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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 25

of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAIHAO SURVEY DISTRICT.—ALLANHOLME SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £481, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £24 5s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £78 5s. 10d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

This settlement is situated on the south branch of the Waihao River, about two miles north-westerly from the Waihao Forks Railway-station, about ten miles from Waimate and fourteen miles from Studholme Junction, on the Christchurch-Dunedin Main Trunk Railway. Agricultural sections, ranging in altitude from about 500 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level, comprising undulating and easy sloping spurs, level terraces, and river-flats. The soil is generally good, rich in places, on a clay subsoil, slightly stony on some of the river-flats. The property is at present carrying grass, oat and wheat stubble, rape and turnips, with a few patches of unbroken land in tussock and English grasses. The greater portion of each section is ploughable.

All of the sections are watered by the Waihao River, with the exception of Section No. 5, which is watered by Stony Creek and springs. There are also several small streams which are liable to dry up during dry seasons. The dwellinghouse and stables on Lot 4 are supplied with good water from a bore and windmill on Stony Creek, and good water can probably be found by boring on any of the sections.

All the sections have road-access. A new road has been laid out through Sections 1, 2, and 3 (which will be formed) giving access to good homestead-sites.

Reserves for school and creamery sites have been provided.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are not included in the price of the sections, but which have to be paid for separately, are the buildings on Lot 4, consisting of a six-roomed cottage; eight-stalled stable, wool-shed, and feed-house combined; men's hut of three rooms; and old hut and stable. The whole of these improvements are valued at £481, to be paid for in cash, or by half-yearly instalments of £24 5s. 10d. for a period of fourteen years.

The improvements which are included in the price of the sections are as follows: Section 1—134 chains of boundary-fencing, £56 7s. 6d. Section 2—122 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £77 16s. Section 3—99 chains of boundary-fencing, £53 4s. Section 4—289 chains of boundary-fencing, also sheep-dip, sheep-yards, windmill and tank, orchard and plantations, £306 12s. 6d. Section 5—210 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £95 4s. Section 6—125 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £70. Section 7—239 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, £130 17s. 6d. Section 8—147 chains of boundary-fencing, £67 6s. 6d.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

ISLINGTON. Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—PAPARUA COUNTY.—ROLLESTON SURVEY DISTRICT.—DRAYTON SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £335, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £16 18s. 4d. Total half-yearly payment, £47 5s. 10d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £378, payable in cash or in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £19 1s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £79 7s. 10d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The settlement is situated between three-quarters of a mile and two miles and three-quarters north-westward from Templeton Railway-station, which is nine miles from Christchurch on the Christchurch-Dunedin Main Trunk Railway line. It comprises open level land, varying in quality from good light soil to rich agricultural land. The following is the condition of the various sections: Sections 1 and 2—partly in rape, clover, and grass. Section 3—wheat and oat stubble. Section 4—rape, wheat, and oat stubble, and red clover. Section 5—grass. Section 6—grass, wheat, and oat stubble. Section 7—wheat stubble. Sections 8, 13, 14, 19, and 20—grass. Sections 9 and 10—partly in oats and grass. Sections 11 and 12—in wheat and grass. Sections 16, 17, and 18—in wheat stubble.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are not included in the price of the sections, but which have to be paid for separately by the selectors, are the buildings on Sections 4 and 6, as follows: Section 4—dwellinghouse of six rooms, wash-house, men's hut, loose-box and stable, valued at £335, to be paid for in cash, or by half-yearly instalments of £16 18s. 4d. for a period of fourteen years. Section 6—dwellinghouse of six rooms, wash-house, and stable, valued at £378, to be paid for in cash, or by half-yearly instalments of £19 1s. 10d. for a period of fourteen years.

The improvements which are included in the price of the sections are as follows: Section 1—238 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £88 6s. Section 2—186½ chains boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £78 14s. Section 3—162½ chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £51 12s. 6d. Section 4—164½ chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, and plantation, valued at £79 7s. 6d. Section 5—197½ chains