Feb. 19. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 625

National Endowment Land in Horopito West Township,
Wellington Land District, for Selection on Renewable
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th 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 ap-
plicant, will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 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 pre-
ceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMARINO COUNTY.—
HOROPITO WEST TOWNSHIP.

Town Land.

Weighted with £10 10s. for improvements.

Situated in the Horopito West Township, the access being
from the Horopito Station on the Main Trunk Railway,
which is about a quarter of a mile distant by a formed and
metalled road. All flat land, felled and in grass. Soil is of
a fairly good volcanic nature, on shingle and grit formation.
Elevation about 2,460 ft. above sea-level. The improve-
ments comprise clearing and stumping and a shed.

The value of the improvements must be paid immediately
the applicant has been declared successful.

Full particulars may be ascertained and terms of lease
seen at this office.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Lands in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.

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

NOTICE is hereby given, under section 21 of the Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned
lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the
provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settlements
Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be re-
ceived at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 3rd
March, 1914.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land
Board at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch,
at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 5th March, 1914, to answer
any questions the Land Board may ask; but if any appli-
cant 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 District Lands and Survey
Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, 5th March, 1914, at the
conclusion of the examination of applicants.

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

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAI-
MATE SURVEY DISTRICT.—WAIMATE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

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: Sec-
tion 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.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 29th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 326 of
the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands
will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on
for after Thursday, 7th May, 1914.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL those areas formerly reserved for railway purposes and
declared to be Crown lands by Proclamation dated 4th day
of March, 1913, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 19.
of 6th March, 1913, page 756, as follows:—

All that area (save and except any land at present occupied
by the Greymouth–Otira Railway) in Otira and Turiwhate
Survey Districts, containing about 1,064 acres, more or less,
commencing at the Taipo River and extending along the
southern side of the Teremakau Valley to the Otira River,
a distance of 13 miles 26 chains, and having a width of 10 chains.

Also all that area in Turiwhate and Kanieri Survey Dis-
tricts, containing 436 acres, more or less, commencing at a
point on the boundary of Native Reserve No. 30 on the
north side of Kawhaka Creek; thence along the Kawhaka
Valley to the summit of the saddle; thence down the Waimea
Valley and along the northern slopes of Mount Turiwhate
to Rangariri Creek, and continuing along the south side of
the Teremakau Valley to the Taipo River, a distance of
18 miles 12 chains, and having a width of 3 chains.

Also all that area in Waimea Survey District, containing
24 acres, more or less, commencing at a point on the southern
boundary of Native Reserve No. 30, the same being at the
intersection of the railway and road reserve along the coast,
and extending southerly and easterly to the southern bound-
ary of Native Reserve No. 30, a distance of one mile, and
having of a width of 3 chains.

As the same are more particularly delineated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 32681, deposited in the office of the Minister
of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow, red, and green
respectively.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st January, 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 30th day of April, 1914.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTOITI
SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.