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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—CATLIN’S SURVEY DISTRICT.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th 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 Friday, the 24th April, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 20, Pakiri Parish, 53 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 19th 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 section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or after Friday, the 24th April, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
BLOCK XI, Mapara Survey District.—Part Township Reserve, Tangitu : Area, 53 acres (approximate).

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Ardlussa Settlement, Southland Land District, for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th January, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908 ; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 19th March, 1914.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—HOKO-NUI SURVEY DISTRICT.—ARDLUSSA SETTLEMENT.
Mixed Agricultural and Pastoral Land.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £595, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £23 4s. 1d. Total half-yearly payment, £242 7s. 1d.
  † Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £475, payable in cash or in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £18 10s. 6d. Total half-yearly payment, £188 3s. 6d.

IMPROVEMENTS.
The improvements which go with the sections are as follows: Section 1—938 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £293. Section 2—1,503 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing, sheep-yards, and dip, valued at £811 11s. Section 3—889 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £465 18s. Section 4—913 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £418 2s. 6d. Section 5—210 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £82 13s. Section 6—241 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £99 3s. 6d.

The improvements which do not go with the land, but which must be paid for separately, comprise: Section 2—four-roomed cottage, stable, men’s hut, woolshed, and smithy, of a total value of £595. Section 4—six-roomed house, washhouse, stable, hut, and cow-byre, of a total value of £475.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.
Section 1.—Open, undulating to hilly, agricultural and pastoral land. Subdivided into four paddocks, the eastern boundary being unfenced. 123 acres have been ploughed and sown in turnips, which have to be paid for by the successful applicant; 136 acres in new grass; some 600 to 700 acres are ploughable; the balance is hilly tussock country. Elevation, from 720 ft. to 2,050 ft. Well watered by permanent streams.

Section 2.—Open, flat, undulating and hilly agricultural and pastoral land. Subdivided into thirteen paddocks (by mostly rabbit-proof fences), eight of which are ring-fenced. 549 acres in grass, varying from two to four years old; 24 acres in oat stubble; about 200 acres are ploughable, and the balance of the area is undulating to hilly tussock country. Elevation, from 620 ft. to 2,560 ft. above sea-level. Well and permanently watered by running streams. There is a four-roomed cottage, woolshed, stable, and smithy on the section, and a hut on the road which the lessee has the right to remove.

Section 3.—Open, flat, and hilly agricultural and pastoral land. Subdivided into six paddocks, and practically all ring-fenced with rabbit-proof fences. Comprising 345 acres in grass; the balance, 1,445 acres, is mostly hilly tussock country. Elevation, from 600 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level. Well watered throughout by permanent streams.

Section 4.—Open, flat, and hilly agricultural and pastoral land. Subdivided into eleven paddocks, eight of which are ring-fenced mostly with new rabbit-proof fences. About 282 acres have been ploughed and are in grass; 70 acres are in stubble; the balance, 1,234 acres, is mostly undulating to hilly pastoral tussock country. Elevation, from 540 ft. to 1,180 ft. Well watered by permanent streams. There is a six-roomed house, washhouse, stable, hut, and cow-byre on the section. The homestead is favourably situated on a rise near the main road, and is enclosed by a plantation, with an orchard.

Section 5.—Open, flat, and low, undulating, hilly agricultural and pastoral land. Subdivided into three paddocks, which are ring-fenced partly with wire-netting fences; 23 chains of boundary between Sections 5 and 6 are unfenced. 79 acres of heavy river-flat land have been ploughed and are in grass; the balance, 117 acres, is low, undulating, ploughable tussock country. Elevation, 570 ft. to 680 ft. Watered by Sheepwash Stream; well-water could be obtained by sinking on flat.

Section 6.—Open, flat, and low, undulating, hilly, agricultural and pastoral land. Subdivided into three paddocks, the western, southern, and eastern sides being rabbit-proof; 23 chains of boundary between Sections 5 and 6 are unfenced. About 95 acres of heavy river-flat land have been ploughed and are in grass; 12 acres are rich unimproved flat, and the balance, about 95 acres, is low, undulating, ploughable tussock country, with some small manuka scrub near western corner. Elevation, 565 ft. to 700 ft. Watered by permanent stream, and well-water could be obtained by sinking on the flat.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
Ardlussa Settlement varies from rich river-flat land and good agricultural down land to undulating and hilly pastoral country, and is suitable for sheep, dairying, and mixed farming. Good results have been obtained from the land which has already been cultivated in the shape of good grasses, turnips, and oats. Practically the whole of the improvements are new, having been put on the property within the last four years, and nearly all of the fences are rabbit-proof. The property is at the present time practically free of rabbits, and if these are kept down in a systematic manner the hill portion of the property must improve. All the sections are well watered by running streams. Most of the sections are at an altitude of from 540 ft. to 1,200 ft., and a small part of the hill country rises to 2,560 ft. The settlement is situated