2512
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

Land for Disposal in Auckland Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th September, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, to the holder of the adjacent land, on and after Friday, the 16th December, 1921.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 14, Block VI, Maungamangero Survey District: Area, 55 acres.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Lease by Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th October, 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, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 16th day of December, 1921.

The lands may be purchased for cash or by deferred payments, or selected on lease for a term of sixty-six years, with right of renewal for further successive 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, Auckland, on Tuesday, the 20th day of December, 1921, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
West Taupo County.—Wharepapa Survey District.—Wharepuhunga Block.

(Exempt from Rent for Three Years after Payment of First Half-year’s Rent.)

This block is situated on the eastern side of the West Taupo County, the eastern boundary of the area extending nearly to the Waikato River. The north-eastern end of the block is about five miles above Arapuni. Access to the block may be obtained from Kikikihi, which is three miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station on the Main Trunk Railway. The northern end of the block is about twenty-five miles south-eastward from Kikikihi, and the distance to the furthest sections is about thirty-three miles. The road is formed to within a short distance of the northern boundary, and provision has been made for continuing the formation of necessary roads of access to all the sections. Access may also be obtained to the majority of the sections from Putaruru Railway-station on the Rotorua line, the distance varying from about nineteen to twenty-three miles.

The sections in Blocks III and IV comprise undulating to hilly open country, parts of which are broken by deep valleys; the land is covered with fern and tea-tree scrub, with patches of tussock and native grasses. The land in Blocks VII, VIII, XI, XII, and XV is mostly flat to easy undulating, somewhat broken in places, and partly covered with forest comprising principally tawa, matai, rimu, and a few scattered totara-trees, with a fairly thick undergrowth of supplejack, raurekau, mahoe, punga, &c. The soil is mostly of a light loamy nature mixed with pumice in parts, the whole resting on a sandstone or rhyolite formation. The open country is capable of early development, the locality generally being suitable for dairying. The bush land and areas adjacent thereto are generally of better quality. The open sections at the southern end of the block are broken, and will require considerable expenditure to develop. Most sections are well watered by streams. The altitude ranges from 350 ft. to 1,950 ft. above sea-level.

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

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Selection or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease to discharged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 14th November, 1921.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payment, 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, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 15th November, 1921, at 10 o’clock a.m.

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

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Manawatu County.—Te Kawa Survey District.—Makowai Settlement.

SECTION 6 and Lot 1 of 11: Area, 101 acres 3 roods 29 perches; capital value, £4,275; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £213 15s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £96 3s. 9d.

Weighted with £720 18s., valuation for improvements.

The section is fourteen miles from Feilding via Awahuri Road, and fourteen miles and a half from Foxton by Foxton-Sandon Tramway, is mostly flat, and suitable for cropping or dairying; portion low-lying.

The improvements, valued at £720 18s., comprise buildings (six-roomed house, washhouse, shed, and cow-shed), 112½ chains fencing, 4 chains metalled road, and 22 acres new pasture.

The improvements may be paid for in cash, or treated as an advance to be secured by the usual mortgage.

A milking plant, not included in the above improvements, valued at £60, may be taken over if desired.

Patea County.—Omahine and Wairoa Survey Districts.—Johnson Settlement.

Section 3, Block IV (Omahine), and Section 38, Block III (Wairoa): Area, 420 acres 3 roods 34 perches; capital value, £3,365; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £183 5s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £75 14s. 3d.; interest and sinking fund, £15 3s.*

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £300.

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

The section is about eight miles from Waverley; 350 acres felled and grassed, balance in light bush, and comprises hilly country suitable for sheep, the carrying-capacity being about 600 sheep and cattle.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value consist of 42 chains fencing, sheep-yards, and additions to sheds, valued at £116 5s., to be paid for in cash, or which may be treated as an advance.

The improvements to be paid for separately consist of four-roomed dwelling and shearing-shed, valued at £300; payable in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly payments of £15 3s. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £90 17s. 3d.

570 sheep and various chattels may be taken over, if required, at valuation.

Full particulars may be obtained from this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.