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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 116

mata County, Auckland Land District, containing 2 acres,
will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act and
the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, on Friday, the 27th day
of October, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

Crown Land in the Wellington Land District for Disposal
under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section 326
of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 5, Block IX, Hunua
Survey District, containing 12 acres 1 rood 20 perches, will
be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or
after Thursday, the 19th day of October, 1916.

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, 24th July, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326
of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 21, Block XII,
Mangakahia Survey District, Whangarei County, Auckland
Land District, area 51 acres 1 rood 34 perches, will be dis-
posed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after
Monday, 23rd October, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under
the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 13th July, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section
326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 14, Block X,
Makotuku Survey District, Wellington Land District, con-
taining 3 acres 2 roods 26 perches, will be disposed of under
the provisions of the said Act on or after Friday, the
13th day of October, 1916.

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th September, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 21 of
the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the under-
mentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease ;
and applications will be received at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday,
20th November, 1916.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Invercargill, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the
21st November, 1916.

Preference will be given to soldiers (either discharged or
on active service) and to landless applicants who have child-
ren dependent on them or who have within the preceding two
years applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully.

The application of any single man of military age may be
refused by the Land Board, unless he can produce evidence
of rejection from service by the military authorities.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.—STEWART ISLAND COUNTY.—
PATERSON SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTAGO MINING DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

SECTION 151, Block I : Area, 70 acres ; capital value, £35 ;
half-yearly rent, 14s.

Section 152, Block I : Area, 109 acres 1 rood ; capital
value, £55 ; half-yearly rent, £1 2s.

Situated about four miles from Half-moon Bay. Access
by good road from Oban Township. Land hilly, and covered
with bush, most of which has been worked by a sawmill.
Soil peaty ; well watered. Altitude, 50 ft. to 100 ft. above
sea-level.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of
   renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years ; but
   without right of purchase,

2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, pay-
   able on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applica-
   tions, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease
   fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period
   between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following
   is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be
   simultaneous.

6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days
   after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land
   or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open
   land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain
   conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land
   within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price ;
   within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the
   price ; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of
   another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing,
   and within six years, improvements are also to be effected
   to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for
   every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of
   third-class land.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’
    continuous residence, except under extraordinary circum-
    stances, and then only with permission.

12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time
    within seven years ; twice the original value to be allowed
    for area taken for such roads.

13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

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

Lands in Westland Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 3rd October, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the
Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the under-
mentioned sections are open for selection ; and applications
will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday,
10th November, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

For Renewable Lease.

SECTION 2550, Block VII, Waimea Survey District : Area,
150 acres ; annual rental, £4 16s.

Situated on the north side of the Kumara to Beach Road,
about half a mile from Kumara Junction Railway-station
by good dray-road. Comprises heavy-bush land, from
which the timber of commercial value has been removed.
The soil is of fair quality, wet in places, but easily drained.

Section 3087, Block XVI, Oneone Survey District : Area,
230 acres 1 rood 39 perches ; annual rental, £16 8s.

Weighted with £10, valuation for ditching.

Section 3088, Block XII, Oneone Survey District : Area,
260 acres 2 roods 26 perches ; annual rental, £17 4s.

These sections are situated on the south bank of the
Wanganui River, about ten miles below the bridge and five
miles from Herepo Post and Telephone Office and cheese-
factory. They comprise almost wholly swamp land carrying
manuka scrub, with scattered patches of kahikatea, rimu,
and silver pine.

Section 4, Block VI, Runanga Township : Area, 1 rood
1 perch ; annual rental, £3 10s.

Section 1, Block IX, Runanga Township : Area, 1 rood
1 perch ; annual rental, £4.

Section 44, Roa Township : Area, 26 perches ; annual
rental, £2.

For License under Regulations for Occupation of Pastoral
Lands in Westland.

Section 2718, Block X, Mawheranui Survey District : Area,
363 acres ; capital value, £280 ; half-yearly rental, £5 12s.

Fairly flat land, carrying heavy mixed bush consisting of
red and white pine, birch, beech, &c., from which the timber
of commercial value has practically been removed, with a
fairly thick undergrowth of mixed scrub. Soil of fair quality,
wet in places, resting on gravel subsoil ; well watered. Access
by main Grey-Reefton Road, from Stillwater Junction
Railway-station and post and telephone office, a distance of
one mile and a quarter.

T. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.