3594

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 128

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 in the First Schedule 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.

The land in the Second Schedule may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three 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 o’clock a.m.

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

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Hokianga County.—Punakitere Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block XV: Area, 469 acres. Capital value, £610. Instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £30 10s. Half-yearly rent on lease, £12 4s.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Broken land; 50 acres fern, 15 acres old kauri-workings, balance covered with heavy mixed forest comprising kauri rickers, tawa, kohekohe, taraire, miro, rata, totara, rimu, and towai, with light undergrowth of toikiwi, mangemange, kiekie, and supplejack. Soil fair to poor, on sandstone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Distant about seventeen miles from Kaikohe, fifteen miles of which is by cart-road, one mile in course of construction, and one mile unformed; or thirteen miles from Mangakahia, of which ten miles is by partly formed cart-road, remainder unformed.

Mangonui County.—Takahue Survey District.

Section 32, Block VI: Area, 73 acres 3 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £150. Instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £7 10s. Half-yearly rent on lease, £3.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to hilly land, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising rimu, puriri, totara, miro, taraire, towai, rewarewa, kohekohe, &c., with thick undergrowth of mahoe, nikau, punga, kiekie, supplejack, ferns, &c. Soil good clay, on sandstone formation; well watered by stream. Distant about nine miles from Kaitaia, six miles and a half of which is by good metalled road, balance formed 10 ft. track.

Bay of Islands County.—Motatau Survey District.

Section 29, Block VIII: Area, 134 acres 3 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £180. Instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £9. Half-yearly rent on lease, £3 12s.

Altitude, 240 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. About one-third swamp; balance undulating and hilly land, covered with fern and manuka. Soil peaty in swamp; inferior pipe-clay on hills, on clay subsoil; well watered by swampy stream. Distant one mile and a quarter from Maromaku Railway-station by formed cart-road.

Ohinemuri County.—Hapuakohe Survey District.

Section 8, Block IV: Area, 361 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £590. Instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £29 10s. Half-yearly rent on lease, £11 16s.

Altitude, 80 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, about half mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, birch, kohekohe, &c., with dense undergrowth of bush ferns and shrubs. Soil of medium quality, except about 20 acres, which is good, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams. Distant about twenty-one miles from Morrinsville, sixteen miles of which is by dray-road, remainder to be formed.

Section 3, Block VIII: Area, 432 acres. Capital value, £760. Instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £38. Half-yearly rent on lease, £15 4s.

Altitude, 70 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Hilly land, except about 20 acres of small flats along stream; about 100 acres light mixed forest, principally small birch and heavy manuka; balance fern and scrub. Soil good on flats, medium elsewhere, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams.

Distant about twenty miles from Morrinsville, sixteen miles of which is by dray-road, remainder to be formed.

Section 4, Block VIII: Area, 388 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £780. Instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £39. Half-yearly rent on lease, £15 12s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Mostly hilly land; about 50 acres light forest and heavy manuka, balance fern and scrub. Soil on about 40 acres is good, balance of medium quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams. Distant about twenty miles from Morrinsville—sixteen miles dray-road, remainder to be formed.

Section 5, Block VIII: Area, 187 acres. Capital value, £470. Instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £23 10s. Half-yearly rent on lease, £9 8s.

Altitude, 50 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. About 60 acres level to slightly undulating, balance hilly; about 15 acres light forest, 30 acres heavy manuka and akeake, remainder fern and manuka scrub. Soil on 60 acres is of good quality, remainder medium quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by stream. Distant about nineteen miles from Morrinsville—sixteen miles by dray-road, remainder to be formed.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Tauranga County.—Ohauiti Settlement.

SECTION 20: Area, 236 acres. Capital value, £650. Instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £32 10s. Half-yearly rent on lease, £14 12s. 6d.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land; 30 acres in grass, balance fern and manuka scrub. Soil of a sandy nature, of fair quality; well watered by Waimapu Stream. Distant eight miles from Tauranga by good formed road.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 20th December, 1916, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier. The land may be purchased for cash or by deferred payments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.

Block V, Matapiro Survey District.—Otamauri Settlement.

SECTION 10: Area, 8 acres 0 roods 8 perches; upset price, £650; annual instalment on deferred payment (without interest), £32 10s.

Situated about thirty-two miles from Napier, on the Otamauri Settlement. The improvements on the section comprise wool-shed, killing-shed, yards, sheep-dips, and fencing, the value of which is included in the price of the land.

TERMS OF SALE.

(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

(2.) Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount. In either case if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Title will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.