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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 75

State Advances Corporation for a term of twenty years with interest at the rate ruling as at date of selection. Costs for preparation of mortgage, £2 15s., are to be paid immediately the application is declared successful. A remission of interest under the mortgage for a period of two years will be granted conditional on improvements to the value of £60 being effected annually.

• After payment of first half-year's rent, lease fee, and broken-period rent (if any), an exemption from the payment of rent will be allowed for a period of two years provided improvements to the value of £60 are effected annually during the exemption period.

A sheep- and cattle-grazing proposition situated on Saddler's Road, about thirteen miles from Taumarunui Railway-station and one mile from the Aukopae School; access is by good metalled road. About 100 acres are in fair pasture, about 130 acres in worn-out pasture, 212 acres are in standing bush, and about 20 acres ploughable. The soil is light loam resting on sandstone formation; well watered by springs and creeks. The property is subdivided into four paddocks.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 26/17612; D.O. O.R.P. 897.)

Reserves in the Westland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 11th November, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for leasing by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., on Thursday, 17th December, 1936, under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Reserve 334, Block IV, Bruce Bay Survey District: Area, 200 acres. Upset annual rental, £2.

With the exception of a strip of about 20 acres of dry land along beach frontage reserve comprises swampy land covered with flax and scrub. About one mile south of Karangarua River and about twelve miles and a half from Mahitahi Post and Telephone Office.

Reserve 332, Block IV, Mount Douglas Survey District: Area, 200 acres. Upset annual rental, £8.

Weighted with £240 for clearing, sowing, and fencing. Comprises mostly flat land covered with bush varying from light scrub to heavy bush. Situated on main South Road about one mile from Mahitahi Post and Telephone Office.

Reserve 177, Block XII, Okuru Survey District: Area, 189 acres. Upset annual rental, £2.

Weighted with £150 for felling, sowing, and fencing. Mostly flat land, swampy in parts, covered with light mixed bush. About half of area comprises good alluvial soil; well watered. Situated on Haast Pass Track about four miles from Haast Post and Telephone Office by good metalled pack-track.

Reserve 1241, Block XII, Pohaturoa Survey District: Area, 282 acres. Upset annual rental, £5.

Weighted with £150 for clearing and grazing. All flat land, 100 acres heavy bush, remainder carrying light scrub and flax. Situated at the junction of the Grey and Robinson Rivers, about twelve miles from Kopara by rough riding-track and Nancy River bed, and about forty-three miles from Reefton by dray-road for thirty miles and balance by bush-track and riverbed.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Leasing.

(1) The leases shall be for a term of twenty-one years from the 1st day of January, 1937, but the Crown shall have the right, in the event of the lands being required for any purpose, to determine any of the leases on giving to the lessee twelve months' notice in writing of the intention in that behalf.

(2) Six months' rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, shall be paid immediately on acceptance of a bid, thereafter rentals shall be payable half-yearly in advance on the first days of January and July in each year during the currency of the leases.

(3) Possession shall be given on 1st January, 1937.

(4) Should the purchaser of any lease be any person other than the person entitled to receive payment for the improvements the amount of the loading shall, on the fall of the hammer, be paid in cash to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Hokitika.

(5) The lessees shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and other assessments levied against the demised land.

(6) The lessees shall not be required to reside nor to effect improvements.

(7) No compensation shall be claimed, nor shall any be allowed, on account of any improvements effected by any lessee, nor for any other cause, but at the expiration or sooner determination of a lease the lessee shall be entitled to remove any buildings or fences erected by him on the demised land.

(8) No lessee shall have the right to sub-let, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the demised land except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

(9) The lessees shall prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds, and shall, with all reasonable despatch, remove or cause to be removed all noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(10) No lessee shall have the right to any minerals under or on the demised land.

(11) Each lessee shall provide accommodation for travelling stock as required at the rate of 1d. per head per day or portion of a day for sheep, and 3d. per head per day or portion of a day for cattle, and shall erect and maintain cattle- and sheep-proof fences.

(12) The lessees shall not engage in any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the demised land.

(13) If any lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of his lease within thirty days after the date on which the same should be fulfilled the lessor shall have the right to re-enter and determine the lease.

Terms of sale and full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

G. I. MARTIN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 9/65; D.O. 8/3/862.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 9th November, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is 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, Nelson, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 8th December, 1936.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday, 10th December, 1936, 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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS SETTLEMENT LAND.
Murchison County.—Block VII, Rahu Survey District.—Maruia Settlement.

SECTIONS 14s, 15s, and 16s: Area, 90 acres 1 road 14 perches. Capital value, £210; half-yearly rent, £5 5s.

Improvements consisting of fencing to the value of £20 is included in the capital value of the land.

Situated in the Maruia Valley, about two miles from Maruia Post-office, Station Creek School, and Dairy Factory; access is from Reefton, which is forty miles distant, by metalled road. Flat, tussock land. Soil of fair quality resting on gravel formation; watered by river and creek.

Any further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 6/1/549; D.O. O.L. 816 and 1066.)

Reserve in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 10th November, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve is open for lease under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, and written tenders, marked on the outside “Tender for Lease,” will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, 18th December, 1936.