Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3129

Post Officers appointed to take Declarations of Postmasters and other Post Officers.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 9th November, 1920.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to me under paragraph (d) of section 8 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority conferred by subsection (2) of section 9 of the said Act, do hereby authorize the following Post officers to take declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers:—

STANLEY AYLING.
HELIER OSWALD MACDONALD BREE.
GEORGE HENRY FRANK.
WILLIAM JOHN GIBBS.
WILLIAM FORRESTER JARVIE.

J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.

Deputy of the Public Trustee appointed.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1920.

THE following notice is published for general information:—

In pursuance of the powers conferred upon the Minister of Finance in that behalf by section 8 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1917, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, acting on behalf of the Minister of Finance, do hereby appoint

JOHN WILLIAM MACDONALD

to be the Deputy of the Public Trustee, as from the 15th day of November, 1920, with the powers, duties, and functions specified in the said Act.

Given under my hand this 15th day of November, 1920.

J. G. COATES, for Minister of Finance.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th November, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 21st December, 1920, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.—BLUFF HARBOUR ENDOWMENT.
SECTION 370, Block XXXIV, Taringatura Survey District:
Area, 33 acres 2 roods 11 perches; upset annual rental, £17.
Valuation for improvements, £225.

Situated about two miles and a half from Benmore Railway-station by good level metalled road. All flat land of very fair quality, and has all been cultivated. The improvements consist of stable, byre, shed, fencing, and ditching.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term, fourteen years from 1st January, 1921.
2. Right of cultivation, but not more than two white crops in succession to be taken off the land, which is to be left in best English grasses at the end of the term.
3. All noxious weeds to be cleared off and kept down to the satisfaction of the Inspector.
4. The Department will not be responsible for valuation for improvements, but if at the end of the term it be decided to re-lease the land, payment for buildings and fixtures will be payable by incoming tenant.
5. No permanent improvements to be effected without consent of Land Board.
6. The purchaser must deposit on the fall of the hammer a half-year’s rent, valuation for improvements, and £1 1s. lease fee.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 15th 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 local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 24th day of January, 1921.

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 local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Tuesday, the 25th day of January, 1921.

The ballot will be held at the local Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Homebush Settlement.—Cook County.—Waimata Survey District.

• Buildings. † Half-yearly instalment of interest and sinking fund on buildings.

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalment includes repayment for buildings.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The permanent improvements not included in the capital value, but which have to be paid for separately, are as follows:—

Section 3s.—Dwelling of four large rooms, bathroom and pantry, one double brick chimney, wash-house and tool-room, one tank, cow-shed, and trap-shed; valued at £685. Payable in cash or in forty-two half-yearly instalments of £26 14s. 4d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £80 5s. 4d.

Section 9s.—Five-roomed bungalow, bathroom and pantry, with two tanks, wash-house and one tank, motor-shed and tool-room; valued at £950. Payable in cash or in forty-two half-yearly instalments of £37 1s.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £51 4s. 6d.

Section 10s.—Sheep and bull shed, valued at £350. Payable in cash or in forty-two half-yearly instalments of £13 13s. 6d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £71 0s. 6d.

Section 13s.—Five-roomed cottage with porch, one double and one single brick chimney, range and two tanks, two sheds; valued at £475. Payable in cash or in forty-two half-yearly instalments of £18 10s. 6d.; total half-yearly payment on lease, £31 2s. 6d.

The improvements included in the capital value of sections are valued as follows:—

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Distant about five miles from the Gisborne Post-office, and two miles from the Mangapapa Town District, by good