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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Import Duties Act of United Kingdom.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1938.

WITH reference to the notification published in the Gazette of 1st April, 1937, at page 949, it is hereby notified for public information that according to advice received by the Customs Department, the use of old forms of invoice and certificates of origin will not in future be allowed, and in respect of goods imported into the United Kingdom after 31st March, 1938, production of certificates of origin in the form set out in the Gazette above referred to will be insisted on.

Copies of these forms may be obtained at any Customhouse in New Zealand.

E. D. GOOD, Comptroller of Customs.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th March, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at the Lands Office, Tauranga, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 28th April, 1938, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Tauranga County.—Maketu Survey District.—Atuaroa Village.

SECTION 78, Block II : Area, 26 acres 3 roods 30·75 perches. Upset price, £470.*

*Upset price includes the sum of £132 for improvements, comprising clearing and grassing, boundary and road boundary fencing, 28 chains of drains.

This section is situated on the main Te Puke–Tauranga Road (tar-sealed), three-quarters of a mile from Te Puke Post-office and School, and half a mile from Te Puke Railway-station and Dairy Factory. The property comprises part high land and part improved swamp land; approximately 20 acres in fair pasture, balance in worn-out pasture. Noxious weeds in evidence and require attention. Suitable for farming in conjunction with an established property in the locality.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 1/966 ; D.O. 14/1.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th March, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 26th April, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 27th 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 on account of improvement loading.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taumarunui County.—Ongarue Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block X : Area, 752 acres. Capital value £375. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £11 10s. 9d.; renewable lease: half-yearly rent, £7 10s.

Weighted with £355 for improvements, comprising dwelling of four rooms, cottage, whare, outbuildings, cow-shed, clearing and grassing, road-boundary fencing, internal fencing, and half-share in boundary-fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £15, the balance of £340 may be paid over a period of fifteen years by means of thirty half-yearly instalments of £16 7s. 7d. each.

A grazing property situated on Okauaka Road, nine miles from Waimiha Post-office, Railway-station, School, and cream-collection depot; access by means of good metalled road. Undulating to hilly country broken in parts, about forty per cent. ploughable. Approximately 40 acres is in good pasture, 140 acres bush land felled and grassed (now reverted to fern), 120 acres in standing bush, balance in natural state of fern and tutu. Ragwort requires attention.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/3722 ; D.O.M.L. 3933.)

Education Reserve in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 15th 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, Napier, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 26th April, 1938, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Napier Borough.—Town of Napier.

SECTION 190 : Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £28.

Weighted with £200 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising a shop and workroom, and two small cottages each rented by a tenant. All buildings are of wood and iron.

A level section with a 66 ft. frontage on Carlyle Street, and a depth of 162 ft. Situated close to the centre of the town.

(H.O. 20/936 ; D.O. E.R. 270.)

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Possession will be given on day of sale.
2. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, broken period rental, 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. 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.
9. Lessee to keep buildings insured.
10. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
11. Lease liable to determination if conditions are violated.

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

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.