Aug. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2691

Allotment 156: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Upset annual rental, £4.
Allotment 157: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Upset annual rental, £5.
Allotment 158: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Upset annual rental, £5.
Allotment 159: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Upset annual rental, £5.
Allotment 160: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Upset annual rental, £5.
Sections 168-170 are situated at the corner of Willow Avenue and Boundary Road, Avondale. Soil is poor clay on clay formation. Well watered by creek. Nearly all ploughable. Covered in tea-tree scrub.
Section 156 situated at corner of Myers Road and Manukau Road, seven miles from Auckland Chief Post-office.
Sections 157 to 160 situated on Garnet Road and an unformed road off Manukau Road, Avondale.
Sections are undulating, covered in gorse and tea-tree scrub. Soil poor clay on clay formation.

Eden County.—Titirangi Parish.
Subdivision of Allotments 163 and 164, Titirangi Parish, deposited plan 19166.
Lot 3: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.
Lot 4: Area, 3 roods 25·1 perches. Upset annual rental, £6.
Lot 6: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.
Lot 7: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.
Lot 8: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2.
Lot 9: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 20·8 perches. Upset annual rental, £5.
Lot 13: Area, 1 rood 14·3 perches. Upset annual rental, £1 10s.
Lot 18: Area, 39·6 perches. Upset annual rental, £2.
Lot 19: Area, 39·8 perches. Upset annual rental, £2.
Sections are situated on Myers Road, one mile and a quarter from Avondale Railway-station, close to the main road to Blockhouse Bay. Sections are level to undulating, and have all been ploughed and grassed, are high lying, and command a good view of surrounding country. All are possessed of good building-sites, and are suitable for residential purposes.

Waitemata County.—Waipareira Parish.
Allotment 364: Area, 16 acres 0 roods 14 perches. Upset annual rental, £1 5s.
Situated on the high country at the back of Swanson. Access is from the Waitakere Railway-station, twenty miles from Auckland, one mile and a half from Waitakere, and two miles from Swanson. Undulating land, all more or less ploughable, in short scrub. Clay soil on sandstone formation.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS 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.
3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.
5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.
6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
8. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee; and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrear.
9. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
10. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
11. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
12. Possession will be given on the day of the sale.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland, Auckland.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 20/464.)

Education Reserve in Hawke's Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 25th August, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Friday, 3rd October, 1930, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.
SCHEDULE.
Hawke's Bay Land District.
Dannevirke County.—Township of Ormondville.
SECTION 14, Block IV: Area, 1 rood. Half-yearly rent, 10s.
Weighted with £3 10s., value of fencing. This sum must be paid in cash.
The section is situated at the corner of Friberg Street and Norsewood Road, in the Ormondville Township. It is suitable for a building-site.
ABSTRACT OF TERMS OF SALE AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, rent for the broken period, and lease and registration fees (£2 2s.) 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.
3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of the lease.
5. Lessee not to transfer, mortgage, sublet, or subdivide without consent of the Land Board.
6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without consent of the Land Board.
7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.
8. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee, and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrear.
9. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
10. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
11. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier.
    J. D. THOMSON,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    (L. and S. 20/517.)
    Settlement Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.
    District Lands and Survey Office,
    New Plymouth, 25th August, 1930.
    NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and amendments, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 22nd September, 1930.
    Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 24th September, 1930, at 10 o'clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board 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