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“The High Contracting Parties under the Treaty have agreed that their courts and authorities shall render the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal, direct, all the assistance in their power as regards transmitting notices and collecting evidence. The decisions of the Tribunal are final and conclusive. The place and time of sitting will be determined by the President of the Tribunal, and may be in London, Germany, or elsewhere as the convenience of the parties or witnesses may require. The sittings will be public.”

The Rules of Procedure above referred to have been published in the New Zealand Government Gazette of the 10th February, 1921.

F. H. D. BELL, Attorney-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 14th February, 1921.

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, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th day of April, 1921.

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 a term of 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 Thursday, the 14th day of April, 1921.

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

FIRST SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Glengarry Settlement.—Dannevirkе County.—Norsewood Survey District.

SECTION 5s: Area, 72 acres 2 roods 12 perches; capital value, £2,840; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £142; half-yearly rent on lease, £63 18s.

Improvements included in the capital value comprise road, internal and boundary fencing, valued at £59 5s.

Situated in Glengarry Settlement, about two miles from Dannevirke by good metalled road. The Ruaroa, Umutaoroa, and Dannevirke cheese-factories are all within about three miles of the centre of the settlement, and are all accessible by good metalled roads. Section comprises about 20 acres flat land, balance easy hills, all ploughable. Soil fair to good; well grassed, swampy in places, but easily drained.

Wilder Settlement.—Patangata County.—Porangahau Survey District.

Section 2s: Area, 491 acres 0 roods 28 perches; capital value, £6,210; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £310 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £139 14s. 6d.

Improvements included in the capital value comprise fencing, valued at £240.

Situated in the Wilder Settlement, about twenty-eight miles from Waipukurau, by a good road to within two miles of the settlement, remainder by formed road. Comprises easy rolling ploughable downs, carrying a fair sole of English grass. Ring-fenced, and has a permanent water-supply.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Dannevirkе County.—Tahoraite Survey District.

SECTION 42, Block IV: Area, 126 acres; capital value, £2,300; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £115; half-yearly rent on lease, £51 15s.

Weighted with £52 10s., valuation for improvements consisting of nineteen chains of road and sixteen chains boundary fencing. This amount may be paid in cash, or treated as an advance under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, in which case the successful applicant will be required to execute a mortgage to the Crown.

Portion of the well-known Tiratu Block. About six miles and three-quarters from Dannevirke by new road. Originally heavily timbered land, now cleared and grassed. Flat terrace country of good quality, well watered by Manawatu River. Altitude about 600 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level. Suitable for mixed farming and dairying. There are dairy factories handy at Raumati and Tipapakuku, and schools at the same places, and another factory is being erected within about twenty chains of the section.

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

W. F. MARSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Nelson Land District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 15th February, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-run is open for selection under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 6th day of April, 1921.

Applicants must appear before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday the 7th day of April, 1921, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Murchison County.—Howard Survey District.

SMALL Grazing-run 13, Section 10, Block VI, Howard Survey District: Area, 1,163 acres; capital value, £730; half-yearly rent, £14 12s.

Weighted with £57, valuation for fencing.

The successful applicant will be required to take a lease (expiring at the same time as the run lease), under section 59 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, over Section 13, Block VI, Howard Survey District, containing 50 acres, at a half-yearly rental of £5 12s. 6d.

Section 10.—Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 3,000 ft. Small flat on Buller River; balance hilly, with steep slopes towards the north and easy ones at the back. About 50 acres open, 12 acres felled and grassed, and 15 acres felled only; balance birch bush with a few totara-trees and a thick undergrowth. Soil good in the valleys.

Section 13.—Mostly river flat, in grass, 10 to 12 acres could be ploughed with very little labour.

These sections are situated about one mile and a quarter from Hope Junction. Access by good ford across Buller River from main road.

The valuation for fencing must be paid for immediately an applicant has been declared successful.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained from this office.

H. D. MCKELLAR,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Timber in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the right to cut and remove the timber on the undermentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale by public auction at this office at 2 30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 31st March, 1921, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Lot 1.

SECTIONS 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, Block IV, Hautapu Survey District: Area, 886 acres 2 roods.

Estimated quantity in superficial feet: Totara, 2,909,500; matai, 1,971,000; rimu and miro, 225,000; kahikatea, 5,538,400.

Upset price, £29,520.

Time for removal of timber, six years.

Lot 2.

Sections 19, 20, Block IV, Sections 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, Block VIII, Hautapu Survey District: Area, 465 acres 0 roods 20 perches.

Estimated quantity in superficial feet: Totara, 1,169,400; matai, 619,400; rimu and miro, 71,500; kahikatea, 3,378,200.

Upset price, £14,265.

Time for removal of timber, five years.