Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2639

Lands in Taranaki Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 29th day of December, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TARANAKI COUNTY.—PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Spotswood Settlement.

87 | IV. | 19 2 0 | 2 5 0 | {21 18 9
| 10 6 9*

Section 87, Block IV., Paritutu Survey District, is situated between the Main South Road and the Herekawe Stream. The distance from New Plymouth by the Main South Road is 2 miles 45 chains, and from the Breakwater by the Main South and Ngamotu Roads 1 mile 60 chains. The section comprises flat and slightly hilly land, all in good pasture, though the grass on the back portion is somewhat coarse in places. The general quality of the section is good, the soil being a deep sandy loam on a clay subsoil, generally well watered. The improvements which are included in the price of the land consist of 44 chains of boundary and interior fencing valued at £15; garden, plantation, &c., £25. The improvements which are not included in the price of the land consist of an eight-roomed dwellinghouse, with passage, two brick chimneys (one double and one single); house built of rimu and kauri; three rooms dressed wood in ceilings, other rooms scrim and paper; corrugated-iron roof: valued in all at £225. Old wooden dairy, valued at £8; open cart-shed, valued at £5; dairy-factory building, £20; calf-shed, £2; cowshed, £5. Total, £265, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £10 6s. 9d.

HAWERA COUNTY.—HAWERA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Tokora Settlement.

4 | IX. | 67 1 0 | 1 3 3·5 | 39 3 6

Section 4, Block IX., Hawera Survey District, comprises rich, loamy, open agricultural land (except 5½ acres under plantation); about 51 acres was ploughed last year and is now under stubble, &c. The section is divided into two paddocks, and is well sheltered from the prevailing south-easterly winds by good plantations. The distance from Borough of Hawera and railway-station is about four miles, three of which is along a good metalled road. The altitude above sea-level varies from 230 ft. to 240 ft. The improvements (which go with the land) consist of about 98 chains of fencing, valued at £62.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £265, payable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £10 6s. 9d. Total half-yearly, £32 5s. 6d.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Paparangi Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of January, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—PAPARANGI SETTLEMENT.

15A | XII. | 2 1 23 | 3 0 0 | 3 11 10

This section is situated in the Paparangi Settlement, and fronts on to the Porirua Road. The access is from Johnsonville, which is about half a mile distant by good metalled road. The section comprises low, open, grass spurs and gullies, with good building-site. The soil is of a fair quality, resting on clay-and-sandstone formation.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Maungaraki Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of January, 1904, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—PETONE BOROUGH.—MAUNGARAKI SETTLEMENT.
Ordinary Farms.

120 | XIII. | 7 3 6 | 1 4 0 | 4 13 5

Weighted with £1 10s. valuation for improvements.

The section is situated on the hills to the north of and close to the Korokoro Village Settlement. The access is from Petone Railway-station, which is about two miles distant, via the Korokoro, Maungaraki, and Akatea Roads, which are all formed for dray traffic. The section comprises easy undulating and hilly country; there is about half an acre in light native bush, the remainder being in grass, but patches are overgrown with gorse. The soil is of good quality, resting on clay-and-rock formation. The forest is light, comprising tawa, mahoe, hinau, &c, with a light undergrowth of the usual variety. The elevation ranges from about 300 ft. to 550 ft. above sea-level. The following improvements are included in the price of the section: 18 chains of old post-and-wire fencing, and estimated original cost of felling and sowing with grass the cleared portion of the section, valued at £26 5s. The section is weighted with £1 10s. for 15 chains of fencing.

113 | XIII. | 4 2 9 | 1 4 0 | 2 14 8

Weighted with £3 6s. 8d. valuation for improvements.

The section is situated on the hills to the north of and close to the Korokoro Village Settlement. The access is from Petone Railway-station, which is about two miles distant, via Korokoro and Maungaraki Roads, which are formed and metalled to within half a mile of the section; the last half-mile is formed but not metalled. The section comprises undulating and hilly country, falling from the front to the back. About 2 acres are under light native bush, the remainder has been cleared and grassed, but is now mostly overgrown with gorse. The soil is of good quality, resting on rock formation. The forest is light, comprising tawa, mahoe, kohekobe, hinau, and rata, with a light undergrowth of makomako, raranui, supplejack, &c. The elevation ranges from about 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. The improvement for which the section is weighted is an excavation for a house.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.