APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1073

Opening Settlement Lands in Wellington Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, 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-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, 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—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Pahiatua County.—Puketoi Survey District.

Puketoi Settlement.

SECTIONS 10s and 11s, Block II: Area, 660 acres 2 roods 33 perches. Capital value, £1,750. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £39 7s. 6d.

Situated about seventeen miles from the Pahiatua Railway-station by metalled road. Section 10 has a frontage to Puketoi Road, and comprises broken hilly country, more than half of which is still in bush and second growth. Fenced on boundaries. Soil is of fair quality resting on sandstone and papa formation. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 2,400 ft. Section 11 is intended as a homestead-site for Section 10 from which it is about five miles distant.

Masterton County.—Rewa Survey District.

Waihora Settlement.

Section 3s, Block III: Area, 221 acres. Capital value, £2,550; building, £150. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £57 7s. 6d.; £7 11s. 6d.*

• Half-yearly instalment of interest and sinking fund on buildings (cottage and shed), valued at £150; payable in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £7 11s. 6d. Total half-yearly payments on lease, £64 19s.

Situated twenty-six miles from Masterton by good metalled road, and half a mile from the Langdale School. Comprises easy hilly land. Suitable for sheep-farming and agriculture. Well watered. Altitude, 150 ft. to 250 ft.

Masterton County.—Otahoua Survey District.

Te Ore Ore Settlement.

Section 6, Block II: Area, 84 acres. Capital value, £3,100; buildings, £350. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £69 15s.; £13 13s.*

• Half-yearly instalment of interest and sinking fund on buildings (dwelling with wash-house attached, trap-shed, cow-shed, pigsty), valued at £350; payable in cash or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £13 13s. Total half-yearly payments on lease, £83 8s.

Situated five miles from the Masterton Dairy Factory and two miles and a half from the Te Ore Ore School. Comprises 30 acres of flat land, remainder slightly undulating. The whole area has been felled and grassed, but requires stumping. Subdivided into three paddocks. Suitable for mixed farming.

Special Condition.—The successful applicant for Section 6, Te Ore Ore Settlement, will be required, together with the lessees of Sections 7 and 8 of the same settlement, to execute an agreement between themselves and the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington Land District having for its object the proper maintenance and control of the existing water-supply provided for these sections.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of April, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, 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 seventy-six 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-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five; 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, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Kiwitea County.—Apiti Survey District.

SECTION 12, Block II: Area, 318 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £3,300. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £82 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £66.

Improvements.—The improvements included in the capital value consist of 166 chains of fencing, valued at £223.

Situated on Tutaewhio Road, about nine miles from Ohingaiti by formed and metalled road. Comprises good pastoral country. About 34 acres of flat land along road frontage, of which 25 acres are ploughable. The whole of the bush and scrub has been felled. 172 acres at present in grass. Soil is of light loam, resting on papa formation. Section is permanently watered by streams. Altitude, 1,200 ft. to 1,600 ft.

Rangitikei County—Hautapu Survey District.

Section 24, Block VI: Area, 310 acres 3 roods 13 perches. Capital value, £1,750. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £43 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £35.

Weighted with £235, valuation for improvements, consisting of 150 chains of fencing (£225) and sheep-yards (£10), to be paid in cash.

Situated about six miles from Mangaweka on the Mangaweka—Mataroa Road, which is formed and metalled. Comprises rough broken country. An area of 168 acres has been felled and grassed, the remainder being still in bush which has been milled in past years. Soil is of fair loam, resting on papa formation. Section is permanently watered by streams. Altitude, 1,400 ft. to 1,800 ft.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Manganui Survey District.

Section 30, Block VII: Area, 338 acres. Capital value, £340. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £8 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6 16s.

Situated at the head waters of the Retaruke River, about five miles from Erua Railway-station by three miles of formed dray-road and two miles of partly formed bush-track. Section is all in bush, with the exception of 50 acres which has been felled and grassed, but have reverted to second growth. Bush is medium heavy, comprising rimu, miro, tawhero, matai, and a few totaras. Soil is of fair quality resting on papa and sandstone formation. Section is watered by streams and springs. Altitude, 2,000 ft. to 2,500 ft.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 13th day of April, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, 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 seventy-six 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 twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five; 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 prices 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, 1924.