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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th February, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 36811, 36812, 36813, Block IX, Rolleston Survey District. Tenure: Special Tenure Lease No. 1. Formerly held by Edward Alfred Shaw. Reason for forfeiture: No-payment of rent; section abandoned.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 19th February, 1920.

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, Blenheim, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 15th April, 1920.

The lands may be purchased 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, Blenheim, on Friday, 16th April, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Marlborough County.—Wakamarina Survey District.—Part Upper Opouri Block.

SECTION 5, Block III: Area, 359 acres; capital value, £1,336 15s.; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £33 8s. 5d.; half-yearly rent on lease, £30 1s. 7d.

About 140 acres flat to undulating country, soil being of good quality; the balance of section runs from easy to steep hills of fair quality, all covered with mixed bush, of which a fair portion has been worked for milling-timber; well watered. Altitude varies from 300 ft. to 2,000 ft. About six miles and a half from Flat Creek Post-office.

Marlborough County.—Heringa Survey District.—Part Tinline Block No. 3.

Sections 9 and 10, Block VII: Area, 1,123 acres; capital value, £600; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £15; half-yearly rent on lease, £13 10s.

Altitude from 250 ft. to 2,140 ft. About 180 acres have been burnt and partially sown in grass, but the fern has taken a strong hold; balance bush, mostly birch. The section is well watered, and the flat along the Tinline River is good, but hill-slopes are rough and stony. Situated from the main Blenheim-Nelson coach-road about five miles—three miles dray-road, balance along a 6 ft. formed track.

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

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 19th February, 1920.

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, Napier, and at the local Land Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th April, 1920.

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 terms 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, Napier, on Thursday, 15th April, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Members of the Land Board will be in attendance at the local Land Office, Gisborne, on Monday, 19th April, at 10 o’clock a.m., to examine local applicants.

The ballot will be held at the local Land Office, Gisborne, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waikohu County.—Waikohu Survey District.—Repongaere Settlement.

• Annual instalment on deferred payments on Sections 4s and 6s includes proportion for buildings.

† Buildings.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £300, payable in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £15 3s. Total half-yearly payments, £84 18s.

§ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £350, payable in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £17 3s. 6d. Total half-yearly payments, £95 2s. 9d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Distant about twelve miles from Gisborne by a flat metalled road. The Napier-Gisborne Railway passes close to the settlement, the Patutahi Station being only two miles distant, while the Waipaoa Freezing-works are about six miles distant. The block comprises about 2,000 acres of easy hilly undulating country, rising from about 50 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level, and about 300 acres of good flat land (somewhat subject to flood during heavy rains) capable of considerable improvement by deepening the present main drain. Water can be obtained by sinking on those sections which have not a permanent stream running through them.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1s comprises about 41 acres of good flat land and 12 acres of fair hilly country. The flats are subject to flood during heavy rain, but can be readily drained and improved. A permanent supply of water can be obtained by sinking.

Section 2s comprises about 36 acres of good flat land (subject to flood during heavy rain, but readily drained) and 15 acres of fair hilly country. There is no permanent stream, but a regular supply can be obtained by sinking.

Section 3s comprises about 36 acres of good flat land (liable to be flooded during heavy rains) and 28 acres of fair hilly country.

Section 4s comprises about 37 acres of good flat land (liable to be flooded during heavy rains) and 35 acres of good hilly country.

Sections 5s and 7s comprise about 37 acres of rich flat land (liable to flood in heavy rain) and 40 acres of good hill land. The erection of a windmill will be necessary to ensure a regular water-supply. Section 7s comprises 1 acre of good flat land and about 39 acres of good hill country, but has no permanent water-supply.

Section 6s comprises about 28 acres of very good flat land, clear of floods; 5 acres of swamp, when drained will become first-class land; and 60 acres of good hill country, of which 15 acres are ploughable.

Section 8s comprises about 25 acres of good swamp, containing good rough summer feed, and capable of considerable improvement by cultivation, and 96 acres of good hilly country, of which 30 acres are ploughable. Contains splendid building-site, and will make a good dairy farm.