Nov. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3593

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th November, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases or licenses of the undermentioned sections having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Section 9, Block II, Taurakawa District.
Formerly held by L. J. V. Neumann. Tenure: O.R.P. 934.
Reason: Non improvement.

Section 11, Block II, Piopiotea West Survey District.
Formerly held by H. J. Clark. Tenure: R.L. 121.
Reason: Non-improvement, non-residence, non-payment of rent.

Section 3, Block V, Waro Survey District.
Formerly held by Henry Knight. Tenure: O.R.P. 575.
Reason: Non-payment of rent.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Hauraki Mining District, Auckland Land District, for License.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 14th November, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for license, under the Regulations for the Occupation of Pastoral Land in the Hauraki Mining District; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 22nd January, 1917.

If more than one application is received for the land on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on Thursday, the 25th day of January, 1917, at 10 o’clock a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

Preference will be given to soldiers (either discharged or on active service), and to landless applicants who have children dependent upon them, or who have during 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—HAURAKI MINING DISTRICT.

SECTION 2, Block XIII, Tairua Survey District: Area, 997 acres 2 roods; half-yearly rent, £12 10s.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, about 200 acres fern and burnt forest; balance heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rata, tawai, birch, hinau, mahoe, &c., with a dense undergrowth of supplejack, rangiora, punga, &c. Clay soil, rather poor in quality; well watered by Tairua River and small streams. Distant about twelve miles from Omahu Post-office—ten miles by formed bridle-track, remainder unformed.

Term of license, twenty-one years, with conditional right of renewal, and right to acquire the freehold (exclusive of minerals).

Plans containing full particulars, and copies of the Regulations for the Occupation of Pastoral Land within the Hauraki Mining District, can be obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th November, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease to discharged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 22nd January, 1917.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, 25th January, 1917, at 10 a.m.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangarei and Bay of Islands Counties.—Hukerenui Survey District.

SECTION 6, Block IV: Area, 166 acres; capital value, £330; instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £16 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £6 12s.

Altitude, 750 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Level and slightly undulating land, covered with scrub and fern, and carrying a fair amount of rough feed. Some river-flat and kahikatea swamp, balance soil of good quality, stony in places; well watered by streams. Distant about five miles and a quarter from Whakapara Railway-station by formed road.

Section 16, Block IV: Area, 362 acres; capital value, £440; instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £22; half-yearly rent on lease, £8 16s.

Weighted with £89, valuation for 30 acres felled and grassed, and fencing.

Altitude, 450 ft. to 850 ft. above sea-level. About 30 acres alluvial flat, balance undulating to hilly land; about one-third green and burnt forest, balance fern and scrub country and old kauri-workings. Soil good on river-flat, and of fair quality on remainder of section, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about five miles and three-quarters from Whakapara by formed road.

Section 13, Block VII: Area, 251 acres 3 roods; capital value, £380; instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £19; half-yearly rent on lease, £7 12s.

Altitude, 450 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. About 25 acres flat: balance undulating, manuka country and old kauri-workings, carrying a fair amount of rough feed. Soil good on flat, fair elsewhere, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about two miles and three-quarters from Hukerenui Railway-station by formed road to within twelve chains of section; balance unformed, but passable.

Section 24, Block VIII: Area, 247 acres; capital value, £300; instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £15; half-yearly rent on lease, £6.

Altitude, 450 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. 10 acres good alluvial flat, balance undulating to hilly; about one-third ordinary mixed forest, balance open land and old kauri-workings in fern and some rough feed. Soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by streams. Distant about five miles and three-quarters from Whakapara by formed road.

Sections 26 and 27, Block VIII: Area, 238 acres 3 roods 8 perches; capital value, £270; instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £13 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £5 8s.

Weighted with £35, valuation for 110 chains of fencing along the road.

Altitude, 700 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Level and undulating land, in fern and rough feed, with a few small flats. Soil of fair quality, on sandstone formation; well watered by Waiariki Stream. Distant about four miles from Whakapara by formed road.

Section 28, Block VIII: Area, 201 acres; capital value, £250; instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £12 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £5.

Section 29, Block VIII; Area, 176 acres; capital value, £240; instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £12; half-yearly rent on lease, £4 16s.

Section 28 weighted with £20, value of fencing. Section 29 weighted with £22, value of fencing.

Altitude, 650 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. Level and undulating open country, with small river-flats and burnt kauri-workings, carrying rough feed. Soil of good quality on flats, and rather poor quality on the higher portions; well watered by streams. Distant about two miles and three-quarters to three miles and a quarter from Whakapara by formed road.

Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.