2432
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

Sections 6 and 7, Block IX: Good soil on easy ridges, partly fern and light bush, and a patch of heavy bush with some rimu; balance fair pasture, well watered, and lies to the sun. The homestead section is situated about twenty-four miles from Wairoa via the Waikaremoana and Ruapapa Roads (sixteen miles Waikaremoana Road all metalled and eight miles of Ruapapa Road, the worst places of which are metalled). The back section has no formed access, and is only get-at-able by riding through Ruapapa Station and S.G. Run No. 39.

Special Condition.—After the payment of the necessary deposit (half-year’s rent, rent for broken period, and lease fee) rent will be remitted for a period of two years subject to the lessee effecting extra improvements to at least the value of the rent remitted half-yearly, over and above the improvements required by law.

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, 5 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 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.

Reserve in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 23rd September, 1929, for the grazing of the undermentioned land, under the provisions of section 14 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Akitio County.—Pongaroa Township.

SECTION 15, Block I. Area: 1 rood. Term of lease: Seven years. Minimum annual rental, £1.

Situated with a frontage to Aohanga Road, about 6 chains from Pongaroa Post-office. Suitable for grazing purposes.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of the tender.

2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

3. Residence and improvements not compulsory, and no compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

4. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

5. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

6. The right is reserved to the Crown to grant such right-of-way or rights-of-way as may be necessary during the currency of the lease.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove or cause to be removed all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, Californian thistle, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within one month after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, and must be marked on the envelope “Tender for Lease.”

The lands are described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Further particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Lands in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 4th September, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and amendments, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 15th October, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Thursday, 17th October, 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.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent upon 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Southland County.—New River Hundred.—Monte Cristo Settlement.

SECTION 48: Area, 117 acres 1 rood 30 perches. Capital value, £1,380. Half-yearly rent, £34 10s.

Weighted with £500, value of improvements comprising buildings, fencing, and draining. This sum is payable either in cash, or by a cash deposit of £100, the balance being left on an instalment mortgage over a period of 24½ years, half-yearly instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £15.

Situated within three miles from Wright’s Bush Railway-station, school, post-office, and dairy-factory, by a good metalled road. Altitude, 40 ft. above sea-level. Suitable for dairying.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.
2. Rent: Five per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease