Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3483

(8) Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the demised land.
(9) Lessee not to assign, transfer, mortgage, sublease, or subdivide the land without the consent of the said Commissioner.
(10) Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments.
(11) No gravel or other material to be removed without the consent of the said Commissioner.
(12) No compensation to be claimed nor any to be allowed for any improvements effected nor for any other cause, but upon the expiration or sooner determination of the lease the lessee to have the right to remove any fencing erected by or belonging to him.
(13) Lease to be liable to termination if lessee fails to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease, whether expressed or implied, within thirty-one days after the date on which the same should be fulfilled.
(14) Acceptance or refusal of any tender to be determined by the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Auckland Land District, and the highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 50370 ; D.O. 3/1812.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th December, 1939.

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 Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 30th January, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, 1st February, 1940, 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 amount of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Pakaumanu Survey District.

SECTION 7, Block XI: Area, 427 acres 1 rood 9 perches. Capital value, £145. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 11s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 18s.

Weighted with £89 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising a whare, woolshed, road boundary fencing, boundary fencing, and half-share in boundary fencing.

This is a grazing proposition situated on Waipa River Road, fourteen miles from Kopaki Post-office, Railway-station, and Cream Depot, eight miles from Mangaokewa School, and fifteen miles from Kopaki Saleyards, access being by metalled road from Te Kuiti which is twenty-seven miles distant. Section comprises mainly easy to undulating country of which about 167½ acres has been grassed (now reverted), 210 acres is in tea-tree and fern, the balance, 50 acres, being in its natural state (standing bush). The Waipa River severs the section and makes access difficult to about half the property. Soil is pumice loam resting on rhyolite formation, watered by Waipa River and running streams and springs. This property is situated in a “sheep-sick” district and is badly infested with ragwort and blackberry which require immediate attention.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/25092 : D.O. O.R.P. 5536.)

Land in the Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 5th December, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

(L. and S. 22/950/8.)

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

Lands in the Marlborough Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 5th December, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Marlborough Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

(L. and S. 22/950/5.)

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands,