3234
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital values of the sections consist of fencing, as below. The general value of the fencing is 12s. 6d. a chain. In the cases of boundary fences the value is divided equally between the adjoining sections, while road and internal fences are given their full value: Section 1—289 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £180 12s. 6d. Section 2—88 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £27 10s. Section 3—181 chains of boundary and 80 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £106 10s. Section 18—135 chains of boundary and 221 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £180. Section 19—80 chains of boundary and 170 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £131. Section 20—48 chains of boundary and 30 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £33 15s. Section 21—5 chains of boundary fencing, valued at £1 10s. Section 22—5 chains of boundary and 13 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £9 10s. Section 23—9 chains of boundary and 21 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £15 18s. 6d. Section 25—14 chains of boundary and 21 chains of internal and road fencing, valued at £17 10s.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value, but which must be paid for separately, comprise: Section 1—House of six rooms in good order, outbuilding, cow-shed, and yard, the whole valued at £385. Section 3—House of seven rooms and bathroom in good order, and small shed, the whole valued at £500. Section 18—Barn converted into a house of six rooms, valued at £75.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—Undulating land, poor to medium quality; mostly ploughable. Partly tea-tree and light bush. Most of the section has been cultivated; watered by running stream. Five miles from Whakapirau by formed road metalled for three miles and a half. The lessee of this section will have the right to use the small reserve at the junction of Colbeck and Pahi Roads, containing 3 acres 2 roods 15 perches. This reserve contains a shed, cistern, and sheep-dip.

Section 2.—Undulating to hilly limestone country, practically all in rat-tail grass; 6 acres light bush, and about 47 acres tea-tree; poorly watered in summer, in winter by small streamlets, but supply probably obtainable by boring. Six miles and a half from Whakapirau by formed road, of which four miles is metalled.

Section 3.—Undulating to hilly land; limestone formation; well watered by stream; 102 acres rat-tail grass, 56 acres manuka and light bush. Five miles and three-quarters from Whakapirau by formed road, of which four miles is metalled.

Section 18.—Undulating land; about 12 acres grass, 60 acres fern; balance manuka scrub, &c. Inferior clay soil, with limestone outcrops in places; well watered by small stream. Three miles from Whakapirau by metalled road.

Section 19.—Pastoral country, mostly ploughable. Soil partly light and partly clay, on limestone formation; permanent water. About 80 acres grass; balance light to heavy manuka. Inside partly fenced. Four miles and a half from Whakapirau by formed road, three miles and a half being metalled. Access also by Ford Road—five miles to Whakapirau, four miles metalled.

Section 20.—Pastoral country; light and clay soil, on limestone formation. Covered with light to very heavy tea-tree; no permanent water in midsummer. Six miles from Whakapirau by formed road; four miles and a half metalled.

Section 21.—Practically all ploughable grass clearing; good flats along river. About 6 acres light bush and tea-tree. Five miles and three-quarters to Whakapirau; three miles and a half metalled, rest unformed.

Section 22.—Recently cleared heavy manuka, in new grass; three-quarters ploughable. Five miles and a half to Whakapirau; three miles and a half metalled, rest unformed.

Section 23.—Mostly ploughable; 18 acres recently cleared of light to heavy manuka; balance manuka and fern. Five miles and a half to Whakapirau; three miles and a half metalled, remainder unformed.

Section 24.—Mostly ploughable; unimproved, in light to heavy tea-tree. Five miles and a quarter to Whakapirau; three miles and a half metalled, balance unformed.

Section 25.—Cleared and in grass; some new, remainder danthonia; nearly all ploughable. Light soil, on limestone formation. Five miles and a quarter to Whakapirau; three miles and a half metalled, balance unformed.

All sections have access to tidal water sufficiently deep at high tides to carry a fair-sized punt. Soil is, generally speaking, mixed limestone and clay. Sections 21 to 25 are considered suitable for fruit-farms.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 2nd September, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 138 of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 4th day of December, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—MAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 7th October, 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 15th day of January, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—TOWN OF CALCIUM.

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

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 14th October, 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 22nd day of January, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 14th October, 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 22nd day of January, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.