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and 2,000 head of cattle, the wool-clip averaging 9·44 lb.,
and there being no mortality losses among the cattle. At
the disposal sale early in March 14,150 sheep and 1,700 head
of cattle, and the station horses, brought £30,345, exclusive
of about 5,000 wethers and lambs and 300 bullocks which
were previously sent as “fats” to the works. At the sale
the Government purchased slightly over one-half of the
stock offered, which may subsequently be acquired by success-
ful applicants.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 19th April, 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 the local Lands and Survey Office, Gis-
borne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 1st June, 1920.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, 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 Wednesday, 2nd June, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.,
or at the local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Monday,
7th June, or at Everybody’s Hall, Wairoa, on Thursday,
10th June.

The ballot will be held at Everybody’s Hall, Wairoa, at
the conclusion of the examination of applicants on the 10th
June, 1920.

SCHEDULE.

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

Omana Settlement.—Wairoa County.—Nuhaka Survey District.

• Buildings.

† Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £400.
Payable in cash or in fifteen years by thirty half-yearly
instalments of £19 5s. 4d.; total half-yearly payment on
lease, £71 9s. 4d.

‡ Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £250.
Payable in cash or in fifteen years by thirty half-yearly
instalments of £12 0s. 10d.; total half-yearly payment on
lease, £57 9s. 10d.

§ Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £150.
Payable in cash or in fifteen years by thirty half-yearly
instalments of £7 4s. 6d.; total half-yearly payment, on
lease, £47 14s. 6d.

∥ Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £400.
Payable in cash or in fifteen years by thirty half-yearly
instalments of £19 5s. 4d.; total half-yearly payment on
lease, £66 19s. 4d.

NOTE.—Annual instalments deferred payment on Sections
1s, 6s, 7s, and 9s include repayment for building.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Distant about one mile from the Township of Nuhaka,
and situate on the main Wairoa-Gisborne Road. The town

and port of Wairoa is distant about twenty miles, and Gis-
borne about sixty miles.

The block contains about 918 acres, of which 330 acres is
good heavy flat land, rich black soil; balance easy and
undulating hill country, a large portion of which is ploughable.
The whole is in good heart and carrying a good sole of grass,
mostly rye on the flats, with English and native grasses on
the hills; free from noxious weeds; ample supply of good
permanent water; is well adapted for dairying purposes, and
is within one mile and a half of a dairy factory.

A railway (to connect Wairoa with the Port of Waikokopu)
is in course of construction, and will pass within one mile
and a half of the block. Waikokopu is about seven miles
from Nuhaka Township.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1s.—All rich flat land in good order, well grassed,
and having abundant water-supply.

Section 2s.—About 36 acres good flat land; balance good
hills, of which 15 acres are ploughable; good sole of grass,
and well watered.

Section 3s.—About 34 acres of good flat land; balance
easy hills, of which 25 acres are ploughable; all in good
grass, and well watered.

Section 4s.—About 27 acres of good flat land slightly
broken by small streams; balance easy hills, 30 acres being
ploughable; all in good grass, and well watered.

Section 5s.—About 32 acres of good flat land; balance easy
hills, 15 acres of which are ploughable; there is about 10
acres of scattered manuka on the hills; well grassed and
watered.

Section 6s.—About 75 acres of easy undulating country
broken by streams; balance hilly, and carrying a fair amount
of scattered manuka; the soil is of good quality, and well
grassed.

Section 7s.—About 30 acres of good flat land; balance
easy hills, of which about 20 acres are ploughable, and about
15 acres of scattered manuka on the hills; all well grassed
and watered.

Section 8s.—About 18 acres of good scattered flats; balance
easy hills, of which about 100 acres are ploughable; all
good soil, and well watered.

Section 9s.—About 60 acres good heavy flat land, small
portion will require draining; balance good hilly country,
well grassed.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements not included in the capital values, but
which have to be paid for separately, are as follows:—

Section 1s.—Four-roomed cottage, sound timber, only
requires renovations, valued at £250; wool-shed and engine-
room, £150. The wool-shed is a thoroughly sound building
in good order. Yards, dip, &c., included in capital value.
Total, £400.

Section 6s.—Good sound building of six rooms, only re-
quires renovating, valued at £250.

Section 7s.—Thirty-six-bail cow-shed, concrete floor, and
calf-house, valued at £150.

Section 9s.—Cottage and outbuildings, including stable,
whare, and trap-shed, valued at £400.

The improvements included in capital value of sections
are as follows:—

Section 1s.—Seventy-four chains of road and internal
fencing, valued at £65; sheep and stock yards and dip,
valued at £50.

Section 2s.—Eighty-five chains of road and internal fencing,
and half share of thirty-nine chains of boundary fencing,
valued at £86 15s.

Section 3s.—Fifty-eight chains of internal and half share
of 20½ chains boundary fencing, valued at £53 15s.

Section 4s.—Twenty-one chains of internal and half share
sixteen chains boundary fencing, valued at £23 15s.

Section 5s.—Nineteen chains internal and half share seventy-
five chains boundary fencing, valued at £51 15s.

Section 6s.—Fencing, fifty-three chains internal and half
share eighty-eight chains boundary, valued at £59 10s.

Section 7s.—Fencing, sixty-two chains internal and half
share sixty-nine chains boundary, valued at £56 17s. 6d.

Section 8s.—Fencing, twenty-one chains road and internal,
and half share fifty-four chains boundary, valued at £167
7s. 6d.

Section 9s.—Fencing, 116 chains of road and internal,
and half share of thirty-eight chains of boundary, valued
at £104 5s.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.