APRIL 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 977

RURAL LAND.

Block XII, Lower Hawea Survey District.

Section 83 : Area, 2 roods; upset price, £10.

Section 84 : Area, 2 roods 2 perches ; upset price, £12 10s.

Level sections; good soil; suitable for building-sites.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of March, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I. John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say :-

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be "heavy-bush land."

2. The said lands may be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease.

3. After the first half-year's rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of three years shall not be demanded; provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. WHAKATANE COUNTY.- ROTOMA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

(Exempt from Rent for Three Years.)

Section 11, Block VIII : Area, 689 acres. Capital value, £1,040. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £26. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £20 16s.

Section 8, Block XI : Area, 460 acres 0 roods 16 perches. Capital value, £980. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £24 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £19 12s.

Section 11 situated about fifteen miles from Matata, twelve miles of which is by formed road, and provision has been made for the formation of the remaining three miles. Hilly to broken land, covered with heavy mixed bush comprising tawa, hinau, kohekohe, rewarewa, rimu, &c., with dense undergrowth of supplejack and mahoe. Soil a pumice loam of fair quality resting on pumice and sandstone, and covered with a sprinkling of black volcanic ash; fairly well watered by streams. Altitude, 900 ft. to 1,200 ft.

Section 8 situated about twenty-nine miles from Rotorua, or thirty-one miles from Whakatane on the Matahi Road, which is formed to within a mile and a half of the section, and provision for the formation of this distance has been made. Mostly steep and broken country, with some easy valleys toward the north-west; all in heavy bush, comprising mostly tawa, hinau, rimu, kohekohe, towhai, and rewarewa, with heavy undergrowth of supplejack and rangiora. Soil a pumice loam of fair quality resting on pumice and sandstone, and covered with a sprinkling of black volcanic ash; fairly well watered by streams. Altitude, 750 ft. to 1,200 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of March, 1922.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua and Whakatane Counties.-Rotoma Survey District.

SECTION 1, Block III: Area, 1046 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £1,050. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £26 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £21.

Distant about twelve miles from Matata by good formed road. There is a regular train service between Tauranga and Matata, the present terminus of the East Coast Railway, the line passing about seven miles north of the section. Undulating land in fern and scrub, intersected by broken gullies running north and south. Fair soil of a sandy nature on pumice formation; fairly well watered by Whakahauapa Stream. Altitude, 300 ft. to 700 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of March, 1922.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Opening National-endowment Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national-endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.- SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Coromandel County.-Hastings Survey District.

Section 4, Block V: Area, 165 acres 3 roods; capital value, £85; half-yearly rent, £1 14s.

Improvements not included in capital value, but to be paid for in cash, comprise four-roomed dwelling £300, and fencing £150.

Situated six miles from Whitianga by cart-road. About 5 acres level, 30 acres undulating, balance broken. Worked-out kauri bush now in fern, with a little manuka scrub and blackberry. Soil sandy loam on flat, clay on hills, on slate formation; well watered by stream. Altitude, 50 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level.

Ohinemuri County.-Ohinemuri Survey District.

Section 39, Block XIV: Area, 59 acres 3 roods 35 perches; capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1.

Weighted with £37 10s., valuation for felling and fencing, to be paid in cash.

Distant about one mile and a half from Waikino Railway-station by formed road, partly metalled. Undulating to hilly land, about 20 acres overgrown bush clearing, balance burnt tawa, now in fern and scrub. Soil of a light sandy nature on clay subsoil, poorly watered by small stream. Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 29th day of March, 1922.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Nelson Land District for Selection.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.