FEB. 6 ] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 381

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925.—
Notice of proposed Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 5th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Wanganui Builders’ and General Labourers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 1294, situated at Wanganui, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 22 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause is shown to the contrary.

W. NEWTON,
Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: Regs. Lease 15. Section 3258, Block XI, Waimea Survey District. Lessee: M. E. Anderson. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

Tenure: L.I.P. Lease 563. Section 8, Block VIII, Runanga Survey District. Lessee: M. Connolly. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Gisborne Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Gisborne Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: S.T.L. Lease No. 604. Section 432, Parish of Waiotahi. Lessee: Peter Scott. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Lands and Survey Department,
Wellington, 4th February, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: S.T.L/S. 60. Section 4, Kakahu Settlement. Formerly held by D. J. Cornelius. Reason for forfeiture: Breach of conditions of lease.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th February, 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, 24th March, 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, 26th March, 1930, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately upon the 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 the 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.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Rangi Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for three years.)

SECTION 9, Block I, Rangi Survey District. Area: 187 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.

Exemption from payment of rent will be granted for a period of three years provided improvements to the value of £20 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Loading for improvements: £680, of which a deposit of £40 is payable; the balance to be secured by a long-term instalment mortgage.

A mixed farm on the Okoroa and Otahu Roads, comprising 60 acres of ploughable land, when cleared and stumped, the balance easy undulating to steep country. Soil is fair to good resting on clay and papa formation. Well watered by small streams. About 60 acres are in bush.

Improvements comprise house, shed, cow-shed and yards, 90 chains fencing, 20 acres fair pasture, 50 acres inferior pasture, 12 acres stumped, ploughed, and grassed.

Access is from Okahukura Railway-station, about three miles distant. There is a school within easy distance.

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 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.