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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

gorges running through it. Soil of light loam resting on a papa formation. Permanently watered. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

(Exempt from rent for five years.)

Section 3, Block I: Area, 564 acres 1 rood 20 perches. Capital value, £140. Half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

Situated at Mangapurua on the Te Mata Road. Access from Mangapurua Landing or Raetihi, fifteen miles by metalled road and three miles bridle-track and clay-road.

Steep broken hilly country. Two hundred acres have been felled and grassed, but now reverted to second growth; balance is in bush consisting of tawhero, tawa, &c. There is a slab whare on the section.

Section 1, Block I: Area, 837 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.

Situated on the Te Mata Road in the Mangapurua Block. Access is from Mangapurua Landing by nine miles of formed bridle-track, or from Raetihi by five miles of bridle-track, eighteen miles of formed clay-road, and fifteen miles of metalled road.

Steep, broken, hilly country. Fifty-six acres have been felled and grassed, but have now reverted to dense second growth. Forest consists principally of tawhero and tawa. Altitude, 900 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level. Well watered.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

“Cash” System.

1. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

2. Applicants to furnish statutory declarations with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit one-fifth of purchase-money; the balance, with title fee of £1, is payable within thirty days.

3. Improvements.—Purchaser must, within ten years, improve the land to the extent of £1 an acre on first-class land, 10s. an acre on second-class land, and 5s. an acre on third-class land, otherwise the title will not be issued.

4. Roads may be taken through the land at any time within seven years upon payment of twice the amount paid by the original purchaser for the area taken for such roads.

Deferred Payments.

1. Term of license: Thirty-four and one-half years.

2. Deposit: Such amount as may be fixed by the Land Board, being not less than 3 per centum of the price of the land, together with £1 1s. license fee.

3. The balance of the purchase-money, together with interest thereon at the rate of 5½ per centum per annum, shall be payable by half-yearly instalments extending over the above-mentioned period.

4. With the first half-yearly instalment there shall be paid the interest on balance of purchase-money for period between date of license and date of commencement of term thereof.

5. The licensee shall have the right at any time during the currency of his license to pay off either the whole of the purchase-money or any half-yearly instalment or instalments thereof remaining unpaid.

6. Upon payment of the purchase-money in full, and of all interest thereon, a certificate of title in respect of the land purchased shall be issued to the purchaser on payment of the prescribed title fee.

7. The interest of the licensee shall be subject to forfeiture in the event of his failure to pay any instalment of principal and interest due under the license or to comply with any of the conditions thereof.

8. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

9. Purchaser shall execute required statutory declaration, and shall execute license within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

10. Residence on land comprised in the license is to commence within four years on bush or swamp land, and within one year on open or partly open land, and shall be continuous thereafter for ten years.

11. Improvements.—Licensee 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.; 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.

12. Licensee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

13. Transfer not allowed until after completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

14. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years from date of license.

15. License is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Renewable 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.

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, Wellington.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2473.)

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 7th October, 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, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 17th November, 1930.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 19th November, 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 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.