Dec. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4527

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Manawatu County.—Te Kawa and Kairanga Survey Districts.
—Kopane Settlement.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
Kopane Settlement comprises a portion of Mrs. Walter Johnston’s Highden Estate, is situated in Blocks VIII, Te Kauwau, and V, Kairanga Survey Districts, in the Manawatu County, and is bounded on the western side by the Green Lane Road and on the eastern side by the Oroua River.

The property is in the midst of a first-class dairying district, being about seven miles from Feilding, about nine miles from Palmerston North, about three and a half miles from Rongotea, and two miles from Awahuri, all by good metalled roads. There are butter-factories at the two latter places.

The land is practically all flat, the soil being of rich alluvial silt, and with the exception of a few rushes and a small area of scrub is all in splendid grass. It is eminently adapted for dairying, being ideal dairying country—fattening, grazing, or market gardening.

There are several dairy factories within a few miles of the settlement, and a milk-cart taking milk to the factory passes the settlement every morning.

IMPROVEMENTS.
The improvements go with the land, and their value is included in the capital values of the sections.

NOTE.—Possession will not be given before 1st April, 1918. Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 16th November, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction, under section 132 of the Land Act, 1908, at this office on Monday, the 17th day of December, 1917, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 5, Block XXIV, Invercargill Hundred: Area, 14 acres 3 roods 4 perches; upset annual rental, £3 10s.

DESCRIPTION.
Level land, practically clear, 10 acres in grass. Soil good. Situated on corner of Grove Bush and Invercargill–Seaward Bush Roads about one mile from Timpany’s Siding.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term, fourteen years from 1st January, 1918.
2. Right of cultivation, but not more than two white crops to be taken off the land in succession, the cultivated area to be left in grass at end of term.
3. No valuation will be allowed for improvements.
4. All noxious weeds to be cleared off and kept down to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
5. The purchaser of the lease must deposit a year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee on the fall of the hammer.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Southland Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd November, 1917.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 17th December, 1917.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board for examination at this office on Tuesday, 18th December, 1917, at 11 o’clock a.m.

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

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.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—HOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.—ARDLUSSA SETTLEMENT.
Mixed Agricultural and Pastoral Land.

SECTION 1, Blocks II and III: Area, 5,031 acres 1 rood 6 perches; capital value, £3,733; total half-yearly rental, £84.

Open, undulating to hilly agricultural and pastoral land. Subdivided into four paddocks, the eastern boundary being unfenced. 136 acres in new grass; some 600 to 700 acres are ploughable; the balance is hilly tussock country. Elevation, from 720 ft. to 2,050 ft. Well watered by permanent streams.

Section 3, Block VII: Area, 1,790 acres; capital value, £3,978; total half-yearly rental, £89 10s.

Open, flat, and hilly agricultural and pastoral land. Subdivided into six paddocks, and practically all ring-fenced with rabbit-proof fences. Comprising 345 acres in grass; the balance, 1,445 acres, is mostly hilly tussock country. Elevation, from 600 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level.

The improvements which go with the sections are as follows: Section 1—938 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £293. Section 3 — 889 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £465 18s.

Ardlussa Settlement is situated from six miles to ten miles and three-quarters from Balfour Railway-station, on the Gore-Lumsden line.

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1909.

Ikaroa Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1917.

IT is hereby notified that the order as set out in the Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native Land Court, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909.

F. O. V. ACHESON,
Registrar.

Adopting Parents. Adopted Child.
Niniwa Heremaia and Hori Teoti te Puna Kirangiriri
Aporo. Ahipene.