2556
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

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.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Ashburton County.—Wakanui Survey District.—Valverde Settlement.
SECTION 4 and Lots 1 and 2, D.P. 8998, Block III, Valverde Settlement: Area, 471 acres 1 rood 11 perches. Capital value, £3,610. Half-yearly rent, £90 5s.
Improvements to the value of £130, and comprising 98 chains standard and wire subdivisional fencing and 145 chains road and boundary fencing; and half value of 95 chains boundary fencing (with Section 3) and 30 chains north-west boundary fencing (with freehold) are included in the capital value.
Improvements not included in the capital value, and comprising four-roomed dwelling and leanto, chaff-house, implement-shed (unfinished), cow-byre, tractor-shed, whare, yards, water-races, plantations, shelter-belts, and 280 chains subdivisional fencing are valued at £561, which sum is either payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £46, the balance to remain on an instalment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent; term, thirty years; interest, 5 per cent.
Situated four miles from Wakanui Post-office and school, eight miles and a half from Ashburton. Access by shingle road. Watered by county races. Light plains land, all flat and ploughable. Suitable for sheep-grazing. Oats can be successfully grown in favourable seasons. Green crops can be grown on the whole area. Property fully developed, and at present carrying fairly good feed. Capacity about 300 ewes and 60 dry sheep, besides team, &c.

SPECIAL CONDITION.
A remission of six months’ rent will be given provided the lessee effects improvements equal in value to the amount of rent so remitted. Improvements to be approved by the Land Board, and to be effected to the satisfaction of the Board within one year from selection.

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 fee), £46 (deposit on improvements), 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. No person may hold more than one allotment.
7. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
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. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
11. 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.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th 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 Thursday, 17th October, 1929,

for the lease of the undermentioned reserve under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
City of Wellington.
PART Section 3, Harbour District, Block XI, Belmont Survey District: Area, 8·9 perches. Minimum annual rental, £52. This area is part of the Kaiwarawara Post-office site, and has a frontage of approximately 70 ft. to the Hutt Road, by a depth of approximately 45 ft.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Ten years, with right of renewal for a further term of ten years, at revaluation.
2. Possession to be given on the day of acceptance of tender.
3. Rent to be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington, half-yearly in advance.
4. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
5. Lessee to have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease without the consent of the lessor.
6. No improvements to be effected on the land without the approval of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
7. On the expiration or sooner determination of the lease all buildings and other erections which have been erected by the lessee are to be removed by him and the land left in good order and condition.
8. The buildings at present on the land to become the property of the lessee, who will, in the event of its removal, be required to make good any damage caused to the remainder of the buildings and to effectively seal the drainage.
9. The land is to be kept clean and tidy, and the Kaiwarawara Stream is not to be polluted or to be used by the lessee for the deposit of rubbish or waste matter.
10. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
11. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.
    Tenders must be accompanied by a bank cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, and must be marked on the envelope “Tender for lease.”
    A plan showing the boundaries of the area offered may be inspected at this office.
    The land is described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Crown is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of the description.
    Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
    Further particulars may be obtained at this office.

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

Timber in North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.
North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 25th September, 1929.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday, 22nd October, 1929, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the timber regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—MANGONUI COUNTY.
SECTIONS 117 and 118, Maungataniwha Parish (Education Reserves).
489 rimu trees, containing .. 514,655 board feet.
148 totara trees, containing .. 71,443 ,,
206 miro trees, containing .. 72,260 ,,
5 kahikatea trees, containing 10,098 ,,
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848 trees. 668,456 ,,
Distinguishing brand: X.
Upset price: £610.
Time for removal: Two years.

Terms of Payment.
The sum of one-fourth of the amount of tender to be paid in cash within seven days after acceptance of tender, together with £1 1s., license fee; balance payable in three equal instalments on 1st April, 1930, 1st October, 1930, and 1st April, 1931.