SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3529

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 4th September, 1914.

THE Court Pride of Dunedin, No. 3780, Ancient Order
of Foresters, situated at Dunedin, is registered as a
friendly society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909,
this 2nd day of September, 1914.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 4th September, 1914.

THE Loyal Star of Edendale Lodge, No. 9243, situated
at Edendale, is registered as a branch of the South-
land District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order
of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly
Societies Act, 1909, this 2nd day of September, 1914.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 5th September, 1914.

THE Hope of Richmond Tent, No. 93, situated at
Christchurch, is registered as a branch of the New
Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites
Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909,
this 3rd day of September, 1914.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1914.

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 Wednesday, the 9th day of December, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-MANGONUI COUNTY.
SECTION 72, Maungataniwha East Parish : Area, 150 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1914.

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 Wednesday, the 9th day of December, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
PARTS Section 10, Block V, and Section 3, Block IX, Whare-
papa Survey District : Area, 40 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1914.

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 Wednesday, the 9th day of December, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.
SECTION 24A, Block V : Area, 5 acres 2 roods 20 perches.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Lands in the Wellington Land District for
Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for selection on renewable lease; and appli-
cations will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on
Wednesday, 28th October, 1914.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land
Board at this office at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 29th October,
1914, 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 conclusion of the examina-
tion of applicants.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have
children dependent on them or who have within the pre-
ceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccess-
fully.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Makara County.-Hawtrey Settlement.

SECTIONS 28, 30, Block IV : Area, 2 roods 5 perches ; half-
yearly rental, £1 16s.

Situated on east side of Clifford Road in Hawtrey Settle-
ment, near Johnsonville Township. Access is from Johnson-
ville Railway-station, which is about 40 chains distant by an
excellent metalled dray-road. Easy sloping grassed land,
somewhat elevated. Soil is of good quality, on clay and rock
formation.

Sections 4, 11, Block III : Area, 3 acres 2 roods 25 perches ;
half-yearly rental, £4 ls.

Weighted with £61, valuation for improvements consisting
of whare, fencing, and planting.

Situated on Clifford Road in the Hawtrey Settlement, the
access being from the Johnsonville Railway-station, which is
about half a mile distant by metalled dray-road. Easy
sloping land in grass, with soil of good quality on clay and
rock formation.

Horowhenua County.-Waiopehu Survey District.-Heatherlea-
Settlement.

Section 67, Block II : Area, 5 acres ; rent per acre per
annum, £1 17s. 9d.; half-yearly rental, £4 14s. 6d.

Situated on Rosslyn Road, the access being from Levin,
which is about two miles distant. Flat land, half in bush
and half in stumps, with good soil on sandstone formation.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with a perpetual right
   of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years,
   and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent, 4½ per cent. per annum on the capital value,
   payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each
   year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory decla-
   ation, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s.
   (lease fee) and a half-year's rent. Rent for the broken period
   between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following
   is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be
   simultaneous.

6. Order of selection is decided by ballot, preference being
   given to landless applicants with children dependent on
   them or who have within preceding two years been twice
   unsuccessful at former ballots.

7. No person may hold more than one allotment.

8. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty
   days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

9. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all
   rates, taxes, and assessments.

10. Improvements.--Lessee is required to improve the land
    within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price;
    within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the