3226
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

Education Reserve in North Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th October, 1934,

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for lease by public auction at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Tuesday, 13th November, 1934, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Mangonui County.—Ahipara Parish.
(Kaitaia Drainage District.)

Lots 1 and 3, D.P. 19156, part of Allotments 27 and 28: Area, 236 acres 2 roods 20 perches. Upset annual rent, £12. Weighted with £30 (payable in cash) valuation of a dwelling 10 ft. by 22 ft., with lean-to 6 ft. by 9 ft., walls and roof of corrugated iron and rough lined. Iron chimney.

Situated on the Pukepoto–Waipapakauri unformed road seven miles and a half from Kaitaia, three miles from Pukepoto School, and one mile and a half off the Kaitaia–Ahipara Road. Peat soil resting on clay and sandstone. About 50 acres consists of partly consolidated peat of which about 30 acres is in paspalum and lotus major, balance of area is unimproved, more or less covered in fern and tea-tree with paspalum scattered throughout. The peat is deeper on the undeveloped portion than on the 30 acres in grass.

Detailed terms and conditions of lease and full particulars may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/413.)

Education Reserve in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th October, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Monday, 12th November, 1934, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF WINTON.

SECTION 16, Block IX; Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £1.
Suitable for building-site.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Possession will be given on the day of the sale.

2. Six months rent at the rate offered, and rent for the broken period, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.) must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

4. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges, and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of the lease.

6. Lessee not to transfer, mortgage, sublet, or subdivide without consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

8. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without consent of the Land Board.

9. 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 incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee, and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payments in arrear.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

11. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

12. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

Form of lease and full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill.

B. C. McCABE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/31.)

Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenure.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 9th October, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on optional tenure under the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 13th November, 1934.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 15th 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.—Otara Survey District.

SECTION 46, Block VI: Area, 273 acres 3 roods 32 perches. Capital value, £280. Deposit on deferred payment, £15: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payment, £8 12s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 12s.

Situated four miles and a half from Tokonui Railway-station and School by good gravelled road to within three-quarters of a mile, balance formed. Altitude about 500 ft. above sea-level.

The section comprises level to undulating land all in mixed bush. The soil is of good quality on free clay subsoil and will hold English grasses permanently. The tramway through the section has been excluded from the area.

Application forms and any further information desired may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

B. C. McCABE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2539.)

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Maori Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 24th September, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1931, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 20th November, 1934, for the lease of the land named in the Schedule hereto, for a term of twenty-two and a half years.

SCHEDULE.
OHURA COUNTY.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Tangitu Survey District.

SECTION 3, Block VIII: Area, 327 acres. Upset annual rental, £21 11s.
Loaded with improvements valued at £292.

Section 1, Block IX: Area, 317 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Upset annual rental, £19 16s.
Loaded with improvements valued at £525.

Section 4, Block IX: Area, 346 acres 2 roods 24 perches. Upset annual rental, £10 7s. 6d.
Loaded with improvements valued at £155.