JUNE 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1737

over Section 2, Block XXIII, Teviot Survey District, the area
of which is 77 acres and total annual rent £5; and to pay
in cash £50, being one-twelfth share with lessees of Runs
638 to 644 and Sections 3s, 7s, 21s, and 22s in huts, dip, yards,
and bridge over Teviot River.

Section 17s.—Old chaff-house £5, old stable on north-west
end of stone stable £20, and small milking-shed £7, all on
Section 14s, and to be removed by the successful applicant
for Section 17s and re-erected at his own expense. Total
value of buildings £32, payable in cash.

Section 18s.—Old cottage on south side of road on Section
20s, value £30 ; payable in cash. Building to be removed
by the successful applicant for Section 18s, and re-erected
at his own expense.

Section 19s.—Small cottage and large barn valued at £250 ;
payable in cash, or in seven years by fourteen half-yearly
instalments of £21 12s. ld. Total half-yearly payment on
lease, £112 ls. ld.

Section 20s.—Two-roomed cottage and concrete well, old
hut, one building comprising iron barn and shearing-shed
and yards, total value £455 ; payable in cash, or in fourteen
years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £22 19s. 7d.
Total half-yearly payment on lease, £151 13s. 7d.

Section 28s.—Cottage now on section valued at £150 ;
payable in cash, or in five years by ten half-yearly instalments
of £17 6s. 6d. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £155 9s. 6d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Teviot Settlement is situated about five miles from Miller's
Flat, or about twenty miles from Beaumont Railway-station,
the present terminus of the Lawrence-Roxburgh Railway.
The land is undulating, each section containing a large pro-
portion of ploughable land. The greater part is at present
in pasture. The soil is a good schist loam on a clay or rubble
subsoil. Capable of growing cereal, root crops, and very
good grass. Access is provided by formed roads.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 16th day of June, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Opening National-endowment Lands 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, I, John
Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as
follows, that is to say :—

The national-endowment rural lands enumerated in the
Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for selection on renewable
lease on Tuesday, the seventh day of August, one thou-
sand nine hundred and twenty-three, at the rentals specified
in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be heavy-bush
land.

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 con-
ceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land
Board may remit such instalment of rent payable by the
incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount
of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board
thinks fit.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Buller County.—Kongahu Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Three Years.)

SECTION 6, Block VI : Area, 494 acres ; capital value, £330 ;
half-yearly rent, £6 12s.

Situated on the west side of Seddonville-Karamea Road,
five miles from Corhyvale by good metalled road. Easy to
steep country, rather broken, all heavily bushclad. Soil of
poor quality, on marine formation; well watered. Altitude,
250ft. to 600ft. above sea-level.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Buller County.—Waitakere Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Three Years.)

Section 2, Block IV : Area, 991 acres ; capital value, £250;
half-yearly rent, £5.

Situated on the Westport-Charleston Road, two miles
from Addison’s Flat Post-office and school. Westport is
ten miles distant. About 20 acres of light bush, balance
pakihi. Undulating to flat land covered with rushes and
small manuka. Poor quality, resting on cement formation;
well watered. Altitude, 180 ft. to 260 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 16th day of June, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Opening National-endowment Lands in Nelson 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 Do-
minion 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 seventh
day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three,
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.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Murchison County.—Maruia Survey District.

SECTION 6, Block XVI : Area, 622 acres ; capital value,
£360 ; half-yearly rent, £7 4s.

Situated in Maruia Valley, about nineteen miles and a
half from Murchison and five miles from Paenga Post-office.
Access by eighteen miles of metalled road and one mile and
a half of overgrown track. About 25 acres of bush has
been felled and sown, but has now run to fern and second
growth ; balance of section consists of medium to heavy
bush. Small flats along creeks, with soil of good quality,
fair on hillside, limestone formation ; well watered. Altitude,
800 ft. to 1,880 ft. above sea-level.

Buller County.—Oparara Survey District.

Sections 78, Block XV, and 82, Block XIV : Area, 522 acres ;
capital value, £520 ; half-yearly rent, £10 8s.

Situated between the Umere Road and Baker’s Creek,
access up Baker’s Creek by 100 chains metalled road, balance
pack-track now out of repair. Access also on the south from
Umere Road by 30 chains of unformed road. Situated two
miles and a half from post-office and butter-factory. Easy
broken terrace country, all heavy bush. Sufficient yellow-
pine for fencing purposes. Soil fair to poor, on papa for-
mation ; well watered. Altitude, 100 ft. to 550 ft. above
sea-level.

Buller County.—Steeples Survey District.

Lot 1 of Section 10, Block I : Area, 3 acres 0 roods
22 perches ; capital value, £20 ; half-yearly rent, 8s.

Weighted in favour of Crown with £5, valuation for im-
provements consisting of 10 chains of fencing.

Situated at Cape Foulwind, six miles from Westport by
rail and road. Undulating to flat land covered with rushes,
scrub, and grass. Soil of poor quality, on sandstone forma-
tion ; no water on section. Altitude, 100 ft. above sea-level.

Buller County.—Waitakere Survey District.

Section 24, Block IV : Area, 433 acres ; capital value,
£170 ; half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Situated on the north bank of the Totara River, eleven
miles from Westport by metalled road. Comprises about
85 acres of bush on river frontage, balance open flat pakihi
land. Soil of poor quality, resting on cemented sandstone
formation ; well watered. Altitude, 100 ft. to 200 ft. above
sea-level.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Takaka County.—Takaka Survey District.

Section 3, Block XIV : Area, 1,627 acres ; capital value,
£410 ; half-yearly rent, £8 4s.

Situated five miles from Upper Takaka Post-office. Access
by good metalled road to within two miles of section, thence
bridle-track. About 150 acres in bush, balance broken fern
country, precipitous in places. Clay soil, resting on granite
formation ; well watered. Altitude, 600 ft. to 2,200 ft. above
sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 16th day of June, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.