Aug. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2063

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mangonui County.—Maungataniwha Survey District.

Section 7, Block VI: Area, 470 acres; capital value, £850; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £42 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £19 2s. 6d.

Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,820 ft. above sea-level. Steep to broken land in bush, except for 40 acres fern land. Soil is of rather poor clay, resting on rotten-rock and sandstone formation. The forest is mixed light bush comprising rimu, puripuri, taraire, miro, and two large kauris, with a medium undergrowth of supplejack, karemu, toikiwi, nikau, &c. Section is well watered by numerous streams, and is situated about eighteen miles from Mangonui—five miles and a half by formed 12 ft. road, and twelve miles and a half by main north road.

Bay of Islands County.—Motatau Survey District.

Section 30, Block VIII: Area, 137 acres 0 roods 5 perches; capital value, £250; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £12 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £5 12s. 6d.

Altitude, 250 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level. About one-third peat swamp in wiwi and raupo, balance undulating to hilly in manuka and fern. Soil clay, on sandstone; well watered by swamp. Situated about one mile and a half from Maromaku Railway-station by formed road to within few chains of section.

Whangarei County.—Parahaki Parish.

Section E. 34: Area, 18 acres 2 roods 33 perches; capital value, £20; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £1; half-yearly rent on lease, 9s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Land all broken, covered with short fern and tea-tree, with patches of gorse. Clay soil, on clay formation; not watered. Distant about seven miles from Whangarei by formed road.

Otamatea County.—Mangawai Parish.

Sections 117, 118, and 242: Area, 308 acres 3 roods 2 perches; capital value, £430; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £21 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £9 13s. 6d.

Altitude, 150 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land covered with fern, scrub, and rushes, with occasional patches of gorse; practically all ploughable. Soil is of clay formation, poorly watered by swamp. Situated about one mile and a half from Village of Hakaru, and about two miles distant from Mangawai by formed road.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section 179: Area, 34 acres 1 rood 24 perches; capital value, £300; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £15; half-yearly rent on lease, £6 15s.

Altitude, 30 ft. to 100 ft. above sea-level. Undulating to steep country, covered in fern and manuka; mostly ploughable. Clay soil, watered by stream. Situated about one mile and a half from Albany by formed road, about one mile of which is metalled.

Section 243: Area, 25 acres 0 roods 20 perches; capital value, £300; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £15; half-yearly rent on lease, £6 15s.

Altitude, 100 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level. Level to undulating land in fern and manuka; all ploughable, and very suitable for fruit-growing. Clay soil, watered by swampy stream. Access by formed road, about two miles distant from Riverhead. There is a school and post-office at Riverhead, and a daily boat service to Auckland.

Section 318: Area, 15 acres 2 roods 20 perches; capital value, £150; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £7 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £3 7s. 6d. Weighted with £224, valuation for improvements (fencing, grassing, and building).

Altitude, 200 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern and manuka land, mostly ploughable. Clay soil of inferior quality, on sandstone formation; indifferently watered by spring. About four miles and a half from Takapuna and two miles from Albany by fair road.

Sections 322 and 323: Area, 30 acres 1 rood 17 perches; capital value, £250; annual instalment on deferred payment excluding interest), £12 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £5 12s. 6d. Weighted with £57, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing, hedging, grassing, buildings, &c.

Undulating to steep land, practically all ploughable. Soil medium quality clay, on clay subsoil, and is part of a well-worked gumfield; suitable for fruit-growing; poorly watered by head of swampy stream, but water would probably be obtained by sinking. Distant about one mile and three-quarters from Albany by formed level road, one mile and a quarter metalled; and about six miles from Takapuna, and about half a mile off main Takapuna-Silverdale Road.

R. P. GREVILLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open 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, Nelson, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 3rd day of October, 1921.

The land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive 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, Nelson, on Thursday, the 6th day of October, 1921, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Matakitaki Settlement.—Murchison County.—Matakitaki Survey District.

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

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalment on Section 4s includes payment for buildings.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements which go with the land are as follows: Section 1s, 100 chains seven-wire fencing, £120; Section 2s, 140 chains seven-wire fencing, £168; Section 3s, 320 chains fencing, £320; Section 4s, 180 chains mixed fencing, £144; Section 5s, 30 chains fencing, £30; Section 6s, 80 chains mixed fencing, £85; Section 7s, 60 chains seven-wire fencing (no droppers), £52.

The improvements which do not go with the land, but which will have to be paid for separately by the lessee, are as follows: Section 4s—Cottage of four rooms, bathroom on veranda, wood in poor condition, iron chimney; detached hut, 12 ft. by 9 ft., for kitchen, also hut suitable for dining-hut; old stable, lean-to, 40 ft. by 12 ft., three stalls, fair condition; sheep-dip, 18 ft.; two draining-pens, concrete sheep-yards, cattle-yards, and slaughter-shelter; hay-shed, frame and roof only, 30 ft. by 30 ft., lean-to 15 ft. by 12 ft., iron good; blacksmith-shop, wood and iron, 9 ft. by 12 ft.; old wool-shed, 54 ft. by 30 ft., now stable, eleven stalls, feed-room, implement-shed, &c., iron roof; barn, 30 ft. by 15 ft., wood and iron; wool-shed, 50 ft. by 37 ft., with lean-to for implements, sides and roof iron; shearing-stand, night pens, &c., practically new; whare, two rooms, 25 ft. by 12 ft., sides and roof iron, wood-lined, iron chimney; hay-shed, 20 ft. by 12 ft., frame and roof only. Total value, £1,050. Payable in cash, or by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £53 0s. 6d. each; total half-yearly payment on lease, £179 14s.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

Section 1s.—265 acres open flat, 90 acres of which are good swamp land, remainder in fair grass. 135 acres bush flat of fairly good quality, all birch bush. 302 acres steep hilly bush country of fair quality, shaded in winter. Well watered by large creeks.