May 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1291

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-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four; 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.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Pahiatua County.—Makuri Survey District.

SECTION 22, Block VI: Area, 49 acres. Capital value, £100. Occupation with right of purchase: half-yearly rent, £2 10s. Renewable lease: half-yearly rent, £2.

Weighted with £50 valuation for improvements, consisting of fencing, felling, and grassing.

This section is situated on the Makairo Road about sixteen miles from Mangatainoka by formed and partly metalled dray-road. The Makairo-Coonoor Road is now a formed dray-road. Section comprises steep country felled and grassed but reverting to second growth. Soil is of fair quality resting on rotten rock formation. Watered by small streams. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 2,300 ft.

Kaitieke County.—Manganui Survey District.

Section 1, Block VI: Area, 991 acres. Capital value, £1,980. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £49 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £39 12s.

Weighted with £1,006 valuation for improvements, consisting of 300 acres felled and grassed, £750; 190 chains fencing, £206; and woolshed 42 ft. by 30 ft., £50.

Section is situated at the head waters of the Makino Stream. Access from Erua Railway-station, about twelve miles and a half distant by formed dray-road. Comprises 385 acres felled and grassed, remainder in virgin bush. All hilly to steep sheep country. Soil is of light quality resting on sandstone and papa. Forest is medium heavy. Section is watered by streams and springs. Altitude 1,700 ft. to 2,300 ft.

Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.

Section 4, Block X: Area, 197 acres. Capital value, £400. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £10. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8.

Weighted with £29 7s. 6d. valuation for improvements, consisting of 47 chains of fencing at 12s. 6d. per chain.

This section is situated about eighteen miles distant from Raetihi Railway-station by ten miles of metalled dray-road, five miles of formed dray-road, and three miles of unformed road. Comprises approximately 50 acres level to undulating land, the remainder being hilly to steep country. All in light bush. Soil is of light quality resting on papa and sandstone formation. Section is watered by stream and springs. Altitude 1,700 ft. to 2,000 ft.

Waimarino County.—Whirinaki Survey District.

Section 6, Block III: Area, 517 acres. Capital value, £650. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £16 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £13.

Weighted with £51 valuation for improvements, consisting of 34 acres bush felled.

This section is situated in the South Waimarino Block, and comprises undulating to steep hilly country. Soil fair to good, resting on papa and sandstone formation. Section is all in bush, with the exception of 34 acres felled. Access is from Raetihi, thirty-two miles distant, partly by horse-tracks, but mostly by formed dray-road. Altitude, 1,150 ft. to 2,200 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of May, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Notifying Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and twenty-six of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Thursday, the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, as the time at which the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public auction; and I do hereby fix the price at which the said land shall be sold as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Borough of Napier.

SECTION 616: Area, 34 perches; upset price, £350.

This is a building-site adjoining Williams and Kettle’s wool-stores in Colin Street (off Lever Street), Port Ahuriri. There are no buildings on the property. A plan of the property may be seen at the Lands Office, Napier.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 17th day of May, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Setting apart Crown Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto for disposal under the section of the Act mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALLOTMENT E 112, Kauakapakapa Parish: Area, 56 acres 3 roods 4 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of May, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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 17, Block V, Opoe Survey District: Area, 19 acres 1 rood 36 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of May, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.