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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

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. No persons 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. 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. 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, North Auckland.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 22nd April, 1930.

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, 19th May, 1930.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 21st May, 1930, but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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; 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; and to landless applicants in respect of whom the Board, after taking into consideration the experience and skill of the applicants in farming operations, the proximity of their homes to the lands the subject-matter of the ballot, and any other relevant considerations, is of opinion that they should be entitled to preference equally with applicants of any of the hereinbefore specified classes.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Ohura County.—Ohura Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years.)
SECTION 3, Block VIII: Area, 1,000 acres. Capital value, £750. Half-yearly rent, £15.

Weighted with £1,000, for improvements comprising four-roomed dwelling (with bathroom and pantry), wool-shed and yards, 280 acres felling and grassing, 270 chains fencing. A deposit of £100 is payable, the balance of £900 to be repayable by instalments of principal and interest spread over a period of 34½ or 36½ years, with interest at 5 per cent. in the case of a discharged soldier and 5½ per cent. in the case of a civilian.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid, no further rent will be charged for a period of five years, provided improvements to the value of £75 are effected annually during the exemption period.

A grazing farm on the Kakahi Road, ten miles from Toi Toi Railway-station, half-a-mile from the Kakahi School and seventeen miles from Matiere Dairy Factory. About 30 acres are ploughable, and about 450 acres is in bush. About 250 acres which was in fern and light tea-tree has been burnt but not regrassed. About 50 acres of bush which has been felled and burnt has also not been regrassed.

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 the 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, New Plymouth.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 22nd April, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 29th May, 1930, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.
Woodville County—Kumeroa Village.

SECTION 6, Block I: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 29 perches. Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Fencing to the value of £6 5s. is included in the price of the land.

Kumeroa Village is situated about nine miles from Woodville. About three-quarters of an acre is terrace land; the remainder drops down a 15 ft. bank, at the bottom of which the land is inclined to be swampy.

Possession will be given on the day of the sale.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS OF SALE AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, 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. The lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act, 1915.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all drains, and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.