3078
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 26th November, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 27th day of December, 1906, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—PIAKO COUNTY.—MATAMATA SETTLEMENT.

DAIRY FARM.
Tapapa Survey District.

5 | II | A. B. P. 185 2 0 | £ s. d. 0 6 9 | £ s. d. 31 6 0

Agricultural and pastoral land of light loamy nature, with even surface. Nearly all ploughable, and practically all in grass; well watered by Waitoa Stream. Situated about a mile and a half from Matamata Railway-station. Elevation, about 210 ft. above sea-level. The improvements which are included in the price of the land consist of about 19 chains of fencing on road-boundary and about 20 chains of subdivisional fencing, valued at £19 10s.; also half-share in about 156 chains of fencing on northern and southern boundaries, valued at £39: total value, £58 10s. The improvements which are not included in the price of the land, and which must be paid for by the incoming tenant, consist of lean-to, 10 acres of scrub-clearing, and 22 chains of new fencing, valued at £36.

NOTE.—Tenant must keep the Waitoa Stream clear of all timber and vegetation where it bounds his section. He must also keep open all drains at present on the section.

ORDINARY FARMS.

Wairere Survey District.

25 | XIV | 514 0 0 | 0 0 10·5 | 11 4 10

Level agricultural and pastoral land, in manuka and scrub; rather inferior light loamy soil, practically all ploughable. Elevation, about 200 ft. above sea-level. Situated about six miles and three-quarters from Matamata Railway-station. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of half-share in about 128 chains of fencing on southern boundary, valued at £32.

Tapapa Survey District.

137 | V | 808 0 0 | 0 0 4·5 | 7 11 6

Pastoral land of inferior sandy-clay nature; mostly ploughable; varies from undulating to slightly broken. Altitude, about 350 ft. above sea-level. About 100 acres in Chewing’s fescue, balance in manuka and scrub. There is rough feed through the manuka. The section has a permanent supply of water. The improvements, which are included in the price of the section, consist of about 80 chains of subdivisional fencing, valued at £40. Situated about six miles from Hinuera Railway-station.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 26th November, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction for a term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of January, 1907, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of Part VI of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIROA COUNTY.

Comprises open fern and manuka land; portions in native and self-sown English grasses; light pumiceous soil. Fronts Mohaka River. Elevation, from 500 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Spotswood Settlement, Taranaki Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 5th November, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 12th day of December, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TARANAKI COUNTY.—PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.—SPOTSWOOD SETTLEMENT.

Dairy Farm.

60 | IV | A. B. P. 33 3 0 | £ s. d. 1 2 6 | £ s. d. 18 19 8
{ 1 11 2*

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £40, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £1 11s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £20 10s. 10d.

Weighted with £95, the amount of an existing mortgage to the Superintendent, Government Advances to Settlers Office.

NOTE.—The successful applicant will be required to take a temporary license, under section 116 of “The Land Act, 1892,” of Section 58, Block IV, Paritutu Survey District, containing 19 acres 2 roods, at an annual rental of £1 9s. 4d.

Section 60 is situated with a frontage to the Ngamotu Road, and is accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South, Breakwater, and Ngamotu Roads, 2 miles 76 chains; and from the Breakwater, 1 mile 9 chains. The section consists chiefly of hilly and somewhat broken land, nearly all in fair old pasture, with a strip of bare sand and clay along the northern boundary. The portion of section eastward of intersecting fence, about 4 acres in extent, is nearly flat or easy undulating land. The general quality of the soil is good, being a deep sandy loam on a sandy clay sub-soil; well watered by the Herekawe and branch creek.

The improvements which are included in the price of the land consist of 12 chains of fencing, valued at £3; well, £10. The improvements not included in the price of the land consist of an old five-roomed cottage, valued at £40, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £1 11s. 2d.; also fencing, £10; poultry buildings and yards, £10.

Section 58 is situated on the Paritutu Road. It is accessible from New Plymouth, which is distant by the Main South, Ngamotu, and Paritutu Roads, 2 miles 78 chains; and from the Breakwater by the Ngamotu and Breakwater Roads, 1 mile 18 chains. The section is hilly and broken and falling to the coast-line, and the general quality of the soil is inferior, being chiefly drifting sand or bare clay. The eastern end is growing lupins.

The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 16 chains of boundary and subdivisional fences, valued at £10.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.