Nov. 3.]

After payment of the first half-year's rent, the Land Board
will grant a remission of one year's rent to the incoming lessee,
provided the land is sown in grass to the satisfaction of the
Board.

This section is situated on the corner of Avenue Road and
Baker Street, Foxton, one mile and a quarter from the Post-
office and School. It comprises level, sandy land capable of
growing good pasture if fertilized, and is suitable for building-
sites, market gardening, or poultry farming. There are no
buildings.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered, broken-period rent,
   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 build-
   ings, 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 to keep buildings insured.

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

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

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

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

10. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improve-
    ments; 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.

11. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be
    paid on rent in arrear.

12. Lease liable to termination if conditions are violated.

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. 9/369; D.O. W. 699.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 1st November, 1938.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section
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, Christchurch, up to 4 p.m. on Friday, 9th
December, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday,
13th December, 1938, at 10.30 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 amount of improvement loading.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLE-
MENT LAND.

Waimairi County.—Christchurch Survey District.—Avonhead
Settlement.

SECTION 9B, Block X: Area, 8 acres 3 roods 3 perches.
Capital value, £360 ; half-yearly rent, £9.

Loaded with the sum of £9 (payable in cash) for fencing
improvements.

The above area, which provides a suitable site for a
worker's home, is situated on the Avonhead Road, one mile
and a half from Riccarton Post-office and School and three-
quarters of a mile from Riccarton tram stop. The land is
all flat and ploughable, subdivided into two paddocks, and
offers good cropping and grazing land, at present in old grass
pasture; watered by county race.

For any further particulars required apply to the under-
signed.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/5380; D.O. O.L. 3296.)

Town Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 1st November, 1938.

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, Christchurch, up to
4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, 9th December, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on
Tuesday, 13th December, 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.

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 weighting for
improvements. The selector of subdivision l will also be
required to pay interest on the improvement loading for
the broken period between the date of the auction and
31st December, 1938, and proportion of insurance premium
on buildings.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.

Ashburton County.—Rakaia Survey District.—South Rakaia
Township.

SUBDIVISION 1, Reserve 1667, Block XIII: Area, 1 rood
4 perches (approximately). Capital value, £60; half-yearly
rent, £1 10s.

Weighted with £200 for improvements, comprising dwelling
of four rooms, bathroom and scullery, detached washhouse,
wood-range, and fireplace in sitting room, electric light;
store-room with two double sliding doors and concrete floor;
shop, matchlined, with ceiling throughout and divided into
two rooms, two show windows, and separate entrances;
fireplaces in both rooms. This sum is payable in cash, or,
after payment of a cash deposit of £20, the balance of £180
may be repaid over a period of ten years by half-yearly
instalments of £11 13s. ld.

Subdivision 2, Reserve 1667, Block XIII : Area, 33 perches
(approximately). Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent,
£1 5s.

Weighted with £12 for improvements, comprising an old
building suitable for a garage. This sum is payable in cash.

The above subdivisions are situated in the South Rakaia
Township, in the centre of the business portion of the town
and handy to the railway-station. The land is level, cleared,
and in grass.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/1422; D.O. O.L. 2376.)