July 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2151

tion. The open country contains numerous ploughable flats,
which should be suitable for growing turnips or winter feed,
and the land should make good sheep and cattle country
when cleared and grassed.

SPECIAL CONDITION.

Public right of use of all existing tracks is reserved until
the surveyed roads have been opened for traffic.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Nelson Land District for Lease to
Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 6th July, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small
grazing-runs are open for lease to discharged soldiers
under Part V of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged
Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915; and applications will be
received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, up
to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 9th August, 1920.

Successful applicants will be required to take a lease, in
terms of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, of the areas
of settlement land as set out below.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for
examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson,
on Wednesday, the 11th August, 1920, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waimea County.—Gordon Survey District.

SMALL Grazing-run 10: Area, 2,030 acres 3 roods 32 perches;
capital value, £1,760; half-yearly rent, £35 4s.

Valuation for fencing, £234 12s. 6d.

The successful applicant will be required to take a license
(expiring at the same time as the run license), under sec-
tion 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over home-
stead-site Section 1s; area, 310 acres 0 roods 18 perches;
half-yearly rental, £22 10s. Fencing to the value of £12 is
included in the rental value of homestead-site.

Small Grazing-run 11: Area, 996 acres; capital value,
£1,260; half-yearly rent, £25 4s.

Valuation for fencing, £9 12s. 6d.

The successful applicant will be required to take a license
(expiring at the same time as the run license), under sec-
tion 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over Sec-
tion 2s; area, 383 acres; half-yearly rental, £52 14s.

Fencing to the value of £187 5s. is included in the rental
value of the homestead-site.

Small Grazing-run 12: Area, 1,431 acres 2 roods; capital
value, £1,430; half-yearly rent, £28 12s.

Valuation for fencing, £68.

The successful applicant will be required to take a license
(expiring at the same time as the run license), under sec-
tion 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over home-
stead-site Section 3s; area, 493 acres 2 roods; half-yearly
rental, £51 6s.

Fencing to the value of £171 is included in the rental value
of the homestead-site.

Valuation for hut, shearing-shed, and yards, £60.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Small Grazing-runs 10, 11, and 12 were formerly held by
Mr. W. B. North, of Kohatu. The portion north of the
railway is nearly all hill, with the exception of a few flats
along the creek-banks; the hills are all covered with fern and
manuka scrub and native grass, but can be greatly improved.
The portion of the runs south of the railway is of better
quality, and is generally open fern country carrying fern
and grass.

There are about 30 acres of flat on Small Grazing-run No. 10,
carrying tall manuka, and also a few swampy flats, the soil
being good.

The homestead-site of Small Grazing-run No. 10 consists of
good slopes fairly well grassed, and in the case of Small Graz-
ing-runs 11 and 12 consist of river-flats with a fair amount of
agricultural land intersected by the Motueka River.

Small Grazing-run No. 10 is two miles and a half, Small
Grazing-run No. 11 three miles and a quarter, and Small
Grazing-run No. 12 four miles and a half from Kohatu Rail-
way-station by formed and metalled road.

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

H. D. McKELLAR,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th July, 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 lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, 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 examina-
tion of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taupiro Block.—Tauranga County.—Katikati Survey District.

DESCRIPTION.

These sections are situated between Waihi and Katikati,
the distance from the former being seven to eight miles (about
five miles of which have been formed), and from the latter
between six miles to seven miles and a half, of which about
three miles have been formed and two miles are partly
formed; but provision has been made for completion of
necessary formed access. The altitude ranges from 500 ft.
to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. The country is undulating as
regards Sections 2 and 27, and broken as regards Sections 25
and 26. Section 25 is covered with heavy forest. Sections 2
and 26 contain about 360 acres of forest each, and Section 27
about 196 acres of forest, the timbers being chiefly tawa, rata,
and rimu. The remainder of the sections consist of fern and
manuka land. The soil is a light loam, resting on a sand-
stone formation. All sections are well watered by streams.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES.

Notice of Adjournment of Sittings of the Native Land Court
and Maori Land Board.

Native Land Court, Wellington, 2nd July, 1920.

THE sittings of the Native Land Court and Maori Land
Board to be held at Wellington on the 20th and 27th
July, 1920, respectively, have been adjourned to the 20th
October and the 27th October, 1920.

A. H. MACKAY, Registrar.

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land
Act, 1909.

Tokerau Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 5th July, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that the order as set out in the
Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native Land
Court, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909.

E. P. EARLE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

ADOPTING parents: Heta Paraihe and Marereira Heta
Paraihe. Adopted child: Moengaroa Kapitaua.