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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

6. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, fences, gates, and drains, and to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, to trim all live hedges, and to yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of the lease.
7. Rent payable half-yearly in advance, subject to penalty at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for any period during which it remains in arrear.
8. No gravel to be removed from land without consent of the Land Board.
9. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.
10. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.
11. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained from the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/147.)

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for License by Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 3rd October, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve known as the “Police Reserve,” Burkes Pass, is offered for license by tender under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, and written tenders addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and marked “Tender for Police Reserve,” must reach the above-mentioned office not later than 12 o’clock noon on Monday, 5th November, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—POLICE RESERVE.

Mackenzie County.—Burke Survey District.

RESERVE 1264A, Block VIII, Burke Survey District: Area, 15 acres 2 roods 31 perches. Minimum annual rental, £5. Improvements, fencing valued at £11 15s., included in capital value of lease.

The land is situated on the Fairlie-Tekapo Road, fourteen miles from Fairlie Railway-station and Saleyards and adjoins the Burkes Pass School. Access is by good gravelled road. Soil of light quality resting on clay and gravel; watered by stream. Altitude about 1,900 ft. Flat land suitable for grazing.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

1. The license is granted for a term of five (5) years and shall be subject to resumption by three months notice in the event of the land being required by the Crown.
2. The licensee shall not be entitled to any compensation for improvements effected on the land, but may remove same on termination of license.
3. The licensee shall be permitted to cultivate and take one root and one oat crop providing the area is subsequently sown down in good grasses.
4. The licensee shall destroy and eradicate and prevent the growth and spread of all gorse, broom, sweetbrier, Californian thistle, and other noxious weeds on the said land.
5. The licensee shall destroy and prevent the increase of rabbits on the said land.
6. The licensee shall pay all rates and taxes levied against the said land.
7. The licensee shall not assign, transfer, sublet, or mortgage in whole or in part his interest without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
8. The licensee shall have no right to cut, fell, or remove or damage in any way the trees in the plantation on the western boundary of the reserve.
9. The right is reserved in favour of the licensor or any person or persons authorized by the Commissioner of Crown Lands to cut, fell, or remove the trees in the said plantation.
10. The license is subject to cancellation and forfeiture without notice in the event of non-fulfilment or breach of any of the conditions or obligations herein contained or implied.

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

J. F. QUINN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 6/7/117.)

Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd October, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 2nd November, 1934.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 6th November, 1934, 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LANDS.—SETTLEMENT LANDS.

Geraldine County.—Orari Survey District.—Tripp Settlement.

(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.*)

SECTION 7, Block VII: Area, 133 acres 2 roods 19 perches. Capital value, £1,022; half-yearly rent, £25 11s.

Loaded with the sum of £395 for improvements, repayable in cash or by a cash deposit of £25 and the balance by forty-two half-yearly payments in advance of £14 8s. 8d. each.

This section forms part of the Tripp Settlement, and is situated on Eugene’s and Bird’s Roads, five miles from Woodbury Post-office, two miles and a half from Orari Gorge School, and fifteen miles from Orari Railway-station. It is watered by creeks and is broken and undulating country; approximately 100 acres is ploughable, the balance comprising bush, gullies, and terrace faces. The improvements consist of a five-roomed dwelling with scullery, range, and four open fires, cowbyre, garage, and fencing, the whole valued at £395 and repayable as stated above. The land is in a fairly bad state with gorse and is mainly suitable for grazing of sheep and dairy cows, although crops of oats and green feed can usually be grown with success.

• Special Condition.—After payment of the required deposit of the first half-year’s rent, broken period rent (if any), lease fee, and deposit on account of improvements, &c., a remission of rent for a period of two years will be granted subject to improvements to at least the value of the remitted rent being effected.

(L. and S. 19405.)

Ashburton County.—Wakanui Survey District.—Valverde Settlement.

(Exempt from payment of rent for 1½ years.*)

Section 10 and Lots 3 and 4, D.P. 8998, part Section 5, Block III: Area, 398 acres 0 roods 29 perches. Capital value, £2,326; half-yearly rent, £58 3s.

Loaded with improvements valued at £426, repayable by a cash deposit of £76, a first-installment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for £230 for a term of thirty years with interest at 5½ per cent. per annum, and the balance of £120 by forty-two half-yearly instalments in advance of £4 13s. 8d. each.

This area forms part of Valverde Settlement, and is situated on Denshire’s Road, ten miles from Ashburton Post-office and four miles from Wakanui School. It is all flat and ploughable, subdivided into nine paddocks, and is suitable for sheep-grazing (good fattening country), oat-growing, &c. When fully improved should carry up to 300 ewes. The improvements comprise a four-roomed dwelling with electric light, hot and cold water, range and open fire, &c., a stable, and approximately 105 chains of subdivisional fencing, and half value of 34 chains boundary-fencing, the whole valued at £426 and repayable as stated above. All other improvements including the balance of the boundary-fencing is included in the rental value and remains the property of the Crown.

• Special Condition.—After payment of the required deposit of the first half-year’s rent, broken period rent (if any), lease fee, and deposit on account of improvements, a remission of rent for a period of eighteen months will be granted subject to improvements to at least the value of the remitted rent being effected.

(L. and S. 32/49.)

Waimate County, Otaio Survey District.—Hillboro Settlement.

(Exempt from payment of rent for one year.*)

Section 2, Block XV: Area, 186 acres 2 roods 31 perches. Capital value, £1,782; half-yearly rental, £44 11s.