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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the
prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those men-
tioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF MANGAWEKA.
Town Land.

• Weighted with £5, valuation for whare.
  † Weighted with £20, valuation for fencing, garden, and
  whare.
  ‡ Weighted with £4 12s., valuation for fencing.
  § Weighted with £2 14s. 7d., valuation for fencing.
  Mangaweka Township is situated on the main North Island
  inland road and on the Main Trunk Railway, and is the centre
  of a large area of settled country. The lots are all flat, cleared,
  and in grass.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this first day of December, one thousand nine
hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section
of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zea-
land, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the seventeenth day of
February, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as the
time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto
shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the
prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those men-
tioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—AKITIO COUNTY.—TOWN OF
PONGAROA.
Town Land.

Pongaroa, which is the centre of a large farming district,
is situated at the junction of the main Alfredton—Weber
Road with the Aohanga—Gorge Road, about thirty miles from
Pahiatua. The lots in Block VII are all open, easy sloping,
and flat land in grass; in Block VIII they are covered with
mixed, light, native bush.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this first day of December, one thousand nine
hundred and fourteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Wellington Land District for
Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the
Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, Arthur
William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of
the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the
settlement lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be
open for selection on renewable lease on Thursday, the seven-
teenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and
fourteen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule;
and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under
and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MASTERTON COUNTY.—
MIKIMIKI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Falloon Settlement.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £140,
  payable in cash, or in seven years by half-yearly instalments
  of £12 2s. Total half-yearly payment, £41 7s.
  † Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £400,
  payable in cash, or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instal-
  ments of £15 12s. Total half-yearly payment, £50 9s. 6d.
  ‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £50,
  payable in cash, or in seven years by half-yearly instalments
  of £4 6s. 5d. Total half-yearly payment, £52 4s. 11d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are included in the value of the
sections comprise: Section 1—131 chains of boundary and
internal fencing, tracks and drains, the whole valued at
£141 7s. 6d. Section 2—92 chains of boundary fencing,
drains and tracks, all valued at £96 12s. 6d. Section 3—
114½ chains of boundary and internal fencing, drains and
tracks, all valued at £121 12s. 6d. Section 4—65½ chains of
boundary and internal fencing; drains, tracks, stumping;
the whole valued at £102 17s. 6d. Section 5—106½ chains
of boundary and internal fencing; stumping, tracks, roads,
concrete sheep dip and pen; the whole valued at £131 5s.
Section 6—136½ chains of boundary and internal fencing;
stumping, roads, tracks, plantations; the whole valued at
£227 10s.

The improvements which are not included in the value of
the sections, and which must be paid for separately, com-
prise: Section 3—four-roomed cottage and scullery, valued
at £50. Section 5—wool-shed and yards, cow-shed with
concrete floor, 6 bails, and small whare, all valued at £140.
Section 6—six-roomed dwellinghouse, with annex of five
rooms, £375; stable, cow-shed, &c., £25; the whole valued
at £400.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—About one-third bush; remainder poor high
hilly land, felled and grassed. About 40 acres of undulating
land is fit for cultivation when stumped. Soil fair to good on
flats, poor and stony on hills; well watered.

Section 2.—Easy undulating and hilly land, felled and
grassed. About 69 acres capable of cultivation when stumped.
Soil fair, inclined to be stony, on rotten-rock formation; well
watered.

Section 3.—About 20 acres flat in south-eastern corner;
remainder hilly, steep in places; nearly all the section is
felled and grassed. About 27 acres of undulating land fit for
cultivation when stumped. Soil of a heavy clay nature on
flat, and stony on hills; well watered.

Section 4.—Easy rolling and partly hilly land, felled and
grassed; portion has been stumped and cultivated. About
74 acres fit for cultivation. Soil of fair quality on flats, stony
on hills; well watered.