Grazing property, situated about eleven miles from Otorohanga Railway-station and Dairy Factory and about one mile from Tahaia School and Post-office. Undulating to broken country in fern and tea-tree scrub. Light soil of inferior quality, resting on sandstone formation; watered by small stream and swampy creeks; ragwort is making an appearance.

Raglan County.—Karioi Survey District.

Section 8, Block XI: Area, 490 acres. Capital value, £1,250. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £31 5s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £25.

Grazing property, situated about twenty-five miles from Frankton Junction Railway-station and about four miles and a half from Kaharoa (late Moerangi) School. Approximately 160 acres in two to three year pasture, but owing to bad burns second growth is coming away. Watered by springs and creeks.

Improvements included in capital value comprise slab dwelling (three rooms), whare, and about 60 chains of fencing.

Hauraki Plains County.—Piako Survey District.

Sections 7 and 8, Block XI : Area, 490 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £580. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £14 10s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £11 12s.

Weighted with £200, valuation for buildings, comprising two-roomed lean-to whare, repayable in ten years by twenty half-yearly payments of £7 15s. 5d.

Grazing property situated about ten miles from Waitakaruru Landing. The Mangatarata School is about four miles and a half distant. Section is of inferior quality comprising approximately 380 acres standing bush, 60 acres grass (going back), balance fern ; hills, watered by streams.

Improvements included in capital value comprise approximately 87 chains fencing and storeroom.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 26th day of October, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

N pursuant 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 fourteenth day of December, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Whakatane County.—Matuku Settlement.

SECTION 5: Area, 99 acres. Capital value, £1,480; £360*; half-yearly rent, £33 6s.; £14 0s. 10d.†

• Valuation for buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, consisting of a four-roomed house, valued at £360, repayable in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £14 0s. 10d. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £47 6s. 10d.

Dairying property situated about two miles and a half from Tarawera Railway-siding where there is also a school and cheese-factory. Partially drained swamp land of fair quality, comprising about 12 acres in fair pasture, about 40 acres rough pasture, and about 42 acres swamp. Watered by Tarawera River and drains.

Improvements included in the capital value comprise approximately 67 chains boundary-fence, 48 chains internal fence, cow-shed, drains, and cultivation, valued at £390.

Thames County.—Hikuai Settlement.

Section 16s : Area, 130 acres 0 roods 29 perches. Capital value, £760; £240*. Half-yearly rent, £17 2s.; £11 ls. 5d.†

• Valuation for buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on building valued at £240, repayable in sixteen years by thirty-two half-yearly instalments of £11 ls. 5d. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £28 3s. 5d.

Dairying property situated about twenty-five miles from Puriri Railway-station, about eight miles from Tairua Dairy Factory, and about two miles from Hikuai School. There is a launch-landing about half a mile distant. Level land, about 40 acres good quality in pasture (mostly paspalum) and about 90 acres inferior, partially drained swamp land. Watered by drains, and streams.

Improvements included in capital value comprise approximately 60 chains boundary-fencing and about 50 chains drains, valued at £95.

Waipa County.—Reynolds Settlement.

Section 15 and Lot 2 of Section 14 : Area, 107 acres 2 roods 28 perches; capital value, £600; half-yearly rent, £13 10s.

Situated about five miles and a half from Cambridge Railway-station and about four miles from Leamington School and Dairy Factory. Level peat land, about 20 acres in worn-out pasture, 11 acres scrub, and 76 acres partly drained swamp in scrub and fern. Indifferently watered by drains.

Improvements included in the capital value comprise approximately 50 chains internal and 37 chains road-boundary fencing, gum-plantation, one-roomed whare, and old cow-shed, valued at £106.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 19th day of October, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

N 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 fourteenth day of December, 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.

Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.

SECTIONS 11 and 19, Block XV: Area, 444 acres. Capital value, £1,740. Occupation with right of purchase : Half-yearly rent, £43 10s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £34 16s.

Weighted with £28 2s. 6d. valuation for fencing, to be paid in cash.

NotE.—Included in the capital value is £400 valuation for felling and grassing.

Situated on the left bank of the Mangaturuturu Stream. Access is from the Raetihi Railway-station, which is nine miles away. The road is formed but metalled for only half the distance. Comprises 100 acres of flat to undulating land, remainder hilly. The whole of the bush has been destroyed by fire. Two hundred acres is in grass, remainder in burned bush and second growth. Section is watered by streams and springs. Altitude, 1,500 ft. to 2,000 ft.

Pahiatua County.—Makuri Survey District.

Section 27, Block VII: Area, 120 acres. Capital value, £240. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rent, £6. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 16s.

Weighted with £234 15s., valuation for improvements, consisting of felling and grassing £180, fencing £48 15s., and a small whare £6, to be paid in cash.

Situated about twenty-one miles from Pahiatua, with a frontage to Makairo Road and to Waewaepa Road, both of which are metalled but in bad condition in places. Comprises steep and broken land, falling steeply away from road frontages. The soil is of fair quality resting on rotten-rock formation, watered by streams. Altitude 1,800 ft. to 2,200 ft.