and a half from
Alexandra on the Roxburgh–Alexandra road, which is a good
formed main road. All undulating tops and rocky faces into
Chapman’s Gully. Soil light schisty nature in patches,
resting on rocks. Water-supply poor. Elevation, about
1,000 ft.

Lot 3: Section 119, Block I, Fraser Survey District.
Situated on the Roxburgh–Alexandra road. Land of some-
what similar description to Section 117.

Improvements.

The improvements, which have to be paid for in cash
immediately the result of the ballot is declared, comprise the
following buildings and fencing:—

Lot 1.

N.E. boundary-fencing along Butcher’s Creek, being £ s. d.
the mutual fencing-line between Sections 11 and
16, Block II, Fraser Survey District, 104 chains
new P. and W. fence—half-share .. .. 55 17 3
Part old station fence on Section 11, on the mutual
fencing-line between Sections 11 and 16 on the
N.W., 42 chains P. and W. fence—half-share .. 31 10 0
Boundary-fence along the main road on the east of
Section 16, Block II, Fraser Survey District, and
Section 10, Block XVII, Cairnhill Survey District,
174 chains plain wire and standard fencing at 15s.
per chain—full value .. .. .. 130 10 0
Stone fence on boundary with Section 1: 30 chains
—half-value .. .. .. 15 0 0
Boundary-fence on southern boundary of Section
10, Block XVII, Cairnhill Survey District, on a
mutual fencing-line—
95 chains at 10s. per chain—half value .. 47 10 0
50 chains at 10s. per chain—half value .. 25 0 0
N.E. boundary-fence between Section 2, Block IV,
Fraser Survey District, and Run 249A: 72
chains at 20s. per chain, netting and wire, half-
share .. .. .. .. 36 0 0
Internal fencing on Section 2—
97 chains at 17s. 6d. per chain—full value .. 84 17 6
2 huts, £10; cottage, £160 .. .. 170 0 0
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£596 4 9

Lot 2.

Boundary-fence with Sections 113 and 114 and
part of 78: 57 chains, netting-wire, 2 barb,
willow posts at 12s. 6d. per chain—half-share 35 12 6
Boundary-fence with Sections 10 and 76: 42
chains, netting wire and willow posts, at 12s. 6d.
—half-share .. .. .. 31 10 0
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£67 2 6

Lot 3.

Boundary-fence with Section 43: 8 chains at 10s.
—half-share .. .. .. 2 0 0
Boundary-fence with Section 125: 10 chains at
10s.—half-share .. .. .. 2 10 0
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£4 10 0