2696

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 125

Lands in the Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 10th October, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases or licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/950/3.)

Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1939.

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 District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 12 o’clock noon on Tuesday, 24th October, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 25th October, 1939, 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.

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 weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Palmerston North City.—Kairanga Survey District.

Lots 169, 170, and 171, D.P. 791, part Hokowhitu Native Reserve Nos. 3 and 4, Block XI, Kairanga Survey District: Area, 10 acres 1 rood 37 perches. Capital value £1,050. Deposit on deferred payments, £55. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £32 6s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £21.

Weighted with £720 for improvements, comprising dwelling, garage, fowlhouse, cow-byre, wood-shed, piggeries, troughs, 20 chains road fencing, 10 chains boundary fencing, 30 chains internal fencing, garden, plantation, shelter belts, clearing, stumping, and cultivation.

This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £65, the balance may be paid by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest amounting to £19 13s., over a period of twenty-one years with payments based on a thirty-six-and-a-half-year term; rate of interest, 5 per cent. At the end of twenty-one years the balance of the principal then outstanding will be payable upon demand.

This land is situated at the corner of Pahiatua and Ruahine Streets, Palmerston North, two miles from the Palmerston North Post-office, three-quarters of a mile from the Hokowhitu School, five miles and a half from Kairanga Dairy Factory, and twelve miles from Feilding Saleyards; access being by city streets. It is all flat land, the soil being of a heavy loam resting on clay and shingle formation. At the present time 8½ acres are in good permanent pasture, 1½ acres under cultivation, and ½ acre in lawn and garden. The dwelling has been constructed of poor-quality materials and there is evidence of the presence of borer. Sewerage and town water-supply are laid on to the property.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

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

(H.O. 26/9439; D.O. 22/4364.)

Reserve in Westland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 11th October, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 30th November, 1939, under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Part Reserve 345, Block I, Poerua Survey District: Area, 128 acres 3 roods 5 perches. Upset annual rental, £6.

Loaded with £99 12s. 6d. (payable as stated in clause 3 below) for improvements, consisting of fencing, grassing, and draining.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease: Seven years from 1st January, 1940, and possession to be given as from that date.

2. Six months’ rent, together with £1 1s. lease fee, to be paid immediately on the fall of the hammer and thereafter the rent to be payable half-yearly in advance on the first days of January and July each year.

3. The property to be weighted with £99 12s. 6d. for improvements. Should the purchaser of the lease be any person other than the person entitled to receive payment for the improvements, the amount of £99 12s. 6d. to be paid in cash, on the fall of the hammer, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Hokitika.

4. Lessee not to be required to reside on the land nor to effect improvements.

5. No compensation to be claimed by the lessee nor any to be allowed on account of any improvements effected, nor for any other cause, but at the expiration or sooner determination of the lease the lessee to be entitled to remove any buildings or fencing on the land belonging to him.

6. The lessee to have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the demised land except with the prior written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika.

7. The lessee to prevent the growth and spread of noxious weeds and with all reasonable despatch cause the same to be removed.

8. The lessee to provide accommodation for travelling stock as required by the public at a charge of ½d. 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 to erect and maintain cattle- and sheep-proof fences.

9. The lessee to be liable for payment of all rates, taxes, and other assessments levied against the land.

10. The lessee not to remove gravel without the previous written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, nor to have any right to any minerals on or under the surface of the demised land.

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

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

B. KING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 1913/1315; D.O. M.L. 2273/8.)