Aug. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1859

Weighted with £420 for improvements, comprising dwelling, wool-shed, yards, outbuildings, 300 chains fencing, and 100 acres felled and grassed. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £30, the balance may be secured by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand for a term of twenty-five years with interest at the rate ruling as at date of selection. Instalments under the mortgage payable quarterly. Costs in connection with the preparation of the mortgage (£3 7s.) must be paid immediately an application is declared successful.

A grazing property situated on the Ohaihae Road four miles from Taringamotu Post-office and Railway-station, five miles from Okahukura School, and eight miles from Taumarunui Saleyards. Cream is collected four miles from the section. Access is by five miles metalled road and three miles clay track from Taumarunui. The section comprises hilly to broken country with steep sandstone faces. The soil, which is clay loam resting on sandstone and papa formation, is poor. The property, subdivided into six paddocks, is watered by streams and springs. A small amount of ragwort and foxglove is in evidence.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 31/74 ; D.O. R.L. 374.)

Town Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 17th August, 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 30th September, 1937, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.
Malvern County.—Town of Horndon (Darfield).

Reserve 3606, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £20.
Reserve 3607, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £20.
Reserve 3618, Block XII: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £20.
These sections are situated in Horndon Township (Darfield) and comprise good building-sites. Reserve 3606 has frontage to Thornton Street, Reserve 3607 has frontage to Russell Street, and Reserve 3618 has frontage to Railway Terrace.

Terms of sale and any further information required may be obtained at this office.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/1/169 ; D.O. 14/13.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 17th August, 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 29th September, 1937, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.
City of Invercargill.—Town of Invercargill.

Section 22, Block XLVI: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £7.

Weighted with £160 (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising four-roomed wooden dwelling with bathroom and washhouse, fitted with hot and cold water, electric light, and sewerage.

This is an ideal residential section situated at the corner of Teviot and Ythan Streets, with a frontage of one chain to the former street and two chains and a half to the latter street.

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Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Possession will be given one month after the date of the sale of the lease.

2. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), and improvement loading must be paid immediately on the fall of the hammer.

3. Term of lease—Twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rents 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 repair and condition at the expiration of the lease.

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

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

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 termination 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 may be perused and any further particulars required may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.

T. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 20/879 ; D.O. E.R. 2315.)

Settlement Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 17th August, 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Wednesday, 23rd September, 1937, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN (SETTLEMENT) LAND.
Southland County.—Waikiwi Town Settlement.