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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Land in the Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th February, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

TENURE: Occupation with right of purchase. License No. 684. Part Section 10, Block XII, Waikawa Survey District. Former licensee: Thomas Patrick King. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 26/2000.)

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd February, 1931.

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, 23rd March, 1931.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 25th March, 1931, 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.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Tangitu Survey District.

(Exempt from the payment of rent for three years.)

SECTION 8, Block X: Area, 735 acres 0 roods 3 perches. Capital value, £470. Half-yearly rent, £9 8s.

After payment of first half-year’s rent, lease fee, and broken-period rent (if any) an exemption from payment of rent for a period of three years will be allowed, provided improvements to value of £47 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £500, for improvements comprising house (three rooms), about 360 chains fencing, and clearing and grassing.

This amount may be paid in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £25, the balance of £475 may be secured by mortgage repayable by half-yearly instalments of £18 10s. 6d. including principal and interest, extending over a period of twenty-one years.

Situated on the Service Road, about three miles from the Ongarue Railway-station.

The land is on pumice formation, and approximately 70 acres is flat land in front. About 300–400 acres ploughable to standing bush. The grass is scattered.

Ohura County.—Rangi Survey District.

(Exempt from the payment of rent for five years.)

Section 2, Block I: Area, 340 acres. Capital value, £170. Half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

After payment of first half-year’s rent, lease fee, and broken-period rent (if any) an exemption from payment of rental for a period of five years will be allowed, provided improvements to value of £17 are effected annually during exemption period.

Weighted with £200, for improvements comprising about 280 chains fencing and about 50 acres of felling and grassing.

This amount may be paid in cash or secured by a first mortgage to the State Advances Department for a term of thirty years, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Half-yearly instalment under mortgage is £7 4s. 6d., including principal and interest.

Situated on the Opotiki Road, about three miles from Okahukura Railway-station and school. Cream by rail to dairy factory.

Section comprises undulating to hilly and steep country on sandstone and papa formation.

Approximately 150 acres in second growth and about 50 acres in fair pasture; balance in bush.

Present carrying-capacity estimated at 40 head of cattle and 100 dry sheep.

Waitomo County.—Aria Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for four years.)

Section 13, Block III: Area, 92 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.

After payment of first half-year’s rent, lease fee, and broken-period rent (if any) an exemption from payment of rental for a period of four years will be allowed provided improvements to value of £20 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £260, for improvements comprising dwelling (four-roomed), about 80 chains fencing, about 40 chains draining, approximately 20 acres ploughed and grassed, and about 50 acres rough grazing.

This amount may be either paid in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £30, the sum of £110 of the balance may be secured by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Department for a term of twenty years, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, the half-yearly instalments under such mortgage being £4 15s. 2d., the balance of £120 to be repaid by half-yearly instalments of £10 7s. 5d. over a period of seven years.

Situated on the Ohura–Mokau Road about twenty-eight miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station, about one mile from Kaeaea School, and about five miles from Aria Dairy Factory.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2591.)

Education Reserve in the Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders, marked on the outside “Tender,” will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 14th April, 1931, for the lease of the undermentioned Education Reserve under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.—SUBURBAN LAND.

Suburbs of Ohakune.

SECTION 31: Area, 10 acres 0 roods 28 perches. Upset annual rent, £3 17s.

Weighted with the sum of £12, for improvements consisting of fencing. This sum is payable in cash and must accompany any tender.

This property has a frontage to the Ohakune–Raetihi road, 10 chains from Railway-station. Level section, felled, and in grass and swamp.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS OF SALE AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, loading for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease fee), must accompany each tender.
2. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
3. 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. The lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act, 1915.
4. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all drains, and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.
6. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide 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