Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3377

Inferior Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th November, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection in pursuance of section 223 of the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 13th January, 1936.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 15th January, 1936, at 10.30 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—INFERIOR LAND.

Waitemata County.—Waiwera Survey District.

SECTION 12, Block XIII: Area, 204 acres 2 roods 10 perches. This section is situated about seven miles from Kaukapakapa by formed metalled road. About 200 acres are poor gum-clay land and about 4½ acres consists of narrow swamps in gullies. About 50 acres are broken country and the balance is ploughable; watered by swampy streams.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of License.

No rent shall be payable.

Term of license: Ten years.

No license shall be assigned or transferred without consent of the Board and Minister.

Exempt from all general rates for four years.

Improvements.

Within two years clear and bring under cultivation not less than one-tenth of the total area, and, in addition, substantial improvements of a permanent character to a value equal to not less than 10s. per acre.

Within four years clear and bring under cultivation an additional area of not less than one-third of the total area, and, in addition thereto, shall place upon the land substantial improvements of a permanent character to an additional value of not less than 10s. per acre.

Within six years have laid down in permanent cultivated grasses and clovers not less than one-half of the total area of the section, and substantial improvements of a permanent character to a total value of not less than £1 10s. per acre.

Before any improvements are effected a proposal setting out the improvements in detail shall be submitted for the approval of the Land Board.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/2948.)

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Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th November, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to noon on Monday, 16th December, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, 19th December, 1935, at 10.30 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Orahiri Survey District.

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

SECTIONS 10 and 11, Block VII: Area, 459 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £265; half-yearly rent, £5 6s.

Weighted with £380 for improvements, consisting of dwelling, clearing and grassing, 120 chains of drainage, approximately 160 chains of road-boundary fencing, 140 chains of subdivisional fencing, and half-share in 120 chains boundary-fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or the total sum may remain on instalment mortgage to the Public Trustee payable as follows:—

(a) Conditional remission of interest charges for two years—during this period no principal in reduction of the mortgage amount is payable.

(b) After expiry of the first two years and for the succeeding three years interest at 5 per cent. is payable on the mortgage amount—no principal payable.

(c) After expiry of the period of five years the mortgage amount of £380 is payable over a period of twenty-five years (interest rate, 5 per cent.) by instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £13 7s. 11d. each half-year.

A grazing property situated on Waitomo Valley Road, five miles from Otorohanga Railway-station, Post-office, Dairy Factory, and Saleyards; access by metalled road. Undulating to hilly land broken in the centre by a rocky bluff. Approximately 160 acres of worn-out pasture, 70 acres of steep sandstone bluffs, 4 acres in scattered clumps of bush, balance of area in natural state of fern and tutu. Ragwort and blackberry require attention.

• After payment of the first half-year’s rent no rent will be charged for two years, and no interest will be charged under the instalment mortgage for two years, provided a sum equivalent to the concessions granted is expended each year in effecting permanent improvements to the land.

For any further information required apply to the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1450/303.)

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Education Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 20th November, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the undermentioned education reserve will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 20th January, 1935, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

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SCHEDULE.

PATEA BOROUGH.—PATEA SUBURBS.

SUBDIVISIONS 1 and 2 of Section 42: Area, 1 rood 2·6 perches. Minimum annual rent, £3.

Weighted with the sum of £4 for improvements, comprising felling, grassing, and old fencing. This sum is to be paid in cash immediately a tender is declared successful.

The above subdivisions, which are situated at the corner of Egmont and Victoria Streets, comprise flat land, all in grass. They were originally fenced, but fencing is in a very deteriorated condition and is of little value.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, and lease and registration fees, £2 2s., to accompany tender.

2. Term of lease is twenty-one years with perpetual right of renewal for successive terms of twenty-one years at rents based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. No compensation for improvements; but if lease is not renewed upon expiry the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Land Board. Failing disposal, the land and improvements revert to the Crown without compensation.

4. No transfer, mortgage, sublease, or subdivision allowed without consent.

5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all improvements, to trim all live hedges, and to yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of the lease.

6. 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.

7. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.

8. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.

9. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Envelope containing tender to be marked “Tender for Lease,” and addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth.

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

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1098/622.)