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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

hills, all ploughable when stumped. Good soil, well grassed and watered.

Section 18s.—About 45 acres good flat land, of which 30 acres have been stumped, ploughed, and cropped; balance low hills, mostly ploughable when stumped; well grassed. Good soil, on clay formation; well watered.

Section 19s.—About 40 acres of good flat land, 23 acres of which have been stumped, ploughed, and cropped; balance of section undulating to hilly country, mostly ploughable when stumped; well grassed. Fair to good soil, and well watered.

Section 20s.—About 40 acres of good flat land, 30 acres of which have been stumped, ploughed, and cropped; balance easy undulating and hilly country, mostly ploughable when stumped. Good soil, well grassed and watered.

Section 21s.—About 40 acres of good flat and undulating land, of which about 24 acres have been stumped and ploughed; 7 acres cropped, 17 acres sown down in English grasses; the balance of section is undulating to hilly country, well grassed, and mostly ploughable when stumped. Good soil, well watered.

Section 22s.—About 20 acres good flat land; balance undulating to hilly, mostly ploughable when stumped; well grassed. Soil fair to good, well watered.

Section 23s.—Undulating to hilly country, with good flats along Tapiatu Stream; well grassed. Good soil, and well watered.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th October, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered 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, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 22nd day of November, 1920.

Applications for these sections will be received from T.B. soldiers only.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for a term of thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further 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, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 24th day of November, 1920, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Morten Settlement.—Sumner Borough.—Christchurch and Sumner Survey Districts.

Access to this settlement is by good metalled road, seven miles from Christchurch. It is all open hilly country in grass and tussock.

Sections 1 and 2.—Gentle slopes facing north. Suitable for poultry-farming and market gardening.

Sections 3, 4, 5, 6.—Face north-west. Gentle slopes suitable for agriculture on road, steep stony slopes at northern end.

Section 7.—Faces north. Has broken stony ground in gullies. Tops of spurs suitable for agriculture.

Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.—Very warm easy slopes. Suitable for market gardening.

There is no water on any of the sections, but an endeavour will be made to provide a water-supply.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

The right is reserved to lay and repair water-pipes through any section, and also to remove or repair the telephone-line at present traversing the settlement.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements that go with the land are for boundary fences valued as follows: Section 1, 15 chains, £9; Section 2, 17 chains, £9; Section 3, 20 chains, £10; Section 4, 22 chains, £11; Section 5, 12½ chains, £6; Section 8, 11½ chains, £7; Section 9, 4 chains, £2 10s.; Section 10, 4½ chains, £3; Section 11, 6 chains, £3 15s.; Section 12, 6½ chains, £4 10s.; Section 13, 5 chains, £3.

The fences on Sections 1, 3, and 4, and part of that on Section 2, are off the boundary.

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

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

Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at this office on Monday, the 22nd day of November, 1920, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.—NORMANDALE SETTLEMENT.

| Section 46; upset price, £210 .. | .. | .. | 41 3 35 |
| ,, 50 ,, £145 .. | .. | .. | 15 0 17 |
| ,, 51 ,, £330 .. | .. | .. | 18 3 30 |
| ,, 52 ,, £240 .. | .. | .. | 13 3 1 |
| ,, 53 ,, £75 .. | .. | .. | 5 0 26 |
| ,, 55 ,, £190 .. | .. | .. | 16 0 13 |
| ,, 57 ,, £115 .. | .. | .. | 5 3 36 |
| ,, 60 ,, £140 .. | .. | .. | 10 0 35 |
| ,, 66 ,, £205 .. | .. | .. | 13 1 0 |
| ,, 73 ,, £360 .. | .. | .. | 20 2 4 |
| ,, 74 ,, £320 .. | .. | .. | 20 1 33 |
| ,, 83* ,, £225 .. | .. | .. | 13 1 24 |
| ,, 84† ,, £150 .. | .. | .. | 3 3 38 |
| ,, 96 ,, £220 .. | .. | .. | 44 2 28 |

• Weighted with £20, value of shed and excavation.

† Weighted with £50, value of shed.

NOTE.—Sections 73, 74, 83, and 84 are situated partly in Lower Hutt Borough.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

The sections mentioned in the above Schedule are situated from three-quarters of a mile to one mile and three-quarters from Lower Hutt Railway-station by metalled road.

With the exception of Sections 57 and 60 the sections comprise hilly and broken land, but each section has a building-site. The soil is a clay loam of fairly good quality, resting on clay and rotten-rock formation. The elevation ranges from about 350 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level.

There is a good deal of gorse, broom, tutsan, and some foxglove on each section. All the sections except 52, 53, and 54 have water (streams or springs). Sections 66, 73, 83, and 84 are partly fenced. The value of the fencing is included in the upset price.

The shed on Section 83, size 12 ft. by 7 ft., is in poor repair; the shed on Section 84, size 27 ft. by 9 ft., with iron roof, is in fair order.

TERMS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the land in cash or by deferred payments extending over a period of nineteen years. The terms are —

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money and the license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer, balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years,