2138
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

Land to be disposed of under Section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the land described in the Schedule hereto will be disposed of under the provisions of section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or after Thursday, the 16th October, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—ALTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. M. McCLURE.
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Clareview Settlement, Otago Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 13th August, 1913.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board, either at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 14th August, 1913, or at the Courthouse, Oamaru, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 15th August, 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 district in which he resides.

The ballot for the sections for which there are more than one applicant will be held at the Courthouse, Oamaru, on Friday, 15th August, 1913, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

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.

Possession will be given on the 20th August, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

WAITAKI COUNTY.—OTEOPO SURVEY DISTRICT.—CLAREVIEW SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Weighted with £24 10s., valuation for 70 acres ploughing.
  † Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £300, payable in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly payments of £15 3s.; total half-yearly payment, £58 2s. 6d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital values of the sections consist of boundary and internal fences, valued as follows: Section 1A, £43; Section 2A, £74 10s.; Section 3A, £88 15s. (including sheep yards and dip); Section 4A, £72 15s.; Sections 5A and 6A, £59.

The improvements which are not included in the capital values, but which must be paid for separately, consist of: Section 3A—old house, stable, barn, men’s hut, windmill, and tanks, &c., the whole valued at £300; and 70 acres ploughing, valued at £24 10s.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Clareview Settlement is situated in North Otago, between the railway-line and the coast, about twelve miles south of Oamaru. It consists of about 750 acres of undulating country, about 170 ft. above sea-level, nearly all of which is ploughable. At present most of it is in old grass. It is subdivided into five sections, each of which is nearly ring fenced, and on each of which water can be readily obtained. The nearest railway-station is at Herbert, about two miles and a half distant, at which there is also a post and telegraph office. From Herbert and the Township of Otepopo, nearly adjacent, good formed roads lead to the settlement. There is a State school at Otepopo.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Te Puke Settlement, Otago Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 13th August, 1913.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board, either at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 14th August, 1913, or at the Courthouse, Oamaru, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 15th August, 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 district in which he resides.

The ballot for the sections for which there are more than one applicant will be held at the Courthouse, Oamaru, on Friday, 15th August, 1913, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

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.

Possession will be given on the 20th August, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

WAITAKI COUNTY.—AWAMOKO SURVEY DISTRICT.—TE PUKE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

• Weighted with £20, valuation for about 30 acres ploughed and sown in Algerian oats.
  † Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £600, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly payments of £23 8s.; total half-yearly payment, £83 14s.
  ‡ Weighted with £80, valuation for about 90 acres ploughed and sown in Marshall’s white wheat.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital values of the sections consist of boundary and internal fences, valued as follows: Section 1A, £111 (including plantation, orchard, garden, &c.); Section 2A, £35; Section 3A, £55; Section 4A, £63.

The improvements which are not included in the capital values, but which must be paid for separately, consist of: Section 1A—good seven-roomed house, granary, men’s hut, stable, buggy-house, and outhouses, the whole valued at £600; and 30 acres ploughed and sown in Algerian oats, valued at £20. Section 4A—about 90 acres ploughed and sown in Marshall’s white wheat, valued at £80.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Te Puke Settlement is situated in North Otago, near Georgetown, about eighteen miles from Oamaru. It consists of about 660 acres of undulating country, at an elevation of from 350 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. About 85 per cent. of the area is ploughable, and has been in cultivation for