JUNE 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1379

land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, 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 Act.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Waipareira Parish.

SECTION 239: Area, 11 acres 2 roods 20 perches; capital value, £125; half-yearly rent, £2 10s.

The elevation ranges from 200 ft. to 380 ft. above sea-level. The section comprises undulating to steep spurs in fern and scrub, all of which is more or less ploughable. The soil is of clay resting on clay formation. The section is poorly watered by swampy springs. Situated on the dividing spur between Swanson and Henderson Valley. The access is from Swanson which is about two miles and a half distant by a formed road, about two miles of which is metalled.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 31st day of May, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Opening Lands in the North Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

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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 Wednesday, the fourth day of August, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.—Waitemata Survey District.

SECTION 12, Block XIV: Area, 15 acres 0 roods 13 perches. Capital value, £350. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £8 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7.

This section is situated in the Birdwood Block, which is about eighteen miles from Auckland City in close vicinity to the Auckland-Helensville Railway line. It is connected by road with the Swanson Railway-station two miles and three-quarters, and Henderson three miles and a half. A more direct road is proposed, which will reduce the distance to Swanson to about one mile and a half.

The elevation ranges from 130 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. The land consists of flat and generally easy slope. All ploughed and grassed. Watered by good spring. A good building-site.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Hukerenui Survey District.

Section 3, Block I: Area, 178 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Capital value, £160. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent £4. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

The elevation ranges from 200 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. The section comprises very steep to broken land, half fern, balance light to heavy bush, comprising taraire, rimu, rewarewa, with a light undergrowth of supplejack, nikau, kiekie, punga, &c. The soil is of poor clay, resting on sandstone formation. The section is well watered by permanent streams. Situated on main Kawakawa-Tapuhi Road, one mile from Ruapekapeka. School (half-time) adjoins. Access is from Kawakawa Railway-station, which is about seven miles distant by formed road not metalled.

Otamatea County.—Matakohe Parish.

Section 135: Area, 115 acres 3 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £75. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £1 17s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 10s. Weighted with £27, valuation of improvements, comprising 12 chains fencing and tin shanty.

The elevation ranges from 50 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level. The section comprises broken land in fern and tea-tree scrub. The soil is of clay, resting on clay formation. The section is badly watered by swamp. The access is from Matakohe, five miles and a half distant, four miles and a half cart-road, balance unformed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 31st day of May, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

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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 lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the respective prices specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush lands.”

2. The said lands 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 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Wharepapa Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Three Years.)

SECTION 13, Block XI: Area, 400 acres. Capital value, £1,160. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £29. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £23 4s.

Section 2, Block XII: Area, 240 acres. Capital value, £1,020. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £25 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £20 8s. Weighted with £210, valuation for improvements, comprising about 60 acres bush felled, burnt, and grassed.

Distant about thirty-two miles from Kihikihi, which is three miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station on the Main Trunk line. Section 13 comprises about 273 acres of easy sloping to fairly broken bush land, of which 8 acres has been felled and burnt, the remainder being flat to easy sloping open country covered with fern, tea-tree, scrub, and tussock. Section 2 comprises about 200 acres easy sloping land, remainder steep; all in bush, with the exception of 60 acres which has been felled, burnt, and grassed. The forest is light to fairly heavy, comprising rimu, rata, hinau, tawa, matai, and scattered totara, with a fairly heavy undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, punga, &c. The soil is of a light pumice nature, resting on rhyolite and sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Altitude, 450 ft. to 900 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 31st day of May, 1924.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

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Opening Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

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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