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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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valued at £137. Section 7—343 chains of fencing, valued at £119. Section 8—365 chains of fencing, valued at £126.

The improvements which do not go with the sections, but which must be paid for separately, consist of: Section 4—Cottage (at present on Section 5), valued at £120. Section 5—Dwellinghouse of five rooms, wool-shed, men’s quarters, stable, dips and windmill, iron shed, and cow-bail, the whole valued at £702.

DESCRIPTIONS.

Section 1.—Altitude, 1,150 ft. to 1,450 ft. above sea-level. Rolling downs, nearly all ploughable; good agricultural and pastoral country; watered by springs and creeks in gullies. Access by formed road, eleven miles from Waihao Downs Railway-station.

Section 2.—Altitude, 1,120 ft. to 1,440 ft. above sea-level. Rolling downs, nearly all ploughable; good agricultural and pastoral country; watered by permanent stream. Access by good road, ten miles and a half from Waihao Downs Railway-station.

Section 3.—Altitude, 1,050 ft. to 1,335 ft. above sea-level. Rolling downs, nearly all ploughable; good agricultural and pastoral country; small portion in tussock; watered by Waihaorunga Stream and springs. Access by good road, eleven miles from Waihao Downs Railway-station.

Section 4.—Altitude, 1,100 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. Rolling downs, nearly all ploughable; good agricultural and pastoral country; small portion in tussock; watered by springs. Access by good road, nine miles from Waihao Downs Railway-station.

Section 5.—Altitude, 1,050 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level. Rolling downs, nearly all ploughable; good agricultural and pastoral land; watered by springs. Access by good road, eight miles from Waihao Downs Railway-station. The cottage marked A on plan is to be removed to Section 4.

Section 6.—Altitude, 750 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Rolling downs, nearly all ploughable; good agricultural and pastoral country; watered by Waihaorunga Stream. Access by good road, seven miles from Waihao Downs Railway-station.

Section 7.—Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Rolling downs, nearly all ploughable; good agricultural and pastoral country; watered by Waihaorunga Stream. Access by good road, eight miles from Waihao Downs Railway-station.

Section 8.—Altitude, 1,100 ft. to 1,470 ft. above sea-level. Rolling downs, nearly all ploughable; good agricultural and pastoral country; watered by dam and creeks in gullies. Access by good road, nine miles from Waihao Downs Railway-station.

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

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Fortification Hill Settlement, Southland Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 22nd December, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office on Thursday, 26th February, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—TOETGES SURVEY DISTRICT.

Mixed Agricultural and Pastoral Land.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which go with the sections are as follows: Section 1—183 chains boundary fencing and old flax-mill (galvanized iron), valued at £53 17s. 6d. Section 2—131 chains boundary fencing, valued at £23 11s. 6d. Section 3—125 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing, old flax-mill partly burned down, galley with brick chimney, and old hut, valued at £45 19s. 6d. Section 4—169 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £32 16s. Section 5—146 chains boundary fencing, valued at £29 17s. 6d. Section 6—50 chains boundary fencing, valued at £8 15s.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—Altitude, from 300 ft. to 1,061 ft. above sea-level. Mixed agricultural and pastoral land; 200 acres ploughable ridges; 100 acres bush; balance consists of gullies and high rough country; all good grazing-land; well watered by good permanent creeks. The track shown in dotted lines is to be retained for use until the surveyed road is formed and ready for traffic.

Section 2.—Altitude, 250 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. Mixed agricultural and pastoral land; 400 acres, of which 210 acres are in old pasture, are capable of cultivation; 200 acres are in bush, which when cleared will grow good grass. Good land along the southern and eastern faces, steep in places, covered with flax and scrub; good grazing-land; well watered by permanent creeks. The track shown in dotted lines is to be retained for use until the surveyed road is formed and ready for traffic.

Section 3.—Altitude, 200 ft. to 850 ft. above sea-level. Mixed agricultural and pastoral land; 450 acres, of which 310 acres are in old pasture, are capable of cultivation; 100 acres in bush; and the balance of the section can be improved by burning and surface sowing; well watered by permanent creeks.

Section 4.—Altitude, 250 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Mixed agricultural and pastoral land; 350 acres ploughable; 40 acres of bush; very good grazing-land; well watered by permanent creeks. The track shown in dotted lines is to be retained for use until the surveyed road is formed and ready for traffic.

Section 5.—Altitude, from 250 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-level. Mixed agricultural and pastoral land; all good grazing-land; well watered by permanent creeks; 400 acres can be cultivated.

Section 6.—Altitude, from 150 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Mixed agricultural and pastoral land; 270 acres can be cultivated. Mostly good light tussock land; well adapted for grazing, and well watered by permanent creeks.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The land comprised in the Fortification Hill Settlement alternates from flat and undulating land to spurs and downs, while a small area on the eastern boundary is fairly steep and hilly. The settlement is suitable for either sheep or cattle farming, and parts are adapted for dairying. With the exception of 520 acres of old pasture, the whole of the property is in its natural state, being mostly fern, silver tussock, tutu, and flax country, interspersed with clumps of bush, aggregating some 450 acres. The whole of the sections are capable of vast improvement; practically three-quarters of each section is ploughable, and much of the soil is of a good depth and of a nice free nature. All the sections are watered by running streams, and the country lies between 150 ft. and 850 ft. above sea-level, except the east boundary of Section 1, which rises to 1,061 ft. The settlement is situated from two miles and one-eighth to five miles and a quarter from Te Peka Railway-station, which is two miles from Waimahaka Railway-station and village. Access is by metalled, formed, and partly formed roads.

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

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd December, 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 Tuesday, the 24th day of March, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Waipa County, Waipa Parish: Section 45, 9 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.