JUNE 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1713

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitotara County.—Cherry Grove Settlement.

SECTION 3s: Area, 232 acres 3 roods; capital value, £1,470; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £73 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £33 1s. 6d.

Situated at end of Brunswick Road, about five miles from Westmere Railway-station and ten miles from Wanganui. About 30 acres flat land, balance easy hill covered in gorse and broom. Well watered. Altitude, 200 ft. to 500 ft.

Weighted with £111, valuation for fencing; to be paid for in cash, or treated as an advance on current account. Stock and implements, &c., valued at £383 may be taken over at the option of successful applicant.

Manawatu County.—Makowai Settlement.

Section 15s and Lot 1 of 16s: Area, 77 acres 3 roods 25 perches; capital value, £2,205; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £110 5s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £49 12s.

Situated about fourteen miles from Feilding via Awahuri Road, and about same distance from Foxton by Foxton-Sandon tramway. Practically all flat land in grass, suitable for dairying and cropping. Fairly well watered.

Weighted with £217, valuation for improvements consisting of three-roomed dwelling, cow-shed and fencing; to be paid for in cash, or treated as an advance on current account. Stock and chattels valued at £69 may be taken over at the option of successful applicant.

Pahiatua County.—Puketoi Settlement.

Sections 10 and 11: Area, 660 acres 2 roods 33 perches; capital value, £4,155; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £207 15s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £93 9s. 9d.

Situated about seventeen miles from Pahiatua Railway-station by metalled road. Section 11 has a frontage to Moore’s Road and Section 10 to Puketoi Road. Section 11 is the homestead-site for Section 10, which consists of broken hilly land, about one-third of an acre in stunted native bush, one-third in secondary growth, and balance in fair pasture. Soil is of a fair quality, resting on sandstone and limestone formation. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 2,400 ft.

Improvements.—The improvements comprise 381 chains fencing valued at £402, £35 of which is to be paid in cash. The value for the remainder of the fencing is included in the capital value of the section.

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

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1923.

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, the 30th day of July, 1923.

The lands 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 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, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 31st day of July, 1923, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

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

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RURAL LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Retaruke Survey District.

Section 6, Block XV, area 960 acres; and Section 13, Block XI, area 5 acres 3 roods 19 perches. Capital value, £1,470; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £73 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £33 1s. 6d.

Weighted with £937 10s., valuation for improvements comprising felling and grassing 170¼ acres, £682; 89 acres felled, £178; sheep-yards, £20; and fencing, £57 10s. This amount will have to be paid for in cash or treated as an advance on current account.

Situated on the Raetihi-Ohura Road, about thirty-two miles from Raetihi and about twenty-nine miles from Raurimu by dray-road. Section 13 is the homestead-site for Section 6, and is situated close to Wade’s Landing on the Wanganui River. Section 6 comprises undulating to steep hilly country. Soil is of fair quality, on sandstone and papa formation; well watered. Good sheep and cattle country when cleared.

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

THOS. BROOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Maori Land for Sale by Public Tender.

Tokerau District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 7th June, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 2nd August, 1923, for the purchase of the lands named in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.

Block XV, Mangamuka Survey District.

WAIMA NORTH A 3 Block: Area, 48 acres 3 roods; upset price, £74.

Third-class land, mostly covered with mixed bush. About 7 acres at south-western end is raupo swamp. There is no road access. Access is by the Taheke River.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS.

1. Every tenderer to deposit along with his tender a sum equal to 5 per cent. of the price tendered, and to pay a further 5 per cent. on being declared the purchaser. The balance of the purchase-money to be paid in twenty equal half-yearly instalments.

2. The purchaser to pay interest on unpaid purchase-money at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Interest to be payable on the 1st July and 1st January of each year, and to date from the signing of the contract of sale.

3. Tenders for purchase must be accompanied by a fee of £4 4s. to meet costs and expenses incidental thereon, together with the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any), and also an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty (10s. for every £50 or portion thereof) and 10s. for registration fee.

4. The purchaser shall, at the end of five years, upon payment of balance of purchase-money, be entitled to a transfer of the fee-simple of the land.

5. Residence and improvements to conform with sections 250 and 256 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.

1. The land to be sold subject to reserve price specified.

2. Each tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for purchase of Block as advertised in the newspaper of the day of , 1923.”

3. The highest tenderer to be declared the purchaser, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any tender.

4. The successful purchaser will require to make a declaration to the effect that he is legally qualified to become the purchaser of the land, and that he is acquiring the land solely for his own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person.

5. The land is offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and the purchaser shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectively as if such provisions were embodied herein.

6. Intending purchasers are notified that they must make their own arrangements for road access to the block.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.

The land is described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

The area may be liable to slight alterations.

Tenders must be sent to the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board.

Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Tokerau District Maori Land Board, Auckland.

A. G. HOLLAND,
President, Tokerau District Maori Land Board.

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