2038
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

The land 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, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 25th August, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND
Egmont County.—Cape Survey District.—Parihaka Block.

Exempt from Payment of Rent for Two Years.

| 29 | XIV | 178 2 12 | 800 | 40 0 0 | 18 0 0 |
| 30 | ,, | 156 2 6 | 780 | 39 0 0 | 17 11 0 |
| 8 | XIII | 201 0 6 | 760 | 38 0 0 | 17 2 0 |
| 10 | ,, | 172 1 19 | 780 | 39 0 0 | 17 11 0 |

*Buildings.
† The deferred-payment instalment includes payment for buildings.
‡ Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SECTIONS.

Section 134, Block VIII.—Undulating and hummocky; open country covered with fern and rough grass, light bush in parts.

Section 135, Block VII.—Open undulating country, mostly in rough grass and fern; large portion ploughable. Improvements: Four-roomed cottage, shed, and cow-shed; value, £120. Weighted with £120, valuation of buildings, payable in cash or by fourteen half-yearly payments of interest and principal amounting to £10 7s. 5d.

Sections 39 and 40, Block IX.—Open undulating country covered with rough grass and fern, mostly ploughable; broken in parts with rocky hummocks; a little light bush in parts.

Sections 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46, Block IX.—Undulating hummocky country covered with mixed forest, excepting Sections 41 and 42, which are partly cleared and grassed along Newall Road frontage, but covered with second growth, chiefly wineberry. Section 43 is about one-third open country. Section 44 is all forest. Section 45 has all been felled and grassed, but is up badly in second growth. Section 46 is mostly in bush.

Sections 118 and 119, Block XII.—Chiefly flat land with a few hummocks, open country in grass and fern; partly fenced.

Section 120, Block XII.—Chiefly flat land, with a few hummocks along frontage and north and south boundaries; middle of section is swamp partly drained, but requires further draining. The section is ring-fenced, and carries a fair amount of rough feed.

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, Block XIII.—Flat and undulating grass country, with a few stony hummocks; mostly ploughable.

Section 5, Block XIII.—Open undulating hummocky country, great proportion ploughable.

Section 6, Block XIII.—Flat and undulating country, with a number of rocky hillocks intersected by numerous swampy creeks which could be easily drained.

Sections 7 and 8, Block XIII.—Flat and undulating country with a few small hillocks. Part of section is open, and in parts overrun with blackberry; balance in bush.

Section 9, Block XIII.—Flat and undulating country much broken by low hummocks, of volcanic origin, intersected by small swampy creeks. Open country carrying rather poor grass, in parts overrun with blackberry.

Section 10, Block XIII.—Undulating bush country, broken in parts by low hummocks; when cleared should carry good grass.

Section 11, Block XIII.—Flat and undulating land, mostly open, broken in parts by low hummocks; mostly in grass of rather poor quality. Section is ring-fenced.

Section 12, Block XIII.—Flat and undulating grass country, with a few stony hummocks; mostly ploughable.

Sections 29 and 30, Block XIV.—Flat and undulating bush country, broken with low hummocks. Soil is of fair quality, and should carry good grass when cleared.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The sections generally lie around the well-known Native settlement of Parihaka, and are also close to the village of Pungarehu, which is about twenty-six miles from New Plymouth by the main South Road, along which regular motor services run twice daily. The land is all within easy reach of a dairy factory at Pungarehu. Most of the open part is carrying grass, but the greater portion will need putting down in fresh pasture as convenient opportunity occurs. The soil is a volcanic loam. Stony hummocks are dispersed about the country at intervals. The bush sections carry forest of mixed bush of the following timbers: Tawa, towhai, rewarewa, kohekohe, karaka, mahoe, kaiwhiria, ngaiO, &c., with the usual underscrub. A large proportion is ploughable. Gorse and blackberry are scattered over most of it; but industrious men could soon cope with them, as they are no worse than on many farms in occupation elsewhere, and when the land is clear, it should be worth much higher values. The quality of the sections vary with the price and the amount of cleared land. The land is well watered, and lies at altitudes varying from 300 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. The main South Road, the Parihaka Road as far as the Native village, and the Newall Road are metalled roads, and a dray can be taken along the Wataroa Road for some distance. Formation will be required to extend the Parihaka Road. There are fences in parts as shown on the map; but most of them will need repairs.

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

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 21st 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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 23rd 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 District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 25th August, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Egmont County.—Cape Survey District.—Matane Settlement.

SECTION 31, Block IV: Area, 50 acres; capital value, £1,140; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £57; half-yearly rent on lease, £25 13s.

One mile and a half by the Paora Road from Puniho on the main south road. Flat land near coast of good quality, except for small stony portion; carrying good sole of grass. Access by good metalled road within easy reach of dairy factory.

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

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.