SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—TAKAKA COUNTY.—Takaka Survey District.—Spittal Settlement.
SECTION 44, Block III : Area, 54 acres 3 roods 24 perches ;
capital value, £1,470; half-yearly rent, £33 1s. 6d.

Situatd about three miles and a half from Takaka Town-
ship by good metalled road, one mile and a half from creamery,
two miles from post-office and one mile from a school. The
section comprises all flat land, and is subdivided into five
paddocks. Forty acres are inclined to be stony, the balance
at the back of the section is swampy. A large portion has
been cultivated, but has been allowed to go back into weeds.
The soil is of a light and stony nature. Section is indifferently
watered by a well and a swamp.

Improvements.—The improvements on the section and
which are included in the capital value are as follows: Old
six-roomed two-storied house, barn 14 ft. by 30 ft., and 120
chains fencing.

Stock.—The live and dead stock at present on the property
must be taken over by the successful applicant for the sum
of £100, which is to be paid in cash immediately an applicant
has been declared successful. The stock consists of forty-
eight full-mouth ewes, twenty-one lambs, one red-and-white
cow (aged), one Jersey-cross cow, one blue-and-white cow
(five years), one chestnut mare (seven years old), one bay
gelding (aged).

Implements.—One dray, one plough, one set three-leaf
harrows, one set dray harness, two collars and hames.

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.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Murchison County.—Howard Survey District—Lake Settlement.
Sections 2 and 5, Block XI, and section 6, Block XVI:
Area, 4,508 acres ; capital value, £5,840; half-yearly rent,
£131 8s.; interest and sinking fund, £37 14s. 4d.*

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £940;
  payable in cash, or in twenty years by forty half-yearly
  instalments of £37 14s. 4d. Total half-yearly payment,
  £169 2s. 4d.

IMPROVEMENTS.
The improvements included in the capital value of the
sections consist of fencing valued at £184. The improvements
which are not included in the capital value of the land, but
which must be paid for separately, comprise buildings, &c.,
valued at £940.

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.
Section 2, Block XI.—About 900 acres open, in fern, grass,
tussock, and manuka scrub; soil light and stony along front-
age, but mostly ploughable. Remainder birch hills, of fair
quality. Good aspect; well watered. Access by good dray-
road to cart-bridge.
Section 5, Block XI.—The homestead block. About 800
acres open land in tussock and English grass, mostly plough-
able; soil light in places. Remainder fairly steep birch hills
of good quality. Good aspect; well watered. The improve-
ments on this section consist of a nine-roomed house, men's
hut, stable, barn, smithy, wool-shed capable of holding 600
sheep, cow-shed and yards, concrete dip, and eight other
buildings, valued altogether at £940, which must be paid either
in cash or by forty half-yearly payments of £37 14s. 4d.
interest and sinking fund.
Section 6, Block XVI.—About 820 acres flat; soil light
along frontage, good along terraces and Speargrass Creek.
700 acres of this area suitable for cropping; 100 acres light
bush; balance fern, grass, and tussock. The remainder of
section consists of low hills, with fern and grass. Good
aspect; well watered.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
The Lake Settlement is situated fourteen miles from Glen-
hope Railway-station, sixty-five miles from Nelson, by good
dray-road and cart-bridge across Buller River. The settle-
ment lies at an altitude of from 1,400 ft. to 3,300 ft. above
sea-level, and consists of agricultural and pastoral land. The
former is suitable for oat and turnip crops, and the latter is
good sheep country.
The climate is fairly wet, but not too much rain to suit
the nature of the soil. It is fairly cold in winter, with
occasional falls of snow, which does not remain more than a
day or two on the ground. Very little cultivation has been
carried on. The land at present is principally covered with
grasses, tussock, and bush.
Speaking generally, it is ideal sheep and cattle country, as
it grows abundance of grass from November to April; and
winter feed can be grown to supply the requirements during
the remainder of the year.

SPECIAL CONDITION.
If the successful applicant elects to pay for the buildings
by instalments, he will be required to effect an insurance
thereon to the full insurable value in the name of His Majesty
the King. The policy and premium-receipts must be de-
posited with the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 Marlborough 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 Tuesday, the
sixth day of June, 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 pur-
chase, 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.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
AWATERE COUNTY.—Clifford Bay Survey District.
SECTION 23, Block XIV: Area, 96 acres 3 roods. Capital
value, £700. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-
yearly rent, £17 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£14.
Weighted with £1,269, valuation of improvements con-
sisting of eight-roomed dwelling, stable, and other out-
buildings, cultivation, fencing, dam, &c.
This section is situated on the edge of Lake Grassmere,
twenty-seven miles from Blenheim by Main South Road.
Grassmere school is almost opposite property, while post and
telegraph office is in house on the property; seven miles
from both Seddon and Ward, and three miles from Kaparu
Railway-station. The land is of very fair quality, on papa
foundation; about 40 acres ploughable. Altitude varies
from sea-level to about 300 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 29th day of March, 1922.
W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Southland 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 Tuesday, the
sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-two, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule;