3752
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 147

the period from date of sale to the said 1st January, 1919. A ground rental of £10 per annum shall be paid by the licensee for the sixth year, seventh year, and eighth year of the term. The license shall be for the cutting and removal of the timber, and shall give no right to the use of the land.

5. The timber shall be cut in a face, and the Crown reserves the right of following up the mill-workings by felling and grassing such areas as from time to time will have been cleared of milling-timber.

6. The license shall be subject to any right of tramway already granted or that may hereafter be granted over the lands comprised therein, and the Land Board may authorize the laying-down and working of tram-lines through the lot by other persons than the licensee.

7. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, into any river, stream, or water-course, or into any place where it may be washed into any river, stream, or watercourse, any sawdust or other sawmill refuse.

8. If the timber is unsold at auction, the right to cut it at the upset price will remain open for application until further notice.

9. The license will be sold generally in accordance with the area and boundaries as shown on the sale map at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson.

10. No compensation will be given, nor shall any be claimed, for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect of these lots or in these conditions.

Full particulars may be ascertained and copies of the Forest Regulations obtained at this office.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 6th November, 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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 17th December, 1918.

The lands may be selected for cash or on deferred payments, 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, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 18th December, 1918, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Heao Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block II: Area, 92 acres 1 rood 1 perch; capital value, £560; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £28; half-yearly rent on lease, £12 12s.

Situated at the junction of the Tokirima and Kaikara Roads. Access is from the Town of Ohura, which is about ten miles distant by formed dray-road. The section comprises about 60 acres of river-flat, swampy in places, but is easily drained; balance low easy hills. Nearly all the scrub on the section has been felled, but, owing to a bad burn and the want of stocking, a heavy growth of fern has come up through the felled scrub. The section is practically all ploughable, and is one of the best pieces of land in the district. It can be easily worked, and will give an early return.

Ohura County.—Tangitu Survey District.

Section 9, Block XI: Area, 355 acres; capital value, £800; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £40; half-yearly rent on lease, £18.

Situated on the Okaroa and Otahu Roads. Access from Okahukura Railway-station, about six miles distant, by a good metalled and pumice road. There is a school within half a mile of the section, and the site for the Tuhua Railway-station is within three miles. The section comprises easy to steep slopes. The forest is mixed, and varies from fern and scrub to heavy bush comprising rata, rimu, matai, totara, kahikatea, tawa, tawhero, pokaka, rewarewa, &c., and a dense undergrowth of howeka, tawhiri, manatu, koromiko, wineberry, kotukutuku, karamu, flax, tutu, hoho, supplejacks, ferns, &c. The soil is of fair to good quality, resting on papa and sandstone formation, and the section is well watered.

NOTE.—The owners of buildings will be given two months from date of sale in which to remove them.

Clifton County.—Waitara Survey District.

Section 3, Block 1: Area, 62 acres 2 roods 30 perches; capital value, £1,260; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £63; half-yearly rent on lease, £28 7s.

Situated on the main North Road from New Plymouth, which is a good metalled road. Access is from Waitara Railway-station and port about two miles and a half distant. There is a dairy factory within half a mile of the section. The land is level, and would make a first-class dairy-farm. It is fenced on two sides, and the road frontage with a rough post-and-wire fence. The section is badly watered, and to get a water-supply would necessitate sinking a well and erecting a windmill. There is a windmill working just across the road and providing a good supply. On the north-eastern corner of the section near the sea-beach there is a spring which would serve as a water-supply for the back paddock. The improvements comprise sixty-five chains of fencing, valued at £32 15s., which are included in the price of the land.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Stratford County.—Omona Survey District.

Section 6, Block VIII: Area, 1,236 acres; capital value, £1,240; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £62; half-yearly rent on lease, £27 18s.

Situated on the Ratanui Road. Access is from Douglas Railway-station, which is about seventeen miles distant—by metalled road for about eight miles, part of the remaining distance being bridle-track and part bush-track now overgrown. Access is also from Eltham, twenty-nine miles distant—twenty-one miles metalled road, three miles formed dray-road, balance track. The section comprises a few small flats along the road frontage, the remainder being steep country with gullies and gorgy creeks. The soil is of fair quality, resting on principally papa formation. The forest is heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, pukatea, tawhero, &c., with a dense undergrowth of mahoe, ferns, supplejacks, &c. The section is well watered by small streams.

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

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Pastoral Land in Hauraki Mining District, Auckland Land District, for License by Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th November, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for license by discharged soldiers under the regulations for the occupation of pastoral land in the Hauraki Mining District, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 16th December, 1918.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 18th December, 1918, at 10 o’clock a.m.; but if any applicant so desires, he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held on the same day as the examination at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Coromandel County.—Otama Survey District.

SECTION 17, Block II: Area, 323 acres 2 roods; capital value, £250; half-yearly rent, £6 5s.

Weighted with £127, valuation for improvements comprising four-roomed house, two sheds, 9½ acres grassing, 60 chains fencing, and small orchard.

Altitude, 20 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating and broken country; about 250 acres fern and manuka, balance light mixed forest comprising stunted pohutukawa, puriri, kohekohe, mahoe, mamaku, &c., with very light undergrowth of punga, kawakawa, &c. Clay soil, of rather poor quality; poorly watered by small rivulet and spring. Distant about a quarter of a mile from Kuaotunu Post-office by good metalled cart-road.