Aug. 22] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3047

date of selection, together with necessary rights of access
for the removal of the same; but the lessee will be allowed
to obtain any timber required by him for fencing or building
purposes, subject, however, to the prior rights of the Crown
in respect of any timber necessary for the erection of a bridge
over the Whangaripo Stream giving access to the section.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Waiteitei Settlement, formerly the property of J. T.
Smyth, Esq., is situated north-eastward from Wellsford
Railway-station, which is seventy-two miles north of Auck-
land. The distances of the various sections from the station
vary from four to eight miles, the road being metalled for
about two miles, and the remainder formed. The land varies
from good river-flats with alluvial loamy soil to undulating
country and easy hills, on which the soil is a loamy clay
resting on sandstone. The elevation ranges from 200 ft. to
400 ft. above sea-level, but most of the country is under
300 ft. A small portion of the hilly country is broken, but
the greater part is ploughable. The whole of the land is well
watered by springs and streams which are believed to be
permanent. The hilly land is mostly in surface-sown grasses,
rough feed, and scrub. Existing fences have been utilized
as far as possible for boundaries, and there is a considerable
quantity of subdivisional fencing on most of the sections.
There are school, post-office, and store at Wellsford, and
there is telephone connection to the homestead on Section 1s.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 19th August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or
on deferred payments at the Courthouse at Waimate, at
10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 25th September, 1918, under
the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Land for Settle-
ments Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Town of Morven.—Waimate County.—Waikakahi Settlement.

Block II.

| 10 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 15 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 12 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 16 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 14 | 0 1 0 | 30 0 0 | | | |

Block III.

| 8 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 14 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 9 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 15 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 10 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 16 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 11 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 17 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 12 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 18 | 0 1 0 | 35 0 0 |
| 13 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | | | |

Block V.

| 3 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 10 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 12 | 0 1 12 | 22 10 0 |
| 6 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 13 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 |
| 7 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 14 | 0 0 38 | 20 0 0 |
| 8 | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | | | |

Block VI.

| 2 | 0 1 0 | 135 0 0 | 7 | 0 1 0 | 45 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 85 0 0 | 9 | 0 1 0 | 45 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 1 0 | 45 0 0 | | | |

Situated on the western side of the main south line of
railway, a few chains from the Morven Railway-station.
Flat land; good soil.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred
payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The
terms are—(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 pay-
ments: 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 pre-
scribed 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.

Titles will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amend-
ment Act, 1912.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale or Lease to
Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th August, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for sale or lease 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 Friday, the 25th
October, 1918.

The lands may be selected for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, 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.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, on Wednesday, 30th October, 1918, at 10 o’clock
a.m.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examina-
tion of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Matamata County.—Wairere Survey-District.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Matamata North Block is situated adjacent to the
Auckland–Rotorua Railway line, between the stations at
Walton and Waharoa, which are four miles apart, the former
being respectively 114 miles from Auckland and twenty-eight
miles from Hamilton. Morrinsville (about fifteen miles) and
Matamata (about eight miles) are the nearest business centres.
The main Waiota–Matamata Road runs through the block,
and most of the sections have frontages to it, with the Waiota
River at the western boundary.

The block consists of practically level country, with easily
worked soil, the greater part being covered with high manuka
and gorse. Small portions of the land are swampy, and
patches have been cropped by Natives. Water can pro-
bably be obtained in most parts by sinking. The land when
cleared and grassed is suitable for dairying, facilities for
which are provided by a creamery at Waharoa and the glaxo-
factory at Matamata.

Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained from this
office

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.