568 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 11

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which go with the sections consist of: Section 9—25 chains of fencing, valued at £5. Section 28—25 chains of fencing and plantation, the whole valued at £13. The improvements which do not go with the sections, but which must be paid for separately, in cash, consist of: Section 9—32 chains of fencing, valued at £11 11s.

DESCRIPTION.

These sections are part of Waimate Settlement, situated from three-quarters of a mile to one mile from Waimate Town. Rich agricultural land, suitable for fruit-growing, market-gardening, and dairying.

Full particulars may be ascertained, terms of lease seen, and forms of application obtained at this office.

C. R. POLLEN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 2nd February, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 13th March, 1914, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

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

Suburban Land.

Open land; good soil; partly covered with gorse. Access by good metalled roads, and distant from Otatau twenty-two miles, and Tuatapere seven miles.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void. Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908. Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

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

National Endowment Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 2nd February, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 25th March, 1914.

The ballot for the section, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, 26th March, 1914.

Preference will be given to landless applicants who have children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—JACOB’S RIVER HUNDRED.

Second-class Land (National Endowment).

Weighted with £1 12s. valuation for ditching and scrubbing. Land all flat and swampy; soil peaty, with heavy vegetable subsoil; situation fair; fronts Riverton—Orepuki railway-line. Distance from Colac Railway-station, school, and post and telegraph office, one mile; and distant from Riverton six miles.

The valuation for improvements must be paid immediately the applicant has been declared successful at the ballot. Terms of lease may be seen, forms of application obtained, and full particulars ascertained 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, 11th November, 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 19th day of February, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAREI COUNTY.—HUKERENUl SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Spotswood Settlement, Taranaki Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 14th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction on deferred payments at this office on Tuesday, 17th March, 1914, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TARANAKI COUNTY.—PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.—SPOTSWOOD SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

These sections are situated in the northern part of the Spotswood Settlement, about two miles and a half from New Plymouth, and half to three-quarters of a mile from the Breakwater (Port of New Plymouth). Sections 30 and 34 comprise gently rising and undulating land, about three-quarters being in old grass, the remainder at the back being in furze and lupin. Sections 31 and 32 comprise easy slopes on the immediate frontages, falling somewhat steeply to the Hongihongi Stream; all in grass. Section 33 is fairly flat on frontage, rises slightly to the south-east, and then falls steeply to the Hongihongi Stream; all in grass. About two-thirds of Section 37 towards the front is gently rising land in oat stubble and coarse grass, the remainder being furze and fern intermixed with grass, &c. Sections 101 and 102 comprise broken sloping land, in rough grass, fern, and scattered furze. Sections 27 and 107 consist of somewhat steeply falling rough grass land, with fern and lupin; about half the frontage of Section 107 is flat. The soil of the sections is generally good, being generally a sandy loam on a kind of free-clay formation.

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

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.