974
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

Mining Privilege to be struck off the Register.

Mining Registrar’s Office,
Blenheim, 2nd April, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of section 188 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926, unless sufficient cause is shown to the contrary within three months from the date hereof, the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereunder will be struck off the Register.

A. F. BENT, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. 542 (B). Date: 14th July, 1926. Nature of privilege: Water-race. Locality: Dismal Creek. Holder: Frederick Buckman.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Ngaruawahia on the 5th May, 1931.

Registrar’s Office,
Auckland, 7th April, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Ngaruawahia on the 5th day of May, 1931, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Waikato-Maniopoto, 1931–6].

E. P. EARLE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. 34. Applicant: The Under-Secretary, Public Works Department. Name of land: Whangamarino 229. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Whakatane on 4th Day of May, 1931.

Registrar’s Office,
Rotorua, 2nd April, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Whakatane on the 4th day of May, 1931, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

T. ANARU, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.

No. 22. Name of applicant: The Minister of Public Works. Name of Land: Ruatoki No. 1b No. 1c No. 16E. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a Native school.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years at the Lands Office, Knox Street, Hamilton, on Wednesday, 13th May, 1931, at 10 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of section 14 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIPA COUNTY.

SECTION 4A, Parish of Pukete: Area, 23 acres 0 roods 35 perches. Upset annual rental, £20. Weighted with £132 for improvements. The area is situated on the Waikato River, six miles from Hamilton, and is known as “the Landing Reserve.”

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of Lease: Twenty-one years, with right of renewal for one further term of twenty-one years. The property is offered weighted with £132, for improvements which comprise 13 acres cleared, ploughed, and grassed, 2 acres cleared and ploughed, and 60 chains fencing. This amount is payable in cash.

2. The lessee shall have no claim against the Crown for compensation for improvements in existence on the land when the lease terminates, but will be permitted to remove within three months after termination any internal fencing or buildings placed on the land during the currency of his tenancy, or purchased by him.

3. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

4. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of all noxious weeds on the land, and shall with all reasonable despatch, remove, or cause to be removed, all such noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

5. The lessee shall keep rabbits in check.

6. Rent is payable half-yearly in advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

7. Lease is liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which same ought to have been fulfilled.

8. The right is reserved to the Crown to exclude from the lease at any time an area of two acres on the bank of the Waikato River and access thereto in the event of such area being required for a landing-place.

9. The lessee shall not carry on, or permit to be carried on, any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade or business upon the land.

10. The successful bidder will require to pay in cash to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland, or his agent, at the conclusion of the sale, rent for the first half-year of the tenancy, a lease fee of £1 ls., and the loading of £132 for improvements.

11. The right is reserved to the late lessee to enter upon the section, within a period of six months, in order to remove two stacks of hay at present thereon.

Further particulars may be secured on application to the Department of Lands and Survey, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/1719.)

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 7th April, 1931.

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, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 12th May, 1931.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday 14th May, 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.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hawke’s Bay County.—Puketapu Survey District.

(Native Land Settlement Account.)

(Exempt from payment of rent and interest for three years.)

SECTION 4, Block VIII: Area, 583 acres. Capital value, £1,300. Half-yearly rent, £32 10s.

Exempt from payment of rent and the interest portion of the half-yearly mortgage instalments for a period of three years after the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent and £1 ls. (lease fee) have been paid, provided improvements to an equal value to the rent remitted are placed on the land.

Weighted with £900, for improvements consisting of four-roomed dwelling, cow-byre, ring and subdivisional fencing, and bush-felling. This sum may be paid in cash or by a cash deposit of £100, the balance being secured by an instalment mortgage for a term of thirty-six and a half years with interest at 5 per cent. to a discharged soldier, or thirty-four and a half years, with interest at 5½ per cent., to a civilian.

Situated approximately fifteen miles from Napier Railway-station, three miles from Tangoio School, and twenty-seven miles from Heretaunga Dairy Factory. *Access by the Pakuratahi Road, which turns off the Napier-Wairoa Road about twelve miles from Napier on the north-west side of the Tangoio Lagoon. Ten acres flat; balance hilly to steep, broken country. Altitude runs from 90 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level. Pasture mostly in native grass; balance fern, scrub, bush, and blackberry. Well watered. Present carrying-capacity, 400 breeding ewes, 140 dry sheep, 33 mixed cattle. Suitable for sheep and cattle grazing.

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

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/4562.)