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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

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 Monday, the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Remuera Settlement.

SECTIONS 15s, 20s, and 37s: Area, 261 acres 2 roods 28 perches. Capital value, £2,660; *£400. Half-yearly rent, £66 10s.; †£16 1s.

• Buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of interest and principal on buildings, consisting of dwellinghouse (rimu with iron roof) of three rooms and pantry and porch. Cowshed (kauri with iron roof, four bails) and separator-room, valued at £400, to be paid for in cash or in twenty years by forty half-yearly instalments of £16 1s. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £82 11s.

Sections are situated in the heart of the Remuera Settlement, about two miles from Ohaeawai Post-office. One mile and a half from Ahu Ahu School, and three miles from Bay of Islands Dairy Factory at Ohaeawai. About 40 acres good flat volcanic country. Forty acres flat, in heavy fern, carrying fair feed; 130 acres easy slopes in poor sole of danthonia with some paspalum, balance undulating to steep; volcanic soil, fairly rocky. Sections well watered. Boundary fenced except on west side of Section 20s, and subdivided in nine paddocks, fences generally in need of repair.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of May, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

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Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection.

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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, 1925, 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 Friday, the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Tauranga County.—Ohauiti Settlement.

SECTION 21s: Area, 390 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £940; *£275. Half-yearly rent, £23 10s. †£13 4s. 11d.

• Buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of interest and principal on buildings comprising a four-roomed house, valued at £275, repayable in cash or in fifteen years by thirty half-yearly instalments of £13 4s. 11d. Total half-yearly payment on lease £36 14s. 11d.

Situated eleven miles from Tauranga Railway-station, two miles from Ohauiti School, and eleven miles from Tauranga Dairy Factory. Undulating to hilly land. About 70 acres has been grassed; balance, broken fern and ti-tree country; approximately half ploughable. Watered by springs and creek. Ragwort, Californian thistle in evidence. Subdivided into ten paddocks.

Improvements, included in capital value, consist of 140 chains boundary fence and 100 chains subdivision fence; cowshed, separator-room, and cartshed, value £160.

Tauranga County.—Ohauiti Settlement.

Sections 15s and 16s: Area, 575 acres 0 roods 18 perches. Capital value, £1,310; *£640. Half-yearly rent, £32 15s.; †£24 19s. 3d.

• Buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of interest and principal on buildings, comprising four-roomed house and wash-house, cowshed, and implement-shed, situated on Section 15s, and five-roomed house situated on Section 16s, valued at £640, repayable in cash or in twenty-one years, by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £24 19s. 3d. Total half-yearly payment on lease £57 14s. 3d.

Grazing property, situated about seven miles and a half from Tauranga Town, Dairy Factory, and Post-office, and one mile from Ohauiti School. Approximately 80 acres level to undulating; balance hilly to broken land. All in fern and natural state, except 68 acres in old pasture and 100 acres in rough feed. Watered by creeks and springs. The soil is of a sandy nature on a pumice formation.

The improvements included in the capital value comprise 80 acres grassing, 200 chains fencing, pines, wattle, and gum plantation on Section 15s, and 350 chains boundary fencing, 135 chains internal fencing, shed, and cowshed on Section 16s. Valued at £645.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taupo County.—Reporoa Settlement.

Section 46: Area, 454 acres 3 roods 21 perches. Capital value, £1,400. Half-yearly rent, £35.

Situated on the Reporoa Settlement, about twenty-six miles from Rotorua. There is a school, post-office, and store about one mile and a half from the section. The land is flat to undulating, and the soil is of a light pumiceous nature, requiring judicious manuring. About 300 acres could be developed, and is capable of growing good pasture. The balance consists of poor pumice hill. Fairly well watered by running streams.

The improvements, included in the capital value, are 278 chains of fencing and 30 chains of drain, valued at £214 10s.

Taupo County.—Reporoa Settlement.

Section 41: Area, 553 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £1,325; *£390. Half-yearly rent, £33 2s. 6d.; †£19 13s. 11d.

• Buildings.

† Half-yearly instalment of principal and interest on buildings, comprising a four-roomed dwelling (with large veranda), wash-house and two small rooms attached, and cowshed with four bails and engine-room, valued at £390, repayable in cash or in fourteen years by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments of £19 13s. 11d. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £52 16s. 5d.

Situated on the Reporoa Settlement, about twenty-six miles from Rotorua, on the Taupo-Rotorua Road. The Reporoa School and Post-office are about one mile and a half distant. Approximately 70 acres partly drained swamp land, 150 acres tussock, manuka, and manaoa scrub; balance poor pumice land. A portion of the swamp is low-lying and undrainable.

The improvements, included in the capital value, comprise boundary fencing (sheep-proof and in good order) and subdivisional fencing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of May, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

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

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

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 Friday, the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Maungamangero Survey District.

SECTION 10, Block IX: Area, 621 acres. Capital value, £620. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £12 8s.

Weighted with £118 10s. valuation for improvements, comprising whare, 16 ft. by 14 ft., with room attached; felling, grassing, and approximately 6 chains fencing—to be paid in cash.

Situated forty-three miles from Te Kuiti and twelve miles from Mahoenui School, Post-office, and store, six miles being by metalled road, four miles formed clay road, and two miles