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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Section 4.—480 acres. Easy ridges, nearly all ploughable; soil sandy loam; permanent water. In English and native grasses; has a small plantation of gum-trees.

Section 5.—435 acres. Easy rolling ridges and flats; soil loam on papa; permanent water. Almost all ploughable; in English and native grasses.

Section 6.—408 acres. All easy ridges and flats, nearly all ploughable; loamy soil; permanent water. About 230 acres are in young English grass, balance old pasture and native grasses.

Section 7.—203 acres. Almost all easy ploughable ridges and flats; loamy soil; permanent water. About 90 acres are in young English grass, balance old pasture and fallow ground. The occupier of this section has the right of obtaining water from the dam on the homestead block near the wool-shed.

Block V.

Section 2.—414 acres. All easy ridges, almost all ploughable; loamy soil on papa; permanent water. About 50 acres under oats, which will be removed before the 1st of March, 1916. About 280 acres are in old pasture and native grasses, balance fallow.

Section 3.—218 acres. All ploughable; loamy soil; permanent water; low ridges and flats. About 156 acres were under swedes last winter, and have not been reploughed or laid down in pasture; balance old grass.

Section 4.—647 acres. Easy rolling ridges and small flat, mostly all ploughable; permanent water; soil sandy loam. In old pasture and native grasses.

Section 5.—309 acres. Flats and low ridges; all ploughable; good loamy soil; permanent water. At present lying fallow.

Section 6.—813 acres. Easy ridges, large proportion ploughable; permanent water; soil sandy loam. In old pasture and native grasses.

Section 7.—480 acres. Easy hill and low ridges, mostly all ploughable; permanent water; good loamy soil. In good pasture and native grasses. A formed road runs through this section, and must be kept open for a period of twelve months.

Section 8.—456 acres. All easy rolling ridges and flats, in good pasture and native grasses; loamy soil; permanent water.

Section 9.—591 acres. Easy hills and terraces, with small flats; mostly all ploughable; soil sandy loam, well watered. In surface-sown English and native grasses. The Hawke’s Bay County Council have the right of removing their roadman’s whare from this section. A formed road runs through this section towards Otamauri Station, and must be kept open for a period of twelve months.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Otamauri Settlement is situated about thirty-one miles from Napier and twenty-eight miles from Hastings by good metalled motor-roads. It joins the Sherenden Settlement on the east, and Glenross and Whanawhana Estates on the north and west.

It consists mainly of low rolling ridges and small flats; the larger portion has been ploughed and laid down in English grasses.

The soil is of a sweet loamy nature, on papa and shingle.

The settlement as a whole is well watered, and by constructing dams in hollows and streams an ample supply can be obtained. At the same time care has been taken to give every section a supply of water that remained permanent through the dry weather last season.

Many of the fences are new, and all are in good order and of good material. Belonging to the settlement is a large wool-shed capable of housing 1,000 sheep, with stands for eight shearers, large well-built yards, and good concrete dip. This stands on a reserve of 8 acres, which will give ample accommodation at shearing and dipping times.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Kowhatu Settlement, Canterbury Land District,
open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th February, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Acts, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 20th March, 1916.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the Courthouse, Waimate, on Wednesday, 22nd March, 1916, at 12 o’clock noon, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of the district in which he resides.

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

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.

Immediate possession will be given.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAIHAO SURVEY DISTRICT.—KOWHATU SETTLEMENT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £1,000; payable in cash, or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £39: total half-yearly payment, £129 18s.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements that go with the land are: Section 1, 614 chains fencing, &c., valued at £129 12s. 6d.; Section 2, 150 chains fencing, &c., valued at £18 15s.; Section 2A, 154 chains fencing, &c., valued at £25 12s. 6d.; Section 3, 244 chains fencing, &c., valued at £37; Section 3A, 184 chains fencing, &c., valued at £33 7s. 6d.; Section 4, 343 chains fencing, &c., valued at £58 7s. 6d.; Section 4A, 28 chains fencing, &c., valued at £5 7s. 6d.; Section 5, 510 chains fencing, &c., valued at £81 5s.; Section 5A, 25 chains fencing, &c., valued at £3 2s. 6d.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—The homestead section. Mostly rolling downs. About 400 acres have been ploughed and laid down in English grass, remainder tussock and scrub. Soil is good loam, on clay; well watered by Stony Creek. Altitude, 500 ft. to 900 ft. Access by good road from Waihao Forks Railway-station, about five miles. Weighted with £1,000, valuation for buildings consisting of house, implement-shed, two stables, chaff-house, wool-shed, and hut, which are to be paid for in cash or by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £39.

Section 2.—All tussock land, rolling downs, and steep rocky faces. The soil on the downs is good loam, on clay and two-thirds of it can be ploughed for rape or turnips; well-watered by branch of Stony Creek. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,570 ft.

Section 2A.—Homestead block for Section 2. Mostly rolling downs, two thirds of which have been ploughed and laid down in English grass. Soil is good loam on clay; well watered by a branch of Stony Creek. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,200 ft. Access by good road from Waihao Forks Railway-station, about six miles.

Section 3.—All rolling tussock downs, two-thirds of which are ploughable. Soil good loam, on clay; watered by Stony Creek, and dams could readily be made in the small streams. Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 1,800 ft.

Section 3A.—Homestead block for Section 3. All rolling downs, about two thirds in English grass, remainder tussock. Soil is good loam, on clay; watered by a spring and a branch of Stony Creek. Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,100 ft. Access by good road from Waihao Forks Railway-station, about six miles and a half.

Section 4.—Mostly rolling downs, with a few rocky faces; partly in English grass, remainder tussock. Soil is good loam, on clay; watered by small streams and springs, and there is also permanent water in a branch of Stony Creek on the small strip of this section north of the road. Altitude, 1,100 ft. to 1,600 ft.

Section 4A.—Homestead block for Section 4. All good, sweet, tussock faces on somewhat stony, shallow soil; well