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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 9th January, 1935, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Kiwitea County.—Ongo Survey District.

PART Section 54, Block VII: Area, 357 acres 3 roods 39·2 perches. Upset annual rental, £199 5s.

Improvements included in capital value consist of felling and grassing. Improvements not included in capital value and valued at £760 comprise shed, 420 chains of fencing, flood-gates, draining, crossings, yards, tracks, planting, and water-supply. This sum must be paid in cash on the fall of the hammer.

This property is suitable for mixed farming. It is situated on Rangitikei South Road, seven miles from Hunterville Post-office, Railway-station, and Saleyards, and five miles from Sandon Block School. Access is by good metalled road from Hunterville. The section comprises approximately 100 acres flat land, 200 acres hilly to undulating, and 58 acres broken by deep gorges. Approximately 200 acres have been felled and grassed, 100 acres stumped, and 58 acres are in natural state. The soil is a heavy loam resting on clay, shingle, and sandstone formation.

Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal at revaluation.

Possession will be given as from the day of sale.

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

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/713.)

NOTE.—This notice is in substitution for that published at page 3754 of the New Zealand Gazette of the 22nd November, 1934, in respect to this property, and the sale previously advertised is hereby cancelled.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 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 Settlement Act, 1925.; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 p.m. on Friday, 4th January, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 8th January, 1935, at 10 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 the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

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

Ashburton County—Corwar Survey District.—Lyndhurst and Lauriston Settlements.

SECTION 12, Block VII (Lyndhurst Settlement), and part Lot 3, D.P. 7375, Block VII (Lauriston Settlement): Area, 329 acres 0 roods 32 perches. Capital value, £4,250; half-yearly rental, £106 5s.

Weighted with £800 for improvements enumerated hereunder, payable in cash or by a deposit of £25, the balance being secured by an instalment-mortgage for a term of twenty years.

This area is in two blocks on the Lauriston–Barr Hill Road, one mile and a quarter from Lauriston Post-office and Railway-station, and one mile and a third from the School. It is watered by county races and is all flat and ploughable. It is good sheep-grazing country when in condition, noted for early fat lambs, and should be used as such until brought into condition for cropping when good wheat crops could be grown. The buildings comprise a modern dwelling of five rooms with all conveniences, electric light, hot and cold water, electric range and motor pump, and two open fires; also motor-shed and an old dwelling and chaff-house. Of the fencing, 390 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing are included in the rental value of the land and remain the property of the Crown, the balance being included in the amount to be repaid as above.

Condition of property: 40 acres in good pasture but with twitch showing through, 67 acres in worn-out pasture and twitch, 30 acres in wheat, 30 acres in oat stubble, 73 acres in green feed, 20 acres in turnips, and 50 acres under fallow for green feed. Some 90 acres were sown down in grass with wheat, oats, and green feed.

After payment of the first half-year’s rent and other deposits required, the Crown will grant a remission of the rent falling due for a period of one year subject to the property being improved to the satisfaction of the Land Board.

For any further details required apply to—

J. F. QUINN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/15934.)

Reserve in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th December, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned wild-game sanctuary is open for lease by public tender under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, and tenders marked on the outside “Tender for Wild-game Sanctuary” will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 7th January, 1935. Persons submitting tenders will be required to appear at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 8th January, 1935, in order that they may be examined by the Land Board.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Ellesmere County.—Southbridge Survey District.

Lot 1, part reserve 3192, Block III: Area, 20 acres approximately. Minimum annual rental, £5.

This area is situated approximately four miles from Leeston Township. About 4 acres is fairly dry land, partly covered with gorse and blackberry, but providing fair grazing, the balance is heavy swamp land, subject to the rise and fall of Lake Ellesmere.

Lot 2, part Reserves 684 and 3192, Block III: Area, 483 acres approximately. Minimum annual rental, £10.

This area is situated approximately four miles from Leeston Township, and comprises approximately 60 acres fairly dry land, giving good grazing, the balance being heavy swamp land providing fair summer grazing when the lake is low.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The successful tenderer to pay immediately on acceptance of tender a half-year’s rent at the rate offered, and £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years. No right of renewal and no right to compensation for improvements effected.

3. Lessee to accept appointment as an honorary Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act and to carry out all the duties pertaining o such appointment whilst he remains the lessee.

4. (a) The land shall be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped.

(b) No grazing shall be permitted on that portion of Lot 2 to the eastward of the road forming the north-western boundary of Reserve 207 and its production to Reserve 959.

5. The lessee shall prevent all kind of trespass on the area, and shall not permit shooting, snaring, or trapping of wild fowl nor the hunting of same with dogs, nor the stealing of their eggs, but shall do all in his power as a lessee and a Ranger to see that the area is provided as a complete sanctuary for all wild fowl.

6. The lessee shall permit a shelter for wild fowl to grow, but shall not permit gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds to spread to the westward of the line referred to in clause 5 hereof.

7. The lessee shall, save as otherwise provided by these conditions, observe all the conditions contained or implied in the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, as to sanctuaries.

8. The lessee shall keep the fences at present on the area or hereafter erected thereon in good order and repair.

9. The lessee shall have no right to sublet the land or the grazing thereof.

Full particulars may be obtained from the office of the undersigned.

J. F. QUINN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/2907.)