JUNE 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1861

Crown Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned Crown land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 11th day of September, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAWHIA NORTH SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 2nd June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 11th September, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

An estimated area of 10 acres of land fronting Section 21, Block III, Woodland Survey District.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 4th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection; and applications will be received at this office and at the Courthouse, Woodville, on Tuesday, 22nd July, 1913, up to 4 o’clock p.m.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the Courthouse, Woodville, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 23rd July, 1913, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask; but if any applicant so desires, he may be examined by the Land Board of the land district in which he resides.

The ballot for the sections for which there is more than one applicant will be held at the Courthouse, Woodville, on Thursday, 24th July, 1913, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding two years been twice unsuccessful at former ballots.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WOODVILLE COUNTY.—WOODVILLE SURVEY DISTRICT.—AHUATURANGA BLOCK.

First-class Land.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—About 25 acres of rich flat land in the south-west and north-west portions of the section; remainder undulating and hilly country. The whole area is well grassed, chiefly native grasses, with English grass and rushes on the flat country. Distance from Woodville Township, four miles.

Section 2.—About 20 acres of flat land in English grass and rushes; the remainder undulating and hilly, in good native and English grasses. Distance from Woodville, three miles and a quarter.

Section 3.—About 50 acres of flat land in English grass, rushes and raupo, requiring draining; remainder undulating and hilly country, in good English and native grasses. Distant from Woodville, two miles and a half.

Section 4.—About 40 acres of flat land near north and west boundary of section in English and native grass and rushes. Some of the flat requires draining. Remainder of section undulating and hilly country, in good grasses. Distance from Woodville, two miles.

Section 5.—About 20 acres undulating and hilly country, in good grass, chiefly native; remainder is flat land, in English grass and rushes, but wet in winter. Distance from Woodville, one mile and a half.

Section 6.—Rich flat land, in English grass and rushes. Distance from Woodville, three miles and a half.

Section 7.—Rich flat land, in English grass and rushes, similar to Section 6. Distance from Woodville, three miles and a half.

Section 8.—All rich flat land, part wet in winter. Section is in English grass and rushes. Distance from Woodville, three miles.

Section 9.—All flat land, in English grass and rushes. Distance from Woodville, two miles and a quarter.

Section 10.—All flat land, in English grass and rushes; wet in winter. Distance from Woodville, two miles.

Section 11.—All flat land, in English grass and rushes. Distance from Woodville, 1 mile 5 furlongs.

Section 12.—All flat land, in English grass and rushes; wet in winter. About 20 acres of light bush and scrub in the north-west corner useful for firewood. Distance from Woodville, one mile and a half.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital value of the land consist of: Section 1—share in 40 chains of boundary fencing valued at £20; Section 2—share in 72 chains of boundary fencing valued at £36; Section 3—share in 60 chains of boundary fencing valued at £30; Section 4—share in 48 chains of boundary fencing valued at £24; Section 5—share in 40 chains of boundary fencing valued at £20; Section 6—share in 9 chains of boundary fencing valued at £4 10s.; Section 7—share in 9 chains of boundary fencing valued at £4 10s.; Section 8—share in 14 chains of boundary fencing valued at £7; Section 9—share in 30 chains of boundary fencing valued at £15; Section 10—share in 14 chains of boundary fencing valued at £7; Section 11—share in 14 chains of boundary fencing valued at £7; Section 12—share in 16 chains of boundary fencing valued at £8.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Ahuaturanga Block is situated a mile and a half from Woodville, and is subdivided into twelve holdings ranging in area from about 37 acres to 157 acres. The Woodville-Masterton Railway runs through the whole length of the block, the country to the south-west and west of the line being composed entirely of rich flat country in grass and rushes; and that to the south-east and east of the line, comprising for the most part good hill land, well grassed, with lesser areas of flat land also in grass and rushes. In all cases the existing fences have been adopted as boundary of sections, and are in the most suitable positions for that purpose. The block was originally all bush-clad land. The bush, with the exception of some 20 acres of scrub and light bush in the north-west corner of the block, and of value as firewood only, has since been felled and burnt, and the ground surface sown in English and exotic grasses.

The block is capable of great improvement by stumping, draining, and ploughing on the flat portions. Provision has been made for the formation of the necessary roads and drains, which will undoubtedly greatly improve the land and which will also be of great advantage and benefit to the surrounding country. The opening-up and closer settlement of this block should materially assist the dairying industry, which has of recent years rapidly developed in Woodville and the surrounding districts.

The block is well watered and the soil good, especially on the flats, where a rich loamy soil is to be found overlying a clay formation.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.