1948
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Section 8, Block XI: Area, 434 acres 1 rood 30 perches; capital value, £960; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £48; half-yearly rent on lease, £21 12s.
Section 9, Block XI: Area, 472 acres 3 roods 25 perches; capital value, £1,180; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £59; half-yearly rent on lease, £26 11s.
Section 10, Block XI: Area, 385 acres 3 roods 7 perches; capital value, £560; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £28; half-yearly rent on lease, £12 12s.
Section 2, Block XV: Area, 1,223 acres; capital value, £1,800; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £90; half-yearly rent on lease, £40 10s.
Section 1, Block XVI: Area, 1,216 acres; capital value, £1,800; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £90; half-yearly rent on lease, £40 10s.

These sections are situated from seven to eleven miles from Kopaki Railway-station (thirteen miles from Te Kuiti), the road being formed for seven miles as far as Sections 2 and 10, and provision has been made for the formation of the remaining distance to the other sections. The country is principally undulating to hilly, Section 10 being steep and broken. Section 1 comprises open land covered with fern and tea-tree scrub. The remaining sections consist partly of open land and partly of mixed forest which mostly carries a heavy undergrowth. The soil varies from good quality on the forest portions to light sandy pumice formation on the open portions, resting on sandstone. All sections are well watered by river or streams.

Section 1, Block II: Area, 244 acres 3 roods 19 perches; capital value, £1,020; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £51; half-yearly rent on lease, £22 19s.
Section 3, Block III: Area, 666 acres; capital value, £2,140; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest,) £107; half-yearly rent on lease, £48 3s.

Mangaorongo Survey District.

Section 6, Block XV: Area, 632 acres 1 rood 28 perches; capital value, £1,700; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £85; half-yearly rent on lease, £38 5s.
Section 7, Block XV: Area, 679 acres 3 roods 6 perches; capital value, £2,180; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £109; half-yearly rent on lease, £49 1s.

These sections are distant about fourteen to sixteen miles from Otorohanga Railway-station by good road for about twelve miles, thence by horse or cart tracks. Provision has been made for completion of necessary formed access. The altitude ranges from 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. There are small flats of good quality; but most of the land is undulating to hilly and broken, and of light quality. Section 1 is all mixed forest with light undergrowth, and Section 7 contains about 80 acres of mixed forest. The remainder of the sections are open manuka scrub and fern land. All sections are well watered by the Waipa River or streams.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th June, 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, Christchurch, and the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 2nd August, 1920.

The land 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 local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, on Thursday, 5th August, 1920.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Levels County.—Pareora Survey District.—Oakwood Settlement, Block XVI.

SECTION 1: Area, 102 acres 1 rood 30 perches; capital value, £3,530; instalment on deferred-payment (excluding interest), £176 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £79 8s. 6d.

Section 2: Area, 93 acres 2 roods 5 perches; capital value, £3,030; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £151 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £68 3s. 6d.
Section 3: Area, 90 acres 0 roods 34 perches; capital value, £2,930; instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £146 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £65 18s. 6d.
Section 4: Area, 80 acres 2 roods 14 perches; capital value, £2,780 (buildings, £180); instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £148; half-yearly rent on lease, £62 11s. (half-yearly instalment on buildings, £9 1s. 10d.). The deferred-payment instalment includes payment for buildings.
Section 5: Area, 81 acres 0 roods 8 perches; capital value £2,720 (buildings, £20); instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £137; half-yearly rent on lease, £61 4s.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 1.—Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. All ploughable, with the exception of about 15 acres covered with scrub and plantations. About 30 acres are flat, the remainder undulating. Well watered by the Washdyke Stream, dam, and springs. Situated five miles and a half from Timaru by a good road, with the exception of thirty-three chains, the formation of which is shortly to be put in hand.

Section 2.—Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. All ploughable, with the exception of about 10 acres covered with scrub. About 30 acres are flat, remainder undulating; the section is all well grassed, and is well watered by the Washdyke Stream. Access is the same as that of Section 1.

Section 3.—Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. All ploughable, with the exception of about 4 acres of plantations. About 20 acres are flat, the remainder undulating. Well watered by the Washdyke Stream. Access is by Spur Road on the north, about three miles from Washdyke Railway-station.

Section 4.—Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. All ploughable, with exception of about 10 acres of steep rocky faces. About 40 acres are flat, the remainder undulating; the section is well grassed, and is well watered by the Washdyke Stream, dam, and well. Access is from Timaru, about five miles by good road. There are on this section a wool-shed 30 ft. by 30 ft. and yards, valued at £180. These may be paid for in cash or out of advances, or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £9 1s. 10d.

Section 5.—Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. All ploughable, with exception of about 6 acres of plantations; well grassed, and is well watered by the Washdyke Stream and dams. About 40 acres are flat, the remainder being low undulating country. Access is from Timaru, about five miles by a good road. There are on this section two small sheds valued at £20, which may be paid for in cash or out of advances.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements included in the capital value of the land are for boundary and subdivisional fences valued as follows: Section 1, 180 chains, £91 17s. 6d.; Section 2, 195 chains, £103 2s. 6d.; Section 3, 170 chains, £91; Section 4, 139 chains, £72 7s. 6d.; Section 5, 133 chains, £71 12s. 6d.

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

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

Pastoral Land in Canterbury Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th June, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for license by public auction, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, the 12th day of July, 1920, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—OXFORD COUNTY.

Crown land in Blocks V and IX, Okuku, and Blocks VIII and XII, Esk Survey Districts: Area, 3,500 acres; upset annual rental, £30; term of license, seven years from 1st September, 1920.

This land, which has till recently been held by Mr. Duncan Kennedy, lies at the head of the Ashley River, between the Okuku River, the Puketeraki Range, and Forest Reserve 3268, and consists of open tussock and light scrub land, originally all birch forest. There is a homestead-site near the Okuku River, but all the land is high, rough, and subject to snow. The block is twenty-five miles from Hawarden, part by good road and part by bridle-track.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF PASTORAL LICENSE.

1. Purchaser or applicant must be over twenty-one years of age.
2. One half-year’s rent and rent for broken period 12th July, 1920, to 31st August, 1920, together with £1 1s. (license