3008

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 97

Lands in Hokio and Potaka Townships, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, the 5th day of December, 1906, for leases of the undermentioned lands for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, under the provisions of "The Native Townships Act, 1895," and its amendments, and the regulations made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Section. Block. Area. Minimum. Annual Rent.

Rangitikei County.-Potaka Township.

8 IV 0 1 0 1 5 0
Situatcd in Tora Street, fronting the railway-line. Accessible from Utiku Railway-station, about 28 chains distant, by a formed and partly metalled road. Flat or easily sloping land, all in grass; soil of good quality, shingle formation.

Horowhenua County.-Hokio Township.

3 V 1 0 11 2 0 0
4 0 2 26 1 0 0
Situatcd at the mouth of the Hokio Stream, on the left bank. Accessible from Levin Railway-station, about five miles and three-quarters distant.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington, and indorsed on the outside, 'Tender, Township.'
2. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of a half-year's rent at the rate offered, in cash or by marked cheque, together with the lease fee of £1 1s.
   Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The improvements (included in the price of the section) consist of half of 78 chains and the whole of 47 chains of wire fencing, wire-netted, on south boundary, half of 22 chains on west boundary, half of 6 chains and one gate on north boundary, and 50 chains of interior fencing; total value, £56 7s.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Methuen Hamlet, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 22nd October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," and its amendments, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of November, 1906.
If more than one application is received for the section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-EDEN COUNTY.-TITIRANGI SURVEY DISTRICT.-METHUEN HAMLET.

Workman’s Home.

Section. Block. Area. Lease in Perpetuity:
Rent, 5 per Cent.

Rent per Acre Half-yearly
per Annum. Rent.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.

7 .. 2 0 28 3 1 0 {3 6 4
{*3 9 2}

• Interest and sinking fund on building and fencing (valued at £40) repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £3 9s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £6 15s. 6d.
  Agricultural land; good soil, clay subsoil; slightly undulating, and in English grasses; fenced on all sides, and contains two-roomed house. Situated close to the Avondale Railway-station.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Opouriao Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of November, 1906, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-WHAKATANE COUNTY.-WAIMANA SURVEY DISTRICT.-OPOURIAR SETTLEMENT.

Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 5 per Cent.

Section. Block. Area. Rent per Acre Half-yearly
per Annum. Rent.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.

7 II 280 1 0 0 8·4 4 18 1

Weighted with £46, valuation for embankment and willow protective works.
Altitude, from 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Broken country; about one-third mixed forest, comprising tawa, with thick undergrowth of small scrub; balance tea-tree and fern; soil second-class quality, with some good flat along the Waimana River; well watered. Situated about six miles from Taneatua Post-office.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Greenfield Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 2nd October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of November, 1906, 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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.-BRUCE COUNTY.-WAITAHUNA EAST SURVEY DISTRICT.-GREENFIELD SETTLEMENT.

Ordinary Farm.

Section. Block. Area. Rent per Acre Half-yearly
per Annum. Rent.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.

51A I 621 0 0 3 9 58 4 5

Mixed agricultural and pastoral land, rather hilly; soil of good quality—a light loam on a sandy-clay subsoil. Excellent wheat has been grown on the north east portion of this section. There is permanent water in the Dulburn and Waitahuna Streams. Distant about four miles by a good road from Clydevale. Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level.