3682
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 106

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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th July, 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 Thursday, the 15th day of October, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OKURA PARISH.
SECTION 47 : Area, 1 acre 1 rood 24 perches.

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, 14th July, 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 Thursday, the 22nd October, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
SECTIONS 23 and 25, Block IV, Mimi Survey District : Area,
416 acres.

G. H. BULLARD,
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-
ceeding 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 1s.

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, pay-
   able 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-
   ration, 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
    price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of
    another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the fore-
    going, and within six years, improvements are also to be
    effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land,
    10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every
    acre of third-class land.

11. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of
    lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then
    only with permission.

12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

A special condition of the lease of Section 67, Block II,
Heatherlea Settlement, is that the lessee shall, as soon as
possible, establish on the section an apiary to be approved by
and maintained thereafter to the satisfaction of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.