Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3049

formed roads. Distance from Christchurch about twenty-two miles, and a quarter of a mile from Aylesbury Railway-station on the Christchurch-Springfield line of railway.

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

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 1st August, 1917.

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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 3rd September, 1917.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive periods 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, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 5th September, 1917, at 10 a.m. o’clock.

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

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Eltham County.—Kaupokonui Survey District.—Parkes Settlement.

• Buildings. Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £63, payable in cash, or in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £5 9s.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £48 4s.

† Buildings. Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £175, payable in cash, or in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £11 6s. 9d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £66 13s. 9d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

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

Section 1s.—28 chains of rough wire fencing, £7; 57 chains of live hedge, £113 13s. 2d.; two creek crossings, £6: total, £126 13s. 2d.

Section 2s.—63 chains of live hedge, £111.

Section 3s.—63 chains of live hedge and two creek crossings, £119 5s.

Section 4s.—74 chains of live hedge and one creek crossing, £134 12s.

Section 5s.—74 chains of live hedge and two creek crossings, £137 15s.

Section 6s.—98 chains of live hedge, 48 chains wire fencing, and two creek crossings, £118 16s.

Section 7s.—38 chains of wire fencing, 98 chains of live hedge, and two creek crossings, £133 8s.

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

Section 1s.—Two-roomed lean-to and rough sheds, £63.

Section 6s.—Four-roomed house and two rough sheds, £175

There is a small plantation around the former, and a plantation and orchard around the latter house.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

This settlement is situated on the Eltham-Opunake and Palmer roads, which are good metalled highways; about one mile from Kaponga Township and about eight miles from Eltham Railway-station. When the Te Roti - Opunake Railway (now under construction) is completed, the block will be about two miles from a railway-station on Palmer Road. Except for the gullies, which are about 20 ft. deep, the land is all flat and ploughable, with very few stumps requiring removal. Having been used mostly for fattening purposes, the land is in good heart. There is grass through the patches of shelter bush, and the streams are clear permanent water and generally safe for stock. Every alternate boundary is a good live hedge of sufficient height to be of value for shelter.

There is a dairy factory at Kaponga, and others in the surrounding districts. The live hedges above referred to are generally boxthorn, with a little seedless gorse and barberry in places.

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

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 9th June, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 6th August, 1917.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 8th August, 1917, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—MID. WANAKA AND MID. HAWEA SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Run 579: Area, 7,080 acres; half-yearly rental, £25. Weighted with £308 15s., valuation for fencing.

The run comprises steep broken faces and spurs, ranging from 1,050 ft. to 4,700 ft. above sea-level. Above about 2,500 ft. there is good tussock feed, but below that height the faces are mostly covered with bracken, fern, and tussock. There are a few hundred acres of low-lying land on the north and east of the run, and this land is mostly covered with manuka scrub, but has good grass feed amongst the scrub. Well watered. Distant about twelve miles and a half from Hawea Flat Post-office. Access is by formed road for four miles and a half to Hawea Bridge, thence by bridle-track for eight miles along Lake Hawea.

Run 580: Area, 6,760 acres; half-yearly rental, £20. Weighted with £291 5s., valuation for fencing.

Similar to Run 579. Altitude, 1,050 ft. to 4,500 ft. above sea-level. In the gullies there are patches of birch bush. Situated about nine miles and a half from Hawea Flat Post-office, four miles and a half being by good formed road and five miles by bridle-track along Lake Hawea.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.