Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 979

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

This settlement is situated close to the Hook Railway-station, and is all good flat and undulating agricultural land in grass and stubble. The sections are fairly well watered by the Hook River and two small streams.

IMPROVEMENTS.

Section 1 is weighted with £130 for a granary at present on Section 3, which may be paid for either in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £6 11s. 4d.

Section 2 is weighted with £220 for a cottage with windmill adjoining, a shed, three loose-boxes, and trap-shed, all at present on Section 3 (with exception of windmill), which may be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £11 2s. 3d.

Section 3 is weighted with £882 for a seven-roomed house, dairy, coal-shed, stable, hut, fowl-house, cow-shed, garage, windmill, water-supply, and dip, which may be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £44 10s. 10d. There are also on this section two cottages, a granary, an implement-shed, a shed, trap-shed, and three loose-boxes for removal to other sections.

Section 4 is weighted with £235 for a four-roomed cottage, wash-house, dairy, coal-shed, and implement-shed at present on Section 3, which may be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £11 17s. 4d.

Section 5 is weighted with £80 for half a granary at present on Section 6, which may be paid for in cash or out of advances.

Section 6 is weighted with £677 for a six-roomed house, implement-shed, fowl-house, stable, sheep-yards, piggery, and water-supply, and half a granary, which may be paid for in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £34 3s. 10d. The other half of the granary on this section is for removal to Section 5.

The improvements that go with the land are for boundary and subdivisional fences valued as follows: Section 1, 238 chains, £90; Section 2, 147 chains, £53; Section 3, 252 chains, £116; Section 4, 161 chains, £57; Section 5, 240 chains, £95; Section 6, 262 chains, £94.

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

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

Pastoral Run in Otago Land District for License to Discharged Soldiers.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Dunedin, 21st March, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for selection by discharged soldiers, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments. Applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 24th May, 1920.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, 27th May, 1920, 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 at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.—CLASS A.
Ida Valley Run.—Vincent County.—Manor, Manorside, and Tiger Hill Survey Districts.

RUN 587: Area, 20,900 acres; half-yearly rent, £130; term, twenty-one years.

Weighted with £373 17s., valuation for improvements consisting of fencing and yards.

The run is situated about fourteen miles from Omakau Railway-station; access by good road from railway; well watered. Altitude, 1,450 ft. to 3,400 ft. above sea-level. General aspect northerly. Low country bare, but good tussock and native grasses on back country. Towards the back boundary there is a certain amount of danger from heavy snow in winter.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 24th 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, 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.
Moorlands Settlement.—Marlborough County.—Cloudy Bay Survey District.

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalments on Sections 5s and 6s include payment for buildings.

• Buildings.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £450, payable in cash or by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £17 11s.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £94 19s.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £290, payable in cash or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £14 12s. 11d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £106 0s. 5d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are included in the capital value of the sections are as follows: Section 1s, old fencing valued at £82; Section 2s, old fencing valued at £44; Section 3s, old fencing valued at £60; Section 4s, old fencing valued at £47; Section 5s, old fencing valued at £75; Section 6s, water-supply, windmill and tanks, concrete trough, old fencing, old dip, and plantation, including walnut trees in bearing, valued at £120.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value of the sections, but which have to be paid for separately, are as follows: Section 5s, a six-roomed house, plain interior, with back porch, valued at £450; Section 6s, old four-roomed whare, stable and loft, vermin-proof grain-store with concrete floor, all valued at £290.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Moorlands Settlement is situated on Upper Spring Creek Road and Jackson’s cross-road, within eight miles from Blenheim Post-office. Altitude about 50 ft. above sea-level. It comprises 953 acres of good level agricultural land, somewhat shingly in parts, but otherwise consists of alluvial silt, and is almost virgin land. The Opawa River bounds the sections on the south side, and artesian water is also obtainable. Most of the sections have some willows and manuka suitable for firewood, &c.

BUILDINGS FOR SALE.

The following buildings on Section 6s will be sold by auction on the completion of the ballot, for removal or otherwise: Old workshop, shed, and wool-shed; upset price, £90.

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

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 22nd 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, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 24th May, 1920.