Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 443

Election of Member of Southland Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 2nd March, 1938.

I, THOMAS CAGNEY, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Southland Land Board, do hereby notify in accordance with section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations thereunder, the result of the ballot taken by me on the 2nd day of March, 1938, for the election of a member of the Southland Land Board, to be as follows:—

Valid Votes
recorded.

Paterson, James Clarke .. .. 569
Durrett, Clement Camm .. .. 82
Turvey, Leslie McDonald .. .. 77

Total valid votes .. .. 728
Informal .. .. .. .. 62

790

And I do hereby declare that James Clarke Paterson having received the greatest number of valid votes is duly elected a member of the Southland Land Board.

THOS. CAGNEY, Returning Officer.

(L. and S. 22/748/10.)

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th March, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property is open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 19th April, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 20th April, 1938, 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.

Applicants are required to produce for inspection when examined documentary evidence of their financial position, such as bank pass-books, certificates or letters of credit from managers of banks, financial institutions, or mercantile firms, or from private persons or parents undertaking to give financial assistance. Persons undertaking to assist financially should state to what extent they are prepared to do so and supply guarantees of their own financial position.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, lease fee, and deposit in reduction of improvement lending.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga County.—Whangape Survey District.

SECTION 13, Block X: Area, 310 acres. Capital value, £450. Deposit on deferred payments, £25; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £13 16s. 3d.; Renewable lease: half-yearly rent, £9.

Weighted with £1,155 for improvements, comprising dwelling of four rooms, yards, 60 chains road-fencing, 100 chains boundary-fencing, 200 chains internal fencing, 230 acres felled and surface sown, two bridges. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £105, the balance may be paid over a term of thirty-six years and a half by instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £31 10s. per half-year.

This is a dairying and grazing property situated on the Broadway-Horekeino Main Highway seven miles from Broadway Post-office, School, and Saleyards by metalled road. The section comprises some 60 acres standing bush, 20 acres fern, and 230 acres felled and grassed. About 100 acres is ploughable, the balance or back portion being steep, hilly country. Section has a sheltered northerly aspect, and is sufficiently well watered by springs and streams during average season, but special provision will require to be made for dry seasons. Soil is friable loam resting in sandstone formation.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/13326; D.O. M.L. 2181.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Education Reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, State Fire Building, Wellington, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 19th April, 1938, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Featherston County.—Huangarua Survey District.

SECTION 60 (Moroa Block), Block I: Area, 40 acres. Upset annual rent, £18 10s.

Weighted with £53 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising 34 chains fencing, being 18 chains road, 7½ chains boundary, 8½ chains internal.

This property is situated four miles from Featherston by main bitumen highway. It is light stony country, all flat and arable, and is watered by a race. The pasture has deteriorated badly and gorse has spread over the greater part of the section. The fencing is poor to good.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, broken-period rent, weighting for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease fee), must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

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

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. 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 his lease.

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

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

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

8. Lessee not to effect improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

9. Lessee not entitled to 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 valuation for improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board, and the amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other payment in arrear. Failing disposal, the land and all improvements revert to the Crown without compensation.

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.

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

(H.O. 20/893; D.O. R. 482.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th March, 1938.

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, on Thursday, 21st April, 1938, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Mataura Borough.—Town of Mataura.

SECTION 9, Block XII: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £2 10s.

Weighted with £5 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising half share of boundary-fencing.