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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land 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 land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Orahiri Survey District.

SECTION 10, Block III: Area, 196 acres 0 roods 3-8 perches. Capital value, £300. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £7 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6.

Weighted with £80, valuation for improvements, comprising 40 chains road-fence, 30 chains boundary-fence, 20 acres felled bush and cultivation.

Distant about six miles by road from Otorohanga Railway-station, four miles of which is metalled, the balance being formed dray-road. The section comprises about 40 acres of ploughable undulating land in fern and tutu, the balance being mostly hilly forest country with some good slopes and sidlings. The forest, which varies from light to heavy, comprises rewarewa, tawhero, tawa, rimu, &c., with an undergrowth of punga and supplejack. The soil is of a light to heavy nature, resting on rhyolite formation; fairly well watered by streams. Altitude, 500 ft. to 800 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.

Opening Land in Auckland 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-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the respective price 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 two 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taumarunui County.—Ongarue Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Two Years.)

SECTION 5, Block VI: Area, 708 acres. Capital value, £2,040. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £51. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £40 16s.

This section lies on the south side of the Ongarue River and is distant about eight miles and a half from Waimiha Railway-station. Undulating to hilly country; about 200 acres in heavy forest, comprising tawa, rata, rimu, matai, kahikatea, and totara, with a heavy undergrowth of mahoe, makomako, konini, &c.; balance in fern, tea-tree, and tutu. The soil is good-quality pumice-loam resting on rhyolite formation; and about 400 acres of the section is ploughable. Fairly well watered by streams. Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,400 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.

Opening Lands in Auckland 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 Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—CROWN LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Kawhia County.—Kawhia North Survey District.

SECTION 2, Block XV: Area, 133 acres 2 roods 4 perches; capital value, £140; half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

SECTION 3, Block XV: Area, 375 acres; capital value, £300; half-yearly rent, £6.

Situated on an arm on the south side of Kawhia Harbour, about three miles westward from Awaroa Landing, which is connected with Kawhia Township by a launch service at regular intervals. There is a post-office and school at Awaroa Landing and a cream-collector passes within one mile and a half of the sections. The sections, with the exception of a small patch of bush on Section 2, are covered with manuka, koromiko, tutu, fern, &c., with soil of inferior quality; poorly watered. Altitude, 1 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level.

Otorohanga County.—Pirongia Survey District.

SECTION 16, Block XIV: Area, 348 acres 2 roods 34 perches; capital value, £880; half-yearly rent, £17 12s.

Distant about fifteen miles from Pirongia by road, nine miles of which is metalled, remainder formed. About 240 acres is easy undulating fern country, the rest being hilly to steep in bush comprising tawa, rata, rewarewa, and rimu with a heavy undergrowth of supplejack, &c. The soil is of fair to good quality, resting on volcanic formation; well watered by stream. Altitude, 400 ft. to 800 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.

Opening Land in the Gisborne 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four; and also that the land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wairoa County.—Waiau Survey District.

SECTION 5, Block III: Area, 880 acres 2 roods 10 perches. Capital value, £7,485. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £187 2s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £149 14s.

Comprises undulating to hilly open country, steep in places, generally good soil on papa formation with a fair sole of mixed grasses, principally native, excepting about 300 acres in the south-west of which the soil is of fair quality, of a light pumiceous nature, mostly in fern with the grass showing through portions of it. The whole well