Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3011

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th December, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payment, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 31st January, 1922, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—WAIKIWI TOWN SETTLEMENT.—TOWN LAND.

SECTION 50s: Area, 39·7 perches; upset price, £75.

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—(1.) 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. (2.) Deferred payments: 5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount. In either case if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 19th December, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the education reserves described in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 28th February, 1922, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Murchison County.—Burnett Survey District.

SECTION 15, Block VIII: Area, 160 acres; upset annual rental, £5.

Situated in Maruia Valley, twenty-eight miles from Murchison and within a few chains of a telephone. Access from Murchison by good formed road to the south-western corner of the section. There is a small unformed road leading into the eastern corner of the section. About 100 acres flat to undulating land, balance hillside fairly steep in places. The whole section is bushclad, comprising red and brown birch, with a medium undergrowth of birch scrub, horopito, broadleaf, &c. The soil is a good loam on flat, fair to poor on hillside, resting on sandstone formation; well watered. Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 1,900 ft. above sea-level.

Buller County.—Oparara Survey District.

Section 9, Block V: Area, 578 acres; upset annual rental, £25 10s.

Situated six miles from Karamea Post-office and seven miles from a butter-factory. Access from Karamea, six miles along sea-beach, then thirty chains of formed dray-road to section. A dray-road is now being formed along the frontage of this section. About 200 acres flat to undulating land, balance easy to steep. Soil fair to good, resting on granite formation. The forest is heavy, consisting of birch, rimu, kamahi, &c., with a medium undergrowth of similar woods. Well watered. Elevation, 40 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level.

Inangahua County.—Reefton Survey District.

Section 639, Town of Reefton: Area, 12 perches; upset annual rental, £1.

Weighted with £16, valuation for improvements consisting of wooden hut 12 ft. by 10 ft., and shed 8 ft. by 14 ft.

Centrally situated in Township of Reefton, on main road from town to railway-station. Flat land; cleared and stumped. The improvements on this section consist of a wooden hut 12 ft. by 10 ft., with iron roof, inside is roughly lined and papered. There is also a shed on this section, 8 ft. by 14 ft., in poor condition.

Takaka County.—Takaka Survey District.

Part 2 of Section 165, Takaka Original District, Block II, Takaka Survey District: Area, 59 acres 1 rood; upset annual rental, £25.

Weighted with £10, valuation for half cost of fencing.

Situated four miles and a half from Takaka by good formed road. About half the area is good quality river-flats, balance poor land of pakihi formation, covered with fern and manuka, resting on papa formation; well watered. Altitude, 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level.

Inangahua County.—Inangahua Survey District.

Section 10, Block XII: Area, 48 acres 2 roods 39 perches; upset annual rental, £2 10s.

Weighted with £30, valuation for timber.

Situated on main Reefton-Westport Road, and adjoining Reefton-Inangahua Junction railway. Fourteen miles and a half from Reefton by good metalled road or railway, one mile and a half from Inangahua Landing Railway-station, school, and post-office. About 14 acres open swamp, 2½ acres open land in fern, remainder mixed bush. All flat land. Soil a fair loam, on sandstone and granite formation. Forest comprises mixed birch and red and white pine, the millable quantity being valued at £30. Elevation, 400 ft. above sea-level.

Murchison County.—Burnett Survey District.

Section 18, Block III: Area, 628 acres; upset annual rental, £19.

Situated in Maruia River Valley, four miles from Paenga Post-office. Access from Murchison, twenty-eight miles and a half distant. About 110 acres are river-flats and low terrace land, with a good loam soil. Forty acres of this is swampy, the balance of the section being hillside with fair quality soil. The section is entirely bushclad, principally mixed birch, with a few white-pine trees. Medium undergrowth. Well watered. Altitude, 850 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. There is a splendid homestead-site on the river frontage of this section. The general quality of the section is good.

Section 19, Block III: Area, 635 acres; upset annual rental, £18.

Situated in Maruia River Valley, about five miles from Paenga Post-office. Access from Murchison, twenty-nine miles and a half distant, via lower Maruia Valley. About 58 acres river-flat of very good soil, remainder being terrace and hillside. Entirely forest-clad with principally red and brown birch, with a medium undergrowth. There are two good building-sites on this section. Well watered. Elevation, 850 ft. to 3,400 ft. above sea-level. General quality good.

Collingwood County.—Pakawau Survey District.

Sections 20 and 26, Block XV: Area, 53 acres 2 roods 30 perches; upset annual rental, £4.

Situated two miles from Collingwood. Flat-topped terrace, mostly dry, open pakihi land carrying patches of rushes, manuka, and gorse. Suitable as a holding paddock for stock. Poorly watered.

Murchison County.—Rahu Survey District.

Part Section 10, Block XVI: Area, 840 acres 2 roods; upset annual rental, £26 10s.

Situated in Maruia South Valley, thirty-two miles from Reefton, by formed road to the north-west corner of the section. About 50 acres flat, balance undulating to steep, all bushclad, with exception of about 24 acres of river-flat; open country with good soil, fair soil on hillside resting on limestone formation. There is a limestone-quarry reserve on this section. Well watered. Altitude, 1,350 ft. to 2,900 ft. above sea-level.

Section 3, Block XVI: Area, 883 acres 2 roods 34 perches; annual rental, £27 10s.

Access from Reefton, thirty-four miles distant by formed dray-road. There is no road across the Maruia River to this section. The Reefton-Maruia Springs Road passes the section on the opposite side of the river. About 200 acres of flat land with good soil, 50 acres partly open river-flats, remainder undulating to steep hillside all bushclad, consisting of mixed birch with a medium undergrowth. Well watered. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 2,800 ft. above sea-level. This section is situated within a limestone area.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE OF LANDS.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser.

2. A half-year’s rent at rate offered, and lease and registration fees (£2 2s.), together with valuation for improvements, to be paid on fall of hammer.

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