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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

12. Roads may be taken through the land 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, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Gisborne Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 5th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for selection in terms of 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, 10th July, 1929.

The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Friday, 12th July, 1929, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wairoa County.—Taramarama Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block XIV: Area, 249 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £1,050. Deposit on deferred payments, £50; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £32 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £21.

Long narrow section, comprising hilly land of fair quality, practically all in grass. Has no formed road access, but is about half a mile from the Cricklewood Road. Boundary on one side fenced. Formerly Tutaekuri 1c 11A Block.

Special Condition.—The Crown will not be responsible for the formation of the legal access road.

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

E. H. FARNIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves will be offered for lease by public tender under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments; and tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 24th June, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Whangamomona County.—Mahoe Survey District.

SECTION 169, Block I: Area, 85 acres 0 roods 6 perches. Upset annual rent, £2.

Weighted with £200, value of improvements consisting of house, shed, 115 chains fencing, and 70 acres originally felled and grassed. Of this sum a deposit of £50 is payable in cash, the balance being secured on a long-term instalment mortgage with interest at 5 per cent. if the incoming lessee is a discharged soldier and 5½ per cent. if otherwise.

A grazing section on the Mangare Road, two miles from Whangamomona Railway-station and school. Land mostly hilly, but there are 10 acres ploughable, and 20 acres are in bush; 170 acres have been felled and grassed. Well watered.

Special Condition.—The successful tenderer must also take over a renewable lease of Section 171, Block IV, Ngatimaru Survey District: Area, 114 acres 0 roods 38 perches, at an annual rental of £8 8s. (See separate advertisement.)

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, loading for improvements, 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 buildings, 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 disposal 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.

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

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th June, 1929.

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 Monday, 24th June, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 26th June, 1929, 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 immediately upon 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 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.

Whangamomona County.—Ngatimaru Survey District.

SECTION 171, Block IV: Area, 114 acres 0 roods 38 perches. Capital value, £210. Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Weighted with £330, value of improvements, comprising 12 acres felled and stumped, 100 acres grassing, and 85 chains fencing. Of this sum a deposit of £50 is payable in cash, the balance being secured by a long-term instalment mortgage, with interest at 5 per cent. if the incoming lessee is a discharged soldier, and 5½ per cent. if otherwise.

A grazing farm situated on the Mangare Road, two miles from Whangamomona Railway-station and school, and comprising 10 acres ploughable land, 100 acres hilly, 5 acres bush. Well watered.

Special Condition.—The successful applicant must also take over an education reserve lease of Section 169, Block I, Mahoe Survey District; Area, 85 acres 0 roods 6 perches, at an upset annual rent of £2. The improvements on this section include a house and shed. (See separate advertisement.)