APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1299

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 appli-
cations 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.—ROLLES-
TON 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: Sec-
tions 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 instal-
ments 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 subdi-
vision 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 fenc-
ing, 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 fenc-
ing, valued at £42 3s. Section 14—57½ chains of boundary
and subdivision fencing, valued at £16 19s. Sec-
tion 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 un-
surveyed 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.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 5th April, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction at this office at
11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 7th day of July, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—FOREST
HILL HUNDRED.

Rural Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.