1824
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

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

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 6th May, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for selection on renewable lease, under the
provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” their amendments, and the
regulations thereunder, and applications for leases will be
received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday,
the 24th day of June, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

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

First-class Land.

(a) Weighted with £12, valuation for fencing.
(b) Weighted with £7 16s., valuation for fencing.
(c) Weighted with £83 9s., valuation for improvements.

• Interest and sinking fund on £50 of the value of buildings, &c.,
  payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments
  of £1 19s. Total half-yearly payment, £9 3s.

† Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £20, payable in
cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of 15s. 7d.
Total half-yearly payment, £31 1s. 1d.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £161, payable
in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £6 5s. 6d.
Total half-yearly payment, £23 7s. 6d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Spotswood Settlement lies between the Main South Road
and Port Moturoa, about two miles and a quarter from New
Plymouth, and extends from half a mile to about two miles
from the Breakwater. The sections comprise rolling, undulating, and flat land, the bulk of which is under good grass;
a portion of a few sections towards the sea-coast is sandy,
with a growth of lupins. The quality of most of the land is
good, being generally a sandy loam, on a kind of free-clay
formation. The climate is mild, and at certain periods
bracing, and the rainfall plentiful. Sections 55, 57, 58, 59,
and 60 are mortgaged to the Government Advances to Settlers
Office for the sum of £100, and Section 62 is mortgaged to
the same office for about £175.

IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN CAPITAL VALUE.

Section 50, fencing, £1 1s.; Section 52, fencing, £1 2s. 6d.;
Section 56, fencing, £2 4s.; Section 68, fencing, £1; Section 78, fencing, £1 6s.; Section 79, fencing, £4 12s.;
Section 84, fencing, £2 6s.; Section 85, fencing, £3 8s.;
Section 86, fencing, £5 12s.; Section 88, fencing, £2.10s.;
Section 91, fencing, £2 18s. 3d.; Section 96, fencing,
£4 8s. 4d.; Sections 36 and 44, fencing, £3 5s.; Sections 93
and 94, fencing, £4 17s. 7d.; Sections 55, 57, 58, 59, and 60,
well and fencing, £14 10s.; Section 62, fencing, £1; Sections 80, 81, 82, and 83, fencing, £6 2s.; Section 87, fencing
and garden, £25.

IMPROVEMENTS NOT INCLUDED IN CAPITAL VALUE.

Section 61, fencing, £12; Section 77, fencing, £7 16s.;
Sections 36 and 44, three-roomed house and lean-to, two outhouses, garden, and fencing, £133 9s.; Sections 55, 57, 58,
59, and 60, five-roomed cottage (out of repair), £20; Section 62, five-roomed house and fencing, £155; Section 87,
eight-roomed house, outhouse, and old factory building, £161.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 5th May, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at
the District Lands Office, New Plymouth, at 11 o’clock a.m.,
on Wednesday, the 10th day of June, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

Distant about four miles from Hawera. The land is level,
of excellent quality, and in good grass.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of
“The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned
lands will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this
office, on Wednesday, the 24th day of June, 1908.

If more than one application is received for the same
section on the same day, the order of selection will be
decided by ballot at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the 25th June,
1908, at the District Lands Office, Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

Open land, with light shingly soil. Situated about ten
miles from Omakau Railway-station and a short distance
from a school.

TIGER HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.

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Open land, with fair soil. Situated about four miles from
Pembroke.

LOWER WANAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.