3538
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 126

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, on Thursday, 21st December, 1916, at 10 o’clock a.m.
The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination
of applicants.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—WAIKATO
COUNTY.—PIAKO SURVEY DISTRICT.—TANIWHA SETTLE-
MENT.

Open for General Application.

Section 7: Area, 66 acres 2 roods 8 perches; capital value,
£1,460; half-yearly rent, £32 17s.; interest and sinking fund,
£28 15s. 9d.*

Section 8: Area, 52 acres; capital value, £1,420; half-yearly
rent, £31 19s.; interest and sinking fund, £24 4s. 10d.†

Section 9: Area, 73 acres 1 rood 27 perches; capital value,
£1,200; half-yearly rent, £27.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £570;
  payable in cash, or in fourteen years by half-yearly instal-
  ments of £28 15s. 9d. Total half-yearly payment, £61 12s. 9d.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £480;
payable in cash, or in fourteen years by half-yearly instal-
ments of £24 4s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment, £56 3s. 10d.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—WAIKATO
COUNTY.—PIAKO SURVEY DISTRICT.—TANIWHA SETTLE-
MENT.

Open for Application by Discharged Soldiers.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital values of the
sections are as follows:—

Section 1.—32 chains road boundary fence, 32 chains sub-
divisional fence, 44 chains boundary fence (half value), and
36 chains internal drain; value, £80 15s.

Section 2.—22 chains road boundary fence, 23 chains sub-
divisional fence, 36 chains boundary fence (half value), and
30 chains internal drain; value, £61 17s. 6d.

Section 3.—7 chains road boundary fence, 41 chains sub-
divisional fence, 18 chains boundary fence (half value), and
25 chains internal drain; value, £54 7s. 6d.

Section 4.—3 chains road boundary fence, 50 chains sub-
divisional fence, 25 chains internal drain; value, £51 17s. 6d.

Section 5.—16 chains internal fence and 25 chains internal
drain; value, £28 15s.

Section 6.—19 chains road boundary fence, 68 chains sub-
divisional fence, and 2 chains internal drain; value, £39
7s. 6d.

Section 7.—33 chains road boundary fence, and 126 chains
of internal fence; value, £83 12s. 6d.

Section 8.—55 chains road boundary fence, 17 chains
internal fence, and 14 chains boundary fence (half value);
value, £47 5s.

Section 9.—60 chains road boundary fence, 50 chains
boundary fence (half value), and 20 chains internal drain;
value, £73 2s. 6d.

Section 10.—25 chains road boundary fence and 46 chains
boundary fence (half value); value, £30.

The following improvements are not included in the capital
value, and will have to be paid for separately:—

Section 7.—Five-roomed house valued at £400, a whare
valued at £50, and a cow-shed valued at £120; total value,
£570; repayable in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-
yearly payments of £28 15s. 9d.

Section 8.—Five-roomed house, valued at £450, and a
cart-shed valued at £30; total value, £480; repayable in
fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly payments of
£24 4s. 10d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SETTLEMENT.

This property, formerly owned by Mr. D. K. Martin, is
situated in the Waikato County, being about twelve miles
from Te Kauwhata Railway-station by a good metalled road.
Telephone systems are installed over the district, and there
is mail delivery daily. With the exception of two sections
(9 and 10), the land is level, the soil being very good, con-
sisting of rich alluvial wash. Sections 9 and 10 have a higher
elevation than the rest, probably 150 ft., and the soil upon
them is not quite so good, being of a heavier nature. The
fences generally are fairly good post and wires, and where
practicable have been utilized for the boundaries of the
different farms. The whole of the estate is in good English
grass of different varieties. The land is well watered by
never-failing streams, also springs upon some of the sections.
There are two creameries, post-office, and schools within one
mile from either end of the estate. Most of the settlers in
the district separate their own milk, and a cream-wagon
daily picks up the cream and conveys it to Te Kauwhata
Railway-station to be taken by train to the factory.

The houses are in good order, built with kauri and matai;
the outbuildings also are in good order.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at this
office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 25th October, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for selection on renewable lease in terms of
the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock
p.m. on Monday, 11th December, 1916.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Dunedin, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th
December, 1916.

Preference will be given to soldiers (either discharged or on
active service) and to landless applicants who have children
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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—WAKEFIELD
SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Section 32, Block II: Area, 13 acres 0 roods 16 perches;
capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1.

Section 33, Block II: Area, 11 acres 2 roods 29 perches;
capital value, £35; half-yearly rent, 14s.

Section 34, Block II: Area, 11 acres 0 roods 30 perches;
capital value, £30; half-yearly rent, 12s.

Situated near Rocky Point, on the Clutha River. The
Town of Cromwell is about ten miles distant. Access is by
good road. The nearest school is about half a mile from the
sections, and Bendigo Post-office is about two miles distant.
The land is flat, and is suitable for fruit-growing. Watered
by the Clutha River, which forms the western boundary.

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 fore-
   going, 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.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.