Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2593

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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

SECTION 10, Block XII: Area, 435 acres. Capital value, £350. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £10 14s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7.

Situated about eighteen miles from Otorohanga, by good metalled road to within two miles of the section; thence by a well-formed clay road. There is a post-office and school at Maihihi, four miles distant.

The section contains about 100 acres of light bush, comprising principally tawa, with a few rimu trees; the balance being open land in fern, light scrub, and tutu. The country is flat to undulating, and most of the latter is capable of being ploughed or disked. The soil is of medium quality resting on volcanic formation; well watered by permanent streams.

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

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Gisborne Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 2nd October, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 13th day of November, 1929, for a lease for five years of the land described in the Schedule hereto, under the provisions of section 147 of the Land Act, 1924.

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SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

Uawa County.—Town of Tolaga Bay (Buckley).

SECTIONS 17 to 20, Block XIII: Area, 1 acre. Minimum annual rental, £4.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

(1) Term of lease: Five years, without right of renewal.

(2) One half-year’s rent, together with £1 1s. (lease fee) must be paid with tender.

(3) No declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. 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.

(4) Possession will be given on the 14th November, 1929, from which date the rent will commence.

(5) The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

(6) The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

(7) The lessee shall have the right to use the land comprised in the lease for grazing and cropping purposes only.

(8) All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for such purposes as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may deem expedient.

(9) The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(10) The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(11) The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be obtained from the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne.

E. H. FARNE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 2nd October, 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, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 19th November, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 21st November, 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 the 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.

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SCHEDULE.

Wallace County.—Aparima Hundred.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for a Period of Two Years.)

SECTION 25, Block VII: Area, 274 acres 1 rood 27 perches. Capital value, £345. Half-yearly rent, £6 18s.

Weighted with £8, valuation for fencing; payable in cash.

Situated about four miles from Otatau. Formed road to within a mile of the section. Until improved access is provided for this section a right-of-way is reserved through Section 52. Worked-out bush area. Undulating to broken, but suitable for grazing or dairying when cleared. Altitude, 330 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.

Special Condition: After payment of first half year’s rent has been made, no further rent will be payable for a period of two years.

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 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.