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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

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.

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, kohekohe, 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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment 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 Act, 1892.”

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.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—MANGAWEKA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.

Weighted with £160, valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in the rising township of Mangaweka, on the Batley Road. The access is from the main coach-road, which is about 10 chains distant by road which has been roughly formed but is in a bad state owing to heavy traffic. The distance from the section to the Post-office is about 55 chains, 45 chains of which is a good metalled road. The section comprises all flat or slightly undulating land; the soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation. The section is all felled and grassed, and is watered by a stream and well. The improvements comprise felling and grassing; 32 chains of fencing; orchard, stumped, dug up, and planted; four-roomed sawn timber house with one chimney and iron roof, outbuildings, and well.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village Allotments in the Canterbury Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 14th December, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 25th day of February, 1904.

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

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—AROWHENUA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.
Village Allotments.—First-class Land.

Sections 492 and 494 front upon Rayner Street, between Denmark and Alexandra Streets, about 30 chains eastward from Temuka Railway-station, and are intersected by an old watercourse. Section 777 fronts upon Shaw Street, near Princes Street, about one mile eastward from Temuka Railway-station. The sections are suitable for residential and garden purposes. Selectors are limited to 2 acres in the settlement.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.