APRIL 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1233

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.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Drayton Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 15th March, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office, and the local Lands Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 25th day of April, 1911, up to 4 o’clock p.m. under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

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 of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £90 8s. Section 6—209 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, and garden, valued at £99 15s. 6d. Section 7—78 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £25 15s. Section 8—169½ chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £70 4s. Section 9—46 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £15 11s. Section 10—47 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £16 5s. Section 11—50 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £16 5s. Section 12—49½ chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £14 16s. Section 13—133 chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £42 3s. Section 14—57½ chains of boundary and subdivision fencing, valued at £16 19s. Section 16—17 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £6 7s. 6d. Section 17—16 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £6. Section 18—28 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £9 12s. Section 19—16 chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £6. Section 20—28½ chains of boundary-fencing, valued at £12 5s.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District to be disposed of under Section 138 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 6th March, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the adjoining lessee, under section 138 of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 8th day of June, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area comprising 340 acres, more or less, being part of Section 99, also Sections 100, 101, 102, part 104, Sections 105, 106, and part 110, Parish of Karamu, Raglan County.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 28th March, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 129 of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 29th day of June, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

AN estimated area of three-quarters of an acre of unsurveyed land in Block I, Otokia Survey District, at the boundary of Sections 2A and 3A, Duncan Settlement, and between the road and the chain reserve along the high-water mark of the ocean.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.