May 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1359

Teachers' Appeal Boards.-Grading and Classification of Teachers.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1929.

I T is hereby notified for general information that the Appeal Boards for 1929, set up to hear appeals in connection with the grading or classification of teachers, will consist of-

Chairman-
Andrew Duncan Thomson.

Representatives of Education Department-
Alexander Bell, M.A.
William Watson Bird, M.A.

Representatives of Teachers-
Secondary School Teachers-
Thomas Brodie, B.A.
Frank Hyde Campbell, B.A.

Technical School Teachers-
Frederick W. Martin, M.A., B.Sc.
Robert J. Thompson.

Primary School Teachers-
Alfred Joseph Charles Hall.
Henry Frank Penlington,
George Thorncroft Palmer, M.A.
David Dickie Steadman.

A. T. NGATA, for Minister of Education.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Hawke's Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th April, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke's Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE : O.R.P. License No. 423. Section 19, Block XIII, Wakarara Survey District. Area : 348 acres. Licensee: John Herbert Nicoll. Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of license.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th April, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE : R.L. Lease No. 594. Section 45. District : Town of Waiho Gorge. Lessee : Mrs. A. Wilson. Reason for forfeiture : At request.

Tenure : Regs. Lease No. 204. Section 3229, Block X. District : Waimea Survey District. Lessee : J. Anderson. Reason for forfeiture : At request.

Tenure : R.L. Lease' No. 460. Section 2592, Block I. District : Punakaiki Survey District. Lessee : R. McTaggart. Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 8th May, 1929.

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 District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 20th May, 1929.

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.

Taumarunui County.-Ohura Survey District.

SECTION 7, Block XVI: Area, 544 acres. Capital value, £820. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £16 8s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of three years provided improvements to value of £82 are effected annually.

Weighted with £2,000, valuation for improvements comprising dwelling, about 320 chains fencing, cowshed, woolshed and yards, and about 344 acres felling and grassing. This amount is payable in cash, or may by arrangement be taken over by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Department. Situated about ten miles from Taumarunui Railway-station and about half a mile from Otanui School. Cream by rail.

Consists of approximately 20 acres flat and about 60 acres undulating and ploughable, about 150 acres fairly easy; remainder hilly to broken, but not steep. About 44 acres in light bush, 5 acres in shelter bush, and 200 acres deteriorated, about 100 acres of which was burnt last year but not resown.

This section is well grassed and subdivided into nine paddocks. Estimated carrying capacity in present condition, 25 dairy cows, 60 head cattle, and about 200 ewes.

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 Ist January and lst 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 ls. (lease fee) and a half-year's rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and Ist January or lst 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, New Plymouth.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.