MAR. 20. | THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. | 811
Weighted with £200, loading for improvements comprising whare, fencing, felling, and grassing, of which a deposit of £20 is payable; the balance of £180 to be secured by a long-term instalment mortgage.
A grazing farm situated on the Waitawhena Road, sixteen miles from Ohura, half the distance being metalled, the remainder formed only. Comprises 200 acres undulating land; balance hilly to steep. Soil fair depth on papa and sandstone; well watered.
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 Ist January and Ist 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 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, New Plymouth.
    W. D. ARMIT,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Land in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.
    District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 18th March, 1930.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 14th April, 1930.
    SCHEDULE.
    WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
    TOWN LAND.
    Runanga Borough.—Cobden Survey District.
    Section 6, Block V : Area, 1 rood 1 perch. Capital value, £40. Half-yearly rent, £1.
    Section 8, Block VIII : Area, 35·9 perches. Capital value, £40. Half-yearly rent, £1.
    Weighted with £80, for dwellinghouse and clearing. This must be paid in cash.
    Section 7, Block XXXVI : Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, value, £20. Half-yearly rent, 10s.
    NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LAND.
    Runanga Borough.—Cobden Survey District.
    Section 10, Block V : Area, 1 rood 1 perch. Capital value, £40. Half-yearly rent, £1.
    Runanga Township is situated at the State Coal-mine, about three miles by road and railway from Greymouth.
    ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.
14. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.
15. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.
16. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
17. 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 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.
18. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.
19. Order of selection is decided by ballot.
20. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
24. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
25. 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.
26. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika.
    W. T. MORPETH,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.
    District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 18th March, 1930.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 15th April, 1930, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.
    SCHEDULE.
    CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—KOWAI SURVEY DISTRICT.
    LOTS 25 and 26 of Reserve 1824, Block XI: Area, 4 acres. Upset price, £56. Comprises light, flat, stony ploughable land, situated about one mile from Springfield Railway-station. It is suitable for grazing or growing sheep-feed. No improvements except old boundary gorse and wire fence.
    Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 of Reserve 425, and closed road, Block XII: Area, 6 acres 25 perches. Upset price, £125. Comprises fair quality land, all flat and ploughable, somewhat low-lying, and subject to flooding after heavy rains. It is suitable for a holding-paddock and for cultivation. Situated about a quarter of a mile from Springfield Railway-station. Improvements comprise old fencing on road lines and north boundary.
    Part Lots 29 and 30, and Lots 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 of Reserve 425, and closed road, Block XII : Area, 26 acres, 2 roods 16 perches. Upset price, £107. Comprises poor cold clay downs, partly covered with gorse and manuka scrub, suitable for grazing only. About half a mile from Springfield Railway-station. Improvements comprise boundary-fencing only.
    Terms of Sale.
    The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of 34½ years. The terms are—
    (1) Cash: One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.
    (2) Deferred Payments: £10 of the purchase-money and licensee fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal half-yearly instalments of principal and interest, extending over 34½ years, but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.