3724
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 135

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

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth section of the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, as the time at which the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.
Pukahu Agricultural Sections, Block III, Te Mata Survey District.

SECTION 53: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 4 perches; upset price, £45.

Situated at Pukahu, some two miles and a half distant from Hastings, with access thereto by good metalled roads, and to Havelock North and Te Aute. In the centre of a dairying district. Well watered by Awanui Stream, which forms the northern boundary. Undulating country in grass, with good alluvial soil.

Section 54: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 35 perches; upset price, £70.

Situated at Pukahu, some two miles and a half distant from Hastings by good metalled road, and lying in the centre of a thriving dairying district. Undulating and level land in grass, and well watered by the Awanui Stream, which forms its southern boundary. Good alluvial soil.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

Opening Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale or Selection by Discharged Soldiers.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

1. The rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto, which has been set apart for selection by discharged soldiers is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, at the price specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be “light-bush land.”

2. The said land may be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease, subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

3. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of three years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board thinks fit.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—KAPARA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

(Exempt from Rent for Three Years.)

SECTION 2, Block IV: Area, 382 acres. Capital value, £790. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £19 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £15 16s.

Situated on the Puraroto Road, near the head of the Mangatukituki Stream. Access from Waitotara, about thirty-six miles distant by dray-road. The section comprises broken spurs and gullies, covered with a heavy forest of tawa, rata, hinau, tawhero, with a little rimu and birch, and a dense undergrowth of karamu, supplejack, &c. Soil of good quality, on papa formation; well watered. Elevation, 500 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

Opening Land in Taranaki Land District for Sale or Selection by Discharged Soldiers.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto, which has been set apart for selection by discharged soldiers, shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—STRATFORD COUNTY.—OMONA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

SECTION 5, Block VII: Area, 650 acres. Capital value, £980. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £24 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £19 12s.

Situated on the Ratanui Road. Access from Douglas Railway-station, about thirteen miles distant, nine miles being metalled road, balance unformed. Access also from Eltham by metalled road twenty-one miles, and formed dray-road four miles to within a few chains of the section. The section comprises steep country falling away from the Ratanui Road to the northern boundary, and is gorgy in places. The bush is heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, hinau, pukatea, miro, matai, &c., and dense undergrowth of mahoe, konini, raurekau, houhou, supplejacks, pongas, ferns, &c. Soil of good quality, on papa formation; well watered.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

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

Opening Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection by Discharged Soldiers on Renewable Lease.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto, which have been set apart for selection by discharged soldiers, shall be open for selection by discharged soldiers on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and section one hundred and thirty-five of the Land Act, 1908, as they contain or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Ohura Survey District.

SECTION 10, Block V: Area, 649 acres; capital value, £1,300; half-yearly rent, £26.

Situated on the Mangaparare Road. Access from the Town of Ohura, about a mile and a half distant by dray-road