JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2085

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.

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Taitama Settlement.—Inglewood County.—Block VII, Huiroa Survey District.

• Buildings. † Interest and principal on buildings.

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalment includes payment of principal and interest on buildings.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value of the land are as follows :—

Section 1s.—Wool-shed, valued at £100. Payable in cash or in five years by ten half-yearly instalments of £11 11s.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £92 2s.

Section 5s.—Cottage, stable, and whare, valued at £325. Payable in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £16 8s. 3d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £73 6s. 9d.

Section 7s.—Buildings old, valued at £50. Payable in cash or in five years by ten half-yearly instalments of £5 15s. 6d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £50 6s. 6d.

The improvements included in the capital value of the land are fencing (taking half the boundary fences with the neighbouring farms) valued as follows: Section 1s, 178 chains, £220; Section 2s, 167 chains, £210; Section 3s, 152 chains, £190; Section 4s, 86 chains, £110; Section 5s, 236 chains, £300; Section 6s, 110 chains, £140; Section 7s, 86 chains, £110. The length of fencing is approximate.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The Taitama Settlement is situated on the Mana Road, about eight miles and a half by the Tariki, Ratapiko, and Mana roads from the Tariki Railway-station, which is twenty-three miles from New Plymouth. The land varies from flat and undulating to easy hills, and is fairly well grassed. Sections 6s and 7s are nearly all ploughable, and a good area of the rest can be ploughed, and more or less dairying can be done on all the sections. Section 3s contains the least amount of flat land. The last mile and a half of the road is unmetalled. The dairy factory and school are about two miles and three-quarters away. The climate is moist, and favourable to the growth of pasture, and the land is well watered. The soil is a volcanic loam. The fences are all sheep-proof and in fair order. The altitude varies from 610 ft. to 1,040 ft. above sea-level.

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

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th 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, Auckland, 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 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, Auckland, on Wednesday, 25th August, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Kawhia County.—Alexandra Survey District.

SECTION 12, Block V: Area, 114 acres 0 roods 26 perches; capital value, £520; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £26; half-yearly rent on lease, £10 8s.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. A few acres of river-flats and swamp, balance ploughable land covered with scrub and fern, with rough feed intermixed; the whole section is more or less infested with blackberry. There are a few kahikatea trees on section, containing 25,000 to 30,000 ft. of timber. Soil of fair quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by streams. Distant about nineteen miles from Frankton by formed road mostly metalled.

Opotiki County.—Urutawa Survey District.

Section 16, Block XIV: Area, 1,366 acres; capital value, £1,030; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £51 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £20 12s.

Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 2,700 ft. above sea-level. Broken country, covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, rata, miro, hinau, and black-birch on tops of ridges, with dense undergrowth of karamu, mahoe, supplejack, &c. Soil of good quality, of a sandy nature, on sandstone formation; well watered by the Mangamuka Stream. Distant about thirty-seven miles from Opotiki, about twenty-one miles of which is by formed dray-road, about fifteen miles bridle-track, and one mile unformed; or about seventeen miles from Matawai Railway-station, of which nine miles is by dray-road and eight miles by 4 ft. bridle-track, one mile of which is unformed.

Ohinemuri County.—Hapuakohe Survey District.

Section 5, Block IV: Area, 473 acres 3 roods; capital value, £600; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £30; half-yearly rent on lease, £12.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 750 ft. above sea-level. Broken land, covered with mixed forest comprising tawa, kohekohe, birch, rimu, rata, and white manuka, with dense undergrowth of kiekie, supplejack, and bush ferns. Soil of fair quality, on clay subsoil; fairly watered by small stream. Distant about six miles from Waikaka Landing on Piako River—three miles by tramway and three miles by formed road.

Ohinemuri County.—Waitoa Survey District.

Section 10, Block V: Area, 296 acres 2 roods; capital value, £150; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £7 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £3.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Hilly land, mostly fern and scrub. Soil inferior clay, on slate formation; indifferently watered. Distant about sixteen miles from Morrinsville by cart-road, partly metalled.

Section 11, Block V: Area, 295 acres 2 roods; capital value, £190; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £9 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £3 16s.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken land, covered with fern and scrub. Soil of inferior quality, on clay subsoil; well watered by small streams. Distant about five miles from Tahuna by formed road.

Section 12, Block V: Area, 321 acres 2 roods 34 perches; capital value, £200; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £10; half-yearly rent on lease, £4.

Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. Manuka and fern land, part undulating, but mostly broken. Soil of inferior quality, on clay subsoil; poorly watered by springs. Distant about four miles from Tahuna by fair road.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.