1784
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Setting apart Crown Land under Section 20 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section twenty of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 21, Block XI, Ruakaka Survey District: Area, 1 rood 2 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of June, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the Wellington 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three; and also that the lands 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 prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.

SECTIONS 24 and 25, Block XVI: Area, 66 acres 1 rood 32 perches. Capital value, £170. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £4 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Situated about one mile from Horopito Railway-station by good metalled road. All in bush of poor quality, consisting of tawhero, with a sprinkling of small rimu and birch. Well watered by streams. Soil is of poor quality, resting on conglomerite formation. Altitude, 2,400 ft. above sea-level.

Waimarino County.—Kariol Survey District.

Sections 26 and 31, Block V: Area, 293 acres 3 roods 26 perches. Capital value, £1,575. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £39 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £31 10s.

Situated on the Okahune-Waioru Road, about seventy chains from the Rangataua Railway-station by good metalled road. 200 acres level, balance undulating to easy hills; 100 acres grassed, 114 acres milled, 80 acres bush. Soil is of a brown clayey nature, resting on papa formation; well watered by streams. Altitude, 2,000 ft. to 2,200 ft.

Special Condition.—The lease or license over Sections 26 and 31, Block V, Kariol Survey District, is subject to the tramway rights granted to the Rangataua Timber Company.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of June, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Wellington 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Hutt County.—Waddington Settlement.

SECTION 118.: Area, 5 acres 2 roods 7 perches; capital value, £755; half-yearly rent, £16 19s. 9d.

Weighted with £329 10s. valuation for improvements; to be paid for in cash.

Situated at Naenae, about three miles and a half from Lower Hutt Railway-station by good metalled road. All flat land in grass. Soil is of good quality, resting on clay and gravel formation; well watered by drains. Altitude, 150 ft.

Improvements.—The improvements consist of dwelling and wash-house attached, two-bail cow-shed, dairy, pigsty, and fowl-houses.

Rangitikei County.—Stokes Settlement.

Section 1: Area, 64 acres 3 roods 34 perches; capital value £2,030; half-yearly rent, £45 13s. 6d.; interest and sinking fund, £9 1s. 10d.*

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £180; to be paid for in cash, or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £9 1s. 10d. Total half-yearly payments on lease, £54 15s. 4d.

Situated four miles and a half from Bull’s and four miles from Marton, on the Bull’s-Turakina Road. Watered by a spring. Soil is of good quality, resting on a heavy clay sub-soil. All ploughable. Subdivided into four paddocks. Good agricultural land when ploughed. Buildings comprise dwelling, trap-shed, and cow-shed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of June, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Wellington 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush land.”

2. The said land 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 four 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KAITIEKE COUNTY.—RETARUKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

(Exempt from Rent for Four Years.)

SECTION 1, Block XIV: Area, 1,626 acres. Capital value, £2,645. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £66 2s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £52 18s.

Access is from Raurimu, which is about thirty-seven miles distant. Access can also be obtained from the Retaruke Landing on the Wanganui River, seven miles distant. Section comprises broken to undulating land, with altitude 900 ft. to 1,850 ft. Soil is of fair quality, resting on papa and sandstone formation. All in virgin bush. When cleared will be good sheep and cattle country. Well watered.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 25th day of June, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.