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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

The improvements not included in the capital values, but which have to be paid for separately, are—
Section 1s.—Old barn, old cottage, sheep-dip and yards, smithy now on Section 5s; valued at £270. Payable in cash or in seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of £23 6s. 8d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £90 16s. 8d. The smithy on Section 5s must be removed by the lessee of Section 1s and re-erected on his allotment at his own cost.
Section 3s.—Old cottage with lean-to now on Section 5s, part of large iron building now on Section 5s; valued at £210. Payable in cash or in seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of £18 2s. 11d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £41 6s. 5d. These buildings must be removed by the lessee of Section 3s and re-erected on his allotment at his own cost.
Section 4s.—Part large iron building now on Section 5s, barn with lean-to implement-shed now on Section 5s; valued at £260. Payable in cash or in seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of £22 9s. 4d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £119 17s. 10d. These buildings must be removed by the lessee of Section 4s and re-erected on his allotment at his own cost.
Section 5s.—Dwellinghouse, wash-house, dairy, coal-shed, garage, shearing shed; valued at £1,064 Payable in cash or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £41 9s.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £172 4s. 5d.
Section 6s.—Wooden building and barn, valued at £250. Payable in cash or in seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of £21 12s. 1d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £160 13s. 1d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
Pukenui Settlement is situated about half a mile from Peebles Post-office and store, and about one mile and a quarter from railway-siding. The settlement is suitable for grazing and mixed farming. The altitude is from 240 ft. to 850 ft. above sea-level, and varies from undulating to flat-topped spurs and steep sidings. Mostly all good soil, on a clay and gravel formation. Access is provided by good roads.
Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 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, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 13th May, 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 Drill Hall, Dannevirke, on Tuesday, the 18th May, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.
The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Akitio County.—Block VII, Mount Cerberus Survey District, and Block I, Waimata Survey District.

IMPROVEMENTS.
The improvements included in the capital values of the sections comprise fencing valued as follows: Section 1s, £166; Section 2s, £299; Section 3s, £190; Section 5s, £134; Section 6s, £95; Section 7s, £116,

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
Akitio Settlement is situated on the Dannevirke-Akitio coach-road, about thirty-nine miles from Dannevirke. The road is metalled for thirty-three miles to Ti-tree Point, and from there to the settlement and through to Akitio it is formed and used for heavy motor traffic though unmetalled. There is a daily motor and mail service from Dannevirke to Ti-tree Point, which contains a school, a post and telegraph office, and a store, and a tri-weekly coach and mail service past the settlement from Ti-tree Point to Akitio. The settlement is six miles from Ti-tree Point and some twelve miles from Akitio and the coast. Access may also be obtained by means of the Pahiatua-Pongaroa Road.
The property consists of good undulating grazing-country suitable for stock-raising. The soil is of fair to good quality, on sandstone and papa formation. Each section contains a good homestead-site and is well watered. Elevation ranges from 80 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.
Areas of sections are subject to slight alteration.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.
Section 1s.—Practically all in grass. Contains a small patch of shelter bush of from 1 to 2 acres.
Section 2s.—220 acres good grass, 20 acres mixed bush, balance mixed manuka scrub and grass. The bush consists chiefly of large kahikatea, with tawa, totara, &c.
Section 3s.—450 acres grass, balance manuka scrub.
Section 5s.—400 acres grass, balance manuka scrub and heather.
Section 6s.—6 acres mixed bush; balance grass, rushes, and patches of heather. The bush comprises totara, kahikatea, matai, &c.
Section 7s.—Undulating to steep country, covered with grass, rushes, and heather; about 100 acres of scattered heather land of little value in its present state.

SPECIAL CONDITION.
The bush on Sections 1s, 2s, and 6s is not to be cut or destroyed in any manner without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 16th March, 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 Tuesday, the 11th May, 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, Blenheim, on Thursday, the 13th May, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.
The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST CLASS LAND.
Alberton Settlement.—Marlborough County.—Cloudy Bay Survey District.

• Buildings.
  † Instalment of interest and principal on buildings.

IMPROVEMENTS.
The values of improvements included in the prices of the respective sections are as follows: Section 1s, fencing and