May 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1643

Lands in Otago Land District for Sale for Cash or on Deferred Payments and for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 13th May, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land in the First Schedule hereto will be offered for sale for cash or on deferred payments, and the land in the Second Schedule for lease by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 7th July, 1930, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

The land in the Second Schedule is offered in terms of section 153 of the Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any mineral under the surface shall pertain to the lessee, whose right shall be to the surface-soil only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitaki County.—Oamaru Survey District.

Lots 32 and 33, Ardgowan Estate, part of Sections 57 and 58, Block III, Oamaru Survey District: Area, 15 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Upset price, £230.

Situated at the southern end of Ardgowan Estate, about two miles from centre of Oamaru. Access from the Ardgowan-Airedale Road, which passes the property. Section comprises a deep gully, previously the old rifle-range site, and with the exception of two acres, it is in its natural state. Soil of fair quality; watered by a stream, which may dry up in hot weather.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Vincent County.—Tiger Hill Survey District.

SECTION 71, Block II: Area, 4 acres 3 roods 38 perches. Capital value, £25. Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £7 3s. 9d., payable in cash, for improvements comprising road-line fence and half-value boundary-fencing.

Situated on the bank of the Manuherikia River, on the main Omakau—Ida Valley Road, a quarter of a mile distant from Ophir, and one mile and a half from the Omakau Railway-station. Broken river-flat, which has been mined. The soil is light alluvial and sedimentary deposit, resting on gravel; watered by seepage from the river.

TERMS OF SALE AFFECTING LAND IN FIRST SCHEDULE.

1. Cash: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), to be paid within thirty days thereafter.

2. Deferred Payments: Five per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) to be paid on the fall of the hammer; the balance by equal half-yearly instalments extending over 34½ years, bearing interest at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money, but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount.

Upon receipt of the final instalment a certificate of title in respect of the land purchased shall issue upon payment of the prescribed Crown-grant fee.

In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date the amount already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for sale of the land shall be null and void.

The title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE AFFECTING LAND IN SECOND SCHEDULE.

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 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, Dunedin.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2400.)

Land in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 13th May, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for selection in terms of the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday, 7th July, 1930.

The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 9th July, 1930, but if any applicant so desires 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.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Tautuku Survey District.

SECTION 17, Block X: Area, 118 acres. Capital value, £210. Deposit on deferred payment, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rental, £4 4s.

Situated thirteen miles from Maclennan Railway-station and four miles from Chaslands Post and Telegraph Office. Good formed and metalled road from Maclennan to the junction with Newcastle Road, thence two miles by formed road. About 60 acres standing bush; balance open river-flat. Soil of fair quality; well watered; no improvements. Bush mostly ribbonwood and fuchsia, with heavier timber on the faces, but of little milling value.

Waitaki County.—Benmore Survey District.

Section 19, Block I: Area, 11 acres. Capital value, £25. Deposit on deferred payments, £1; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments: 15s. 8d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Situated at Omarama, between the Omarama—Benmore Road and the Ahuriri River. Fair grazing if gorse kept in check. Suitable for an accommodation-paddock.

Waikouaiti County.—North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District.

Section 68, Block VII: Area, 38 acres 2 roods 21 perches. Capital value, £100. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £3 1s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rental, £2.

Weighted with £4, for improvements consisting of fencing. Fairly level land, covered with light manuka scrub. Would make good grazing if cleared. Light loam soil on clay; stony in places. Watered by springs. Altitude, 500 ft. to 600 ft. Situated on the Main North Road, eight miles from Dunedin.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Rimu Survey District.

Section 9, Block XIII: Area, 196 acres 3 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1.

Situated one mile and a half from the Tahakopa Railway-station, Post and Telegraph Office, by formed road to east boundary. Part virgin bush, part bush from which the milling-timber has been taken out. Light loam soil on clay; well watered by creeks and springs; elevation about 600 ft. Fairly poor, back-lying section.

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

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2400.)