FEB. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 677
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 applicant, 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 preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.-WAIMARINO COUNTY.- HOROPITO WEST TOWNSHIP.
Town Land.
| Section. | Block. | Area. | Capital Value. | Half-yearly Rental. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ll | V | 0 2 0 | £45 0 0 | £1 2 0 |
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 improvements 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.
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 received 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 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 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 preceding two years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.
SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.-WAIMATE COUNTY.-WAIMATE SURVEY DISTRICT.-WAIMATE SETTLEMENT.
First-class Land.
| Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent per Annum an Acre (approximate). | Total Half-yearly Rental. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9 | XIV | 27 0 26 | £1 7 0 | £18 9 0 |
| 28 | " | 36 3 14 | £1 11 7 | £29 5 0 |
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.
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 or after Thursday, 7th May, 1914.
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 Districts, 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 boundary 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.
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.
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-ROTORUA COUNTY.-ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
| Section. | Block. | Area. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3 | IV | 270 0 0 |
H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.