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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

Mining Privileges to be Struck off the Register.

Mining Registrar’s Office, Thames, 12th January, 1931.

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 privileges in the Schedule hereunder will be struck off the Register.

H. R. BUSH, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

THAMES DISTRICT.

7660 | 18/2/1925 | Special quartz claim | Whangamata .. | Empire Reefs Gold-mining Company, Ltd.
7841 | 13/10/1926 | ,, | Thames .. | Tui Gold-mining Co., Ltd.
7843 | 13/10/1926 | ,, | ,, .. | ,,
7853 | 24/11/1926 | ,, | ,, .. | ,,

COROMANDEL DISTRICT.

1748 | 27/2/1929 | Special quartz claim | Kennedy Bay .. | Sweeney and Smith.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th January, 1931.

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. 165. Section 5, Bankfield Settlement. Formerly held by J. A. Borman. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 26/17405.)

Inferior Land in North Auckland Land District open for Selection.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th January, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection in pursuance of section 223 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations thereunder, and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 23rd February, 1931.

Every application shall be accompanied by such declaration as may be required, and, on being declared successful, shall be completed by payment of a license fee of £1 1s.

Applicants must appear personally before the North Auckland Land Board for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 25th February, 1931, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

If two or more applications are received in respect of one allotment of land, the Land Board may either determine which of the applicants in its opinion is most suitable to occupy the land, or may cause a ballot to be taken in accordance with the regulations for the time being in force relating to ballots under the Land Act. The decision of the Land Board either in regard to the suitability or otherwise of any applicant, the sufficiency of capital possessed by him, or any other matter connected with the allotment of any section, shall be final and conclusive.

Except on the recommendation of the Land Board and with the approval of the Minister, a single woman shall not be eligible to apply for these lands.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Waitemata County.—Waiwera Survey District.—Riverhead Block.

SECTION 10, Block XIII: Area, 122 acres 3 roods.

Part of well-known Riverhead Block, situated on unformed road about two miles from Kaukapakapa – Dairy Flat Road, which is metalled. Junction is about five miles from Kaukapakapa Railway. Soil brown clay with light covering of sandy loam in gullies and flat. Covered with tea-tree, hakea, with patches of danthonia. Watered by swampy streams. Section is fairly broken. About 50 acres ploughable.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

1. No rent or other charges shall be made in respect of the occupation of these lands.

2. Every license shall be for a term of ten years, and may from time to time be renewed for a like term.

3. No person shall, without the approval of the Minister or on the special recommendation of the Land Board, be qualified to acquire under these conditions more than 400 acres of second-class land or 1,000 acres of third-class land, computed in the manner prescribed by section 107 of the Land Act, 1924: Provided that in no case shall the area comprised in any license exceed 600 acres of second-class land or 1,500 acres of third-class land, computed as aforesaid.

4. No license shall be capable of being assigned or transferred, and any agreement for the assignment or transfer of a license shall be void as such, and shall operate as a surrender of the license to the Crown: Provided, however, that in any case where the licensee has effected improvements on the land comprised in his license to the extent prescribed with respect to the period of two years after the date of selection, or where by reason of special and unforseen circumstances an assignment or other disposition is, in the opinion of the Board and the Minister, desirable, such disposition may be permitted.

5. Every licensee shall, for a period of four years from the date of his license, be exempt in respect of the land comprised in his license, from all general rates made and levied by any local authority.

Improvements.

6. Within two years after the date of selection the licensee shall clear and bring under cultivation not less than one-tenth of the total area of his selection; and, in addition thereto, shall place upon the land substantial improvements of a permanent character to a value equal to not less than ten shillings per acre.

Within four years after the date of selection the licensee shall clear and bring under cultivation an additional area of not less than one-third of the total area of his selection; and, in addition thereto, shall place upon the land substantial improvements of a permanent character to an additional value of not less than ten shillings per acre.

Within six years after the date of selection the licensee shall have laid down in permanent cultivated grasses and clovers not less than one-half of the total area of the section, and have placed upon the land substantial improvements of a permanent character to a total value of not less than thirty shillings per acre.

Before any improvements are effected upon any of the land disposed of under these regulations, a proposal setting out the improvements in detail shall be submitted for the approval of the Land Board.

All areas brought into cultivation and all improvements placed upon the land, shall be maintained in good order and condition during the currency of the license. All areas brought under pasture shall be so maintained by the necessary application of manures: Provided that if the licensee resides on the land comprised in his license, he shall be deemed to have com-