Nov. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3515

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 circum-
    stances, and then only with permission.

12. Roads may be taken through the land 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. ARMITT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1450/328.)

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 3rd November, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or
deferred payments at this office on Monday, the 8th Decem-
ber, 1930, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land
Act, 1924, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—CITY OF INVERCARGILL.

TOWN LAND.

SECTION 5, Block XLIV, Town of Invercargill : Area, 1 rood.
Upset price, £150.

Fairly good building-site, situated close to railway-line in
Tyne Street, west of Elles Road.

Terms of Sale.

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

Deferred Payments: The deposit of £10, together with
£1 1s. (license fee), to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Balance of the purchase-money, with interest thereon at
the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, to be paid by instalments
extending over the period of thirty-four years and a half.

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 then remaining unpaid.

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

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 the sale be null and void.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. MACDONALD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 50710.)

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 5th November, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are 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, 24th November, 1930.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land
Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey
Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 26th 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 land-
less applicants who within two years immediately preceding
date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccess-
fully; 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 con-
nection 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.

Waitomo County.—Arai Survey District.

(Exempt from rent for four years.)

SECTIONS 14 and Subs. 1 and 2 of 16 and 18, Block VI: Area,
285 acres 3 roods 5·1 perches. Capital value, £200. Half-
yearly rent, £4.

Exempt from payment of rent for four years provided
improvements to the value of £20 are effected annually during
the exemption period.

Weighted with £350, for improvements comprising cow-
shed, approximately 20 chains road-fencing, 50 chains
boundary-fencing, 50 chains subdivisional fencing, felling,
and grassing. This sum is payable either in cash or by a
cash deposit of £25, the balance (£325) to be secured by in-
stalment mortgage for twenty years at 5½ per cent. interest;
half-yearly instalment £13 10s. 1d.

A grazing property, situated on the Paro Road, thirty-three
miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station and three miles from
Kaeaea School. About 15 acres are ploughable land in
worn-out pasture and second growth, with ragwort spreading,
50 acres undrained swamp, and 220 acres undulating to steep
country, being originally bush land felled and grassed but
now reverted to second growth. Subdivided into three
paddocks. Soil of fair quality, watered by streams and
springs.

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 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 appli-
   cations, 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 circum-
    stances, and then only with permission.

12. Roads may be taken through the land 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. ARMITT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/18304.)