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Section 2s.—Half share boundary fence, road and internal fences, £306 5s. ; dip, £20.
Section 3s.—Road and internal fence, £187 10s.
Section 4s—Half share boundary fence, road and internal fences, £187.
Section 5s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £293 15s.
Section 6s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £157 5s.
Section 7s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £216 17s. 6d.
Section 8s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £232 10s.
Section 9s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £153 2s. 6d.
Section 10s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £200 10s.
Section 11s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £183 15s.
Section 12s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £78 15s.
Section 13s.—Half share boundary fence and internal fence, £118 2s. 6d.
Section 14s.—Internal fence, dip and yards, two H.P. Lister engines, shed and two whares, £360.
Section 15s.—Half share boundary fence, road fence, £97 12s. 6d.
Section 16s.—Half share boundary fence, road fence, and internal fence, £61 10s.
Section 17s.—Half share boundary fence, road fence, £62 10s.
Section 18s.—Half share boundary fence, road fence, £74 12s. 6d.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th November, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Section 6s, Watea Settlement.
S.T.L./S. 8. Formerly held by Thomas Allsup. Reason for forfeiture : Abandoned.

Section 6s, Marakeke Settlement.
S.T.L./S. 17. Formerly held by Lionel Robert Wilkinson. Reason for forfeiture : Non-residence and deficient improvements.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 8th November, 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 there-under; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 11.30 o’clock a.m. on Saturday, the 18th day of December, 1920.

The lands in the First Schedule 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.

The lands in the Second Schedule may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of renewal for further 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, Napier, on Monday, the 20th day of December, 1920.

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

FIRST SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Marakeke Settlement.—Waipawa County.—Motuotaria Survey District.

SECTION 6s : Area, 196 acres ; capital value, £3,600 ; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £180 ; half-yearly rent on lease, £81.

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Distant about five miles from Takapau and a quarter of a mile from Marakeke Railway-station. All level country. Soil light in front, heavy swamp land at back ; watered by swamp and now permanent stream. General quality of the land is good, and well adapted for mixed farming.

Improvements which go with the land are included in capital value, and comprise fencing valued at £7 10s.

The section has been weighted with improvements to the extent of £110 not included in capital value, but for which successful applicant will be required to execute a mortgage.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Crown Land.—Wairoa County.—Nuhaka Survey District.

SECTION 6, Block VII : Area, 477 acres 3 roods 25 perches; capital value, £2,570 ; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £128 10s. ; half-yearly rent on lease, £57.16s. 6d.

The section contains about 30 acres of good rich flat land suitable for dairying or agricultural purposes, and about 6 acres of sandhill and swamp. The balance comprises hilly country, intersected by deep gullies, mostly covered in fern, with patches of bush and manuka, and is suitable for pastoral purposes only. Soil light to fair, resting on clay ; well watered at the back, but indifferently so towards the front.

Distant about one mile and a half from Nuhaka Township and butter-factory and seventeen miles from Wairoa by a good metalled road. The Wairoa-Waikokopu Railway line, now under construction, traverses the south end of the block, and will provide railway communication with the Port of Waikokopu, distant about seven miles.

The improvements which go with the land, the value of which is included in the capital value, consist of fencing valued at £48 15s.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th November, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the Borough Council Chambers, Hawera, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 9th December, 1920, under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

PART Section 534, Patea District, Block XI, Hawera Survey District, Hawera County : Area, 53 acres 2 roods 32 perches ; term, fourteen years ; upset annual rent, £125.

Description and Locality of Reserve.

Situated on the main South Road, which is metalled; distant about fifteen chains from the Mokoia Railway-station, and about six miles from the Hawera Railway-station by the South Road. The land is practically level, in good pasture, and is ring-fenced, there being a belt of plantation with fencing on both sides.

It is in every respect a desirable property for depasturing purposes, being well sheltered from the prevailing and cold southerly winds.

There are no buildings on the property.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent, together with £l ls. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Residence is not compulsory, and no statutory declaration is required. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The lease shall be for the term of fourteen years, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government at the end of the fifth and tenth years.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly an advance, free from all deductions whatsoever.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall not take more than two crops, one of which must be a root-crop, from the same land in succession ; and either with or immediately after a second crop of any kind he shall sow the land down with good permanent