SEPT. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2339

(9) Lease to be subject to termination if the 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.

(10) The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted and the decision as to which tender, if any, is to be accepted to be made by the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Nelson Land District.

Any further information required can be obtained on application to this office.

P. R. WILKINSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/6/372 ; D.O. Res. 300.)

Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 11th September, 1940.

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, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 8th November, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 12th November, 1940, 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.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Malvern County.—Hawkins Survey District.

Lot 4, D.P. 4363, part R.S. 26553, Block XI: Area, 58 acres 0 roods 6 perches. Capital value, £350. Deposit on deferred payments, £20. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £10 14s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7.

Weighted with £190 for improvements, comprising dwelling, iron shed, approximately 110 chains fencing, plantations and shelter belts, clearing and grassing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £10, the balance may be secured by loading on the lease for a twenty-year term; half-yearly instalment, £7 4s. 5d.

This property is situated on the Darfield – Charing Cross Road, two miles and a half from the Darfield Railway-station, and comprises all flat, ploughable land, subdivided into four paddocks and watered by County races. The block offers a suitable area for growing green feed and running a few cows and sheep.

NOTE.—The area is not self-supporting and is only suitable to work in with other lands in the district.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/25798 ; D.O. R.L./R. 22.)

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 11th September, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Monday, 21st October, 1940, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Hanmer Crown Leases Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.

Amuri County.—Hanmer Township.—Subdivisions of Section 10, Block I, Lyndon Survey District.

Lot 11: Area, 1 rood 4 perches. Capital value, £65; half-yearly rent, £1 12s. 6d.

Lot 12: Area, 36·9 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

Lot 13: Area, 1 rood 7·8 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

Lot 14: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

Lot 15: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

Lot 16: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

Lot 17: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

Lot 18: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

Lot 19: Area, 32 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 5s.

These sections are situated at Hanmer, adjacent to the Hanmer Golf Links and about three-quarters of a mile from Hanmer Township and Post-office. Lots 11 to 15 have a frontage to Dorset Street (blind road) and Lots 16 to 19 have a frontage to Devon Street (blind road), both roads leading from Jacks Pass Road. The sections comprise good building-sites and are in close proximity to all the sport and health facilities that Hanmer Township offers. Hanmer is situated ninety-three miles from Christchurch and is reached by a regular daily motor-service. Electric light and high-pressure water are available.

Term of Lease: Twenty-one years with right of renewal for further term with rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

A condition of the lease is that buildings to the value of £250 must be erected on the section within twelve months of the date of the lease.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 9/796 ; D.O. 3/116.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 11th September, 1940.

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, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 8th October, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 10th October, 1940, 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 amount of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS SETTLEMENT LAND.

Southland County.—Mabel Hundred.—Lamont Settlement.

SECTION 2s, Blocks II and VI: Area, 150 acres 1 rood 1 perch. Capital value, £1,330*; half-yearly rent, £33 5s.

*Capital value includes the sum of £32 for improvements, belonging to the Crown, comprising fencing.

Weighted with £290 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising cottage, stable, trap-shed, pump-shed and pumping-plant, yards, sheep-dip, wells, electric bore, fencing and drains. The buildings are in poor condition.

The property is situated approximately two miles and a half from Woodlands Railway-station, Dairy Factory, and School, by good metalled road. The area comprises practically level land of medium quality intersected from east to west by approximately 25 acres of swamp capable of successful drainage. Except for 16 acres of new grass, pasture is in poor condition, containing large proportion of brown top and moss.

The farm is divided into seven paddocks by post-and-wire fences in only fair repair while 30 chains of west boundary requires renewal. With the exception of a few patches of gorse near the boundaries the section is comparatively free from noxious weeds. The property, which is suitable for dairying or mixed farming—principally dairying—is watered by pumping-plant and trough at the house and drain.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

THOS. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/1169 ; D.O. S.T.L./S. 1.)