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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Section 10s: 7 chains road-boundary fence, 38 chains fencing along outlet drain, and half share 30 chains boundary-fence, valued at ..
£ s. d.
41 5 0

Section 13s: 26 chains road-boundary fence and half share 82 chains boundary-fence, valued at
40 0 0

Section 14s: 22 chains road-boundary fence and half share 43 chains boundary-fence, valued at
32 12 6

Section 15s: 26 chains road-boundary fence, 24 chains internal fence, and half share 55 chains boundary-fence, valued at
.. 45 5 0

Section 16s: 25 chains internal fence and half share 35 chains boundary-fence, valued at ..
21 5 0

Section part 35s: 57 chains boundary-fence and 80 chains internal fence, valued at..
.. 105 5 0

Section 48s: 44 chains road-boundary fence, 66 chains internal fence, and half share 64 chains boundary-fence, valued at
.. 116 10 0

Section 49s: 18 chains road-boundary fence, 50 chains internal fence, and half share 142 chains boundary-fence, valued at
.. 94 0 0

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

Applications for Sections part 35s and 53s as offruns to be held in conjunction with other holdings on the settlement will receive consideration.

The successful applicant for Section 53s will be liable to the lessee of Section 52s for a share of the five-wire fence which has been erected on the boundary.

Selectors will be required to fence all main and road drains to the satisfaction of the Commissioner before any stock is placed on the land, and will also be responsible for the maintenance of all boundary, catchment, and surface drains within their sections.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of May, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Nelson Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,

CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Murchison County.—Rahu and Burnett Survey Districts.—Maruia Settlement.

SECTIONS 1s and 2s: Area, 2,519 acres; capital value, £3,875; half-yearly rent, £96 17s. 6d.

The improvements which are included in the capital value of the sections are as follows: Section 1s, fencing £24.

Section 1s: 150 acres rough bush country, 150 acres rough open country in grass and scrub, 150 acres open undulating country in scrub, remainder flat tussock and scrub. Soil fair quality; fairly well watered by small streams.

Section 2s: About 450 acres bush, remainder flat and undulating open country in fern, manuka, and tussock, with scrub on flat. Soil fair quality; fairly well watered by permanent streams.

The settlement comprises an area of 7,753 acres, situated on the Maruia River, the main portion being on the eastern bank of the river. The property has been for many years successfully worked by Messrs. Walker Brothers as a cattle and sheep run. A large proportion of the area is capable of great improvement in the way of draining, bushfelling, &c. The access to the settlement is either by way of Murchison or Reefton, the distance from Murchison to the most northerly section being thirty-three miles, and the section at the southern end about two miles from the formed road to Reefton, which is forty miles distant. The main road from Murchison is being improved up to the homestead, and will be formed and improved up to the southern end of the block. There are three post and telegraph offices situated within the limits of the settlement—viz., Warwick Junction at the northern end, Maruia approximately in the middle, and Koura towards the southern end of the settlement. A dairy factory has recently been erected at Station Creek, situated approximately in the middle of the settlement. The forest is principally red and brown birch, with some kahikatea in gullies, the scrub being generally horopito, fuchsia, broad-leaf, five-finger, &c. The altitude ranges from 1,040 ft. to 2,263 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of May, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,

CHARLES PERRIN SKERRETT.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, 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 June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Raglan County.—Rangiriri Survey District.

SECTION 18, Block VI: Area, 84 acres 3 roods 28 perches; capital value, £600; Half-yearly rent, £12.

Subject to an instalment mortgage of £220 for buildings, repayable in twenty years by forty half-yearly instalments of £9 2s. 10d.

Situated nine miles from Huntly Railway-station and Crown Depot, and about one mile and a half from Rotongaro School. Property suitable for dairying when fully improved. About 15 acres worn-out pasture, 15 acres fern and tea-tree, balance partly improved swamp going back to rushes. Poorly watered by drains. Approximately 150 chains of three- to six-wire fencing in disrepair. Subdivided into six paddocks. Buildings comprise unfinished three-roomed dwelling, three-bail cow-shed and separator-room, storeroom, cart-shed, which require attention.

Otorohanga County.—Ranginui Survey District.

Section 5, Block III: Area, 450 acres; capital value, £1,350; half-yearly rent, £27.

Weighted with £870, of which £100 is to be paid in cash, balance of £770 to remain on instalment mortgage, repayable in thirty-four years and a half by sixty-nine half-yearly instalments of £25 0s. 6d.

Grazing property, situated about thirty miles from Te Kawa Railway-station, and two miles from Ngaroma School. About 213 acres bush land, felled and grassed, 20 acres felled bush, 17 acres in tea-tree and rough feed, balance standing bush. Front portion watered by streams; but no water on higher land. Ragwort and Canadian thistle spreading. Approximately 27 chains four-wire and 187 chains seven-wire fencing. Buildings comprise a small whare, storeroom, and cow-shed.

Tauranga County.—Aongatete Survey District.

Section 11, Block I: Area, 273 acres; capital value, £280; half-yearly rent, £5 12s.

Grazing property situated about four miles from Aongatete Post-office. Undulating to broken land; about one-third in light bush, balance in fern and tea-tree. Soil a light sandy loam of inferior quality, watered by creeks. Approximately 20 chains fencing in poor order.

Whakatane County.—Rotoma Survey District.

Section 6, Block VII: Area, 339 acres 1 rood; capital value, £1,120; half-yearly rent, £22 8s.

Grazing property, situated about sixteen miles from Pikowai Railway-station and four miles from Pikowai School. About 100 acres in fair pasture, 130 acres old pasture reverted to second growth, balance standing bush. Ragwort [and foxglove are spreading. Well watered by springs and creeks. About 350 chains fencing in need of repairs, subdivided into three paddocks. Two-roomed house, implement-shed, and sheep and cattle yards.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of May, 1926.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Lands.