Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3161

IMPROVEMENTS.

The buildings on Sections 6, 12, and 14 are not included in the price of those sections, but are to be paid for separately. They are as follow: On Section 6, cottage of five rooms and outbuildings, and stable with twelve stalls combined with granary; the whole of these improvements are valued at £235, and may be paid in cash or by instalments extending over a period of fourteen years. On Section 12, dwellinghouse of seven rooms and conveniences, valued at £500, which may be paid in cash or by instalments extending over twenty-one years. On this section there are also a four-roomed cottage and shed and stable, these buildings being valued at £100, which may be paid in cash or by instalments extending over a period of seven years. On Section 14 there are a cottage of seven rooms, stable, harness and chaff room, blacksmith’s shop and tool-shed, cart-shed, men’s hut of two rooms, and swaggers’ hut; the whole of these buildings are valued at £197, which may be paid in cash or by instalments extending over a period of seven years. On this section there is also a large wool-shed and grain-store, valued at £200, which may be paid in cash or by instalments extending over a period of twenty-one years.

The selectors of Sections 12 and 14 may (upon payment of the capital value of any such building) apply to the Land Board for permission to dispose of any of the smaller buildings for removal.

The improvements which are included in the prices of the sections are as follow: On Section 1, 50 chains of road-boundary fencing, and half-value of 134 chains of boundary-fencing; total value, £46 10s. 6d. Section 2, 86¾ chains of road-boundary fencing, and half-value of 92½ chains of boundary-fencing; total value, £51 0s. 8d. Section 3, 22 chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 78¼ chains of boundary-fencing, and 21¾ chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £30 19s. Section 4, 22¾ chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 77 chains of boundary-fencing, and 22 chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £30 19s. 6d. Section 5, 125¼ chains of road-boundary fencing, and half-value of 129½ chains of boundary-fencing; total value, £73 10s. Section 6, 132¾ chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 95¼ chains of boundary-fencing, and 101 chains of subdivision fencing; total value, £115 10s. 4d. Section 7, 44 chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 149 chains of boundary-fencing, and 69 chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £80 12s. 1d. Section 8, 147 chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 109½ chains of boundary-fencing, and 83 chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £104 1s. Section 9, 109 chains of road-boundary fencing, and 191 chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £90 1s. Section 10, 128 chains of road-boundary fencing, and 204 chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £112. Section 11, 171 chains of road-boundary fencing, and 82 chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £84 9s. Section 12, 185½ chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 36 chains of boundary-fencing, and 240 chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £112 5s. 6d. Section 13, 40 chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 58½ chains of boundary-fencing, and 190½ chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £89 0s. 6d. Section 14, 47 chains of road-boundary fencing, half-value of 174 chains of boundary-fencing, and 228 chains of subdivision-fencing; total value, £148 10s. 6d.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Pastoral Lands in Hauraki Mining District open for License.

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District Lands Office,
Auckland, 21st June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral lands are open for license under the regulations for the occupation of pastoral lands in Hauraki Mining District, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on Monday, the 22nd day of August, 1910.

If more than one application is received for the same area or part of the same area on the same day, the order of selection will be decided by ballot on Thursday, the 25th day of August, 1910, at 2.30 p.m.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THAMES COUNTY.

2,622 ACRES (unsurveyed), Blocks XIII and XIV, Tairua Survey District, and Blocks I and II, Ohinemuri Survey District. Forest land and old kauri workings, situated on the head-waters of the Tairua River, eight to twelve miles from Puriri.

Term of Lease.—Twenty-one years, with conditional right of renewal.

The minimum area that can be selected is 25 acres. On approval of applications survey fees will require to be deposited in accordance with the scale of fees for the survey of Crown lands. Survey fee is credited to the lessee as rent paid in advance.

All applications are subject to the approval of the Land Board, and applicants who are landless within the meaning of the Land Act shall have preference in the ballot.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Kohika No. 2 Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 4th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office and at the local Lands Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of August, 1910, up to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.—KOHICA NO. 2 SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Kohika No. 2 Settlement is situated on the downs which rise to the eastern slopes of the Hunter’s Hills Range. The point where the road crosses the Makikihi River and enters the settlement is about six miles in a north-westerly direction from the railway-station at Makikihi. The latter is on the Main Trunk Railway line, Christchurch to Dunedin, about one hundred and eighteen miles from Christchurch and eighteen miles from the Port of Timaru. The main road leading down the Makikihi Valley is well formed and metalled. The original Kohika Settlement, formerly part of Mr. T. J. Teschmaker’s Otaio Estate, which was established in 1901 and is now a prosperous settlement, lies about three-quarters of a mile in a direct line eastward from the Kohika No. 2 Settlement.

The settlement lies at an elevation of about 500 ft. above sea-level. It comprises open undulating arable downs land, intersected by broken watercourse channels and by a creek. The soil is of good quality on clay subsoil. About 49 acres on Section 3 and 41 acres on Section 4 have been ploughed; the remainder of the settlement is all in old cultivated grass pasture, with the exception of the terrace faces, which are in tussock.

A new road has been laid out through the settlement in order to give suitable access to each section, and this road will be constructed by the Government in due course. Provision has also been made for the erection of a light footbridge across the Makikihi River at the entrance to the settlement.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements on the sections consist of fencing only, the value of which is included in the prices of the sections. Particulars of the improvements are as follow: Section 1, half-value of 131 chains of boundary-fencing, £40 18s. 9d. Section 2, half-value of 76 chains of boundary-fencing, £12 1s. 9d. Section 3, half-value of 75 chains of boundary-fencing, £12 14s. 3d. Section 4, half-value of 111 chains of boundary-fencing, £34 13s. 9d.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.