Dec. 15.]

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

I N 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
February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, at
the rentals 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.-THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Otorohanga County.-Wharepapa Survey District.
(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Five Years.)
SECTION 2, Block IX, and Section 3, Block X: Area, 1,193
acres. Capital value, £900. Half-yearly rent, £18.
Weighted with £860, valuation for improvements comprising
dwelling of four rooms and outbuildings, two sheds, cattle-
yards, half-share 350 chains boundary fencing, 325 chains
subdivisional and road fencing, clearing and grassing. Pay-
able in cash or may remain on instalment mortgage to the
State Advances Superintendent for a term of thirty years,
with interest at the rate of 6 per cent., on which instalment
payments will commence two years after date of selection.
Grazing property, situated three miles from Wharepuhunga
School and Post-office, and nineteen miles from Te Awamutu
Saleyards. Section comprises broken country. About 250
acres in worn-out pasture, 330 acres bush land felled and
grassed, now reverting to second growth; balance covered in
bush and fern. Property is well watered by running streams.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 30th day of November, 1927.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

I 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 Friday, the twenty-fourth day of February,
one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and also that
the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option
of the applicant, be purchased for cash or on deferred
payments, or be selected on renewable lease; and I do
hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be
sold, occupied, or leased as those 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Rotorua County.-Rotoiti Survey District.
SECTION 2, Block XIV: Area, 83 acres 1 rood 25 perches.
Capital value, £375. Deposit on deferred payments, £15;
half-yearly instalment, £11 14s. Renewable lease: Half-
yearly rent, £7 10s.
Weighted with £95, valuation for improvements comprising
about 90 chains fencing, grassing, and hut; repayable in cash
or in seven years by fourteen half-yearly instalments of
£8 4s. 2d.
Situated about six miles from Rotorua Railway-station and
School and nine miles from Rotorua Dairy Factory. Poorly
watered by creek. About 20 acres in poor pasture. Area is
subdivided into two paddocks, and is becoming badly infested
with blackberry.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Kawhia County.-Karioi Survey District.
Section 5, Block XV: Area, 957 acres. Capital value,
£720. Deposit on deferred payments, £30; half-yearly in-
stalment, £22 8s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent,
£14 8s.
Weighted with £350, valuation for improvements comprising
150 acres felling and grassing, and about 15 chains fencing;
repayable in cash or by a deposit of £25, balance to remain on
instalment mortgage for a term of fifteen years, with interest
at the rate of 5½ per cent., repayable by half-yearly instalments,
including principal and interest, of £16 1s.
Grazing property, situated about fifteen miles from Kawhia
School and Dairy Factory. About 150 acres has been felled
and grassed; balance being in standing bush. The soil is of a
light nature on sandstone formation. Well watered by
running streams.

Waitomo County.-Maungamangero Survey District.
Section 3, Block I: Area, 577 acres. Capital value, £290.
Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment,
£8 18s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 16s.
Weighted with £45, valuation for improvements consisting
of approximately 120 chains of fencing, payable in cash.
Grazing property, situated on the Pomerangi Road, about
thirty-five miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station, Dairy Factory,
and Saleyards. The nearest school and post-office are at Moe-
atua, four miles distant. About 220 acres have been felled and
grassed, but are now all reverted; the balance being in medium
to heavy bush comprising tawa, rata, mangaeo, rimu, &c.,
with a dense undergrowth of supplejack and punga. The
soil is a light quality loam resting on rubble formation. Well
watered by running streams.
Section 4, Block II: Area, 803 acres 3 roods 20 perches.
Capital value, £400. Deposit on deferred payments, £20;
half-yearly instalment, £12 7s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly
rent, £8.
Weighted with £835, valuation for improvements comprising
dwelling of four rooms (bathroom and scullery), whare, cow-
shed, felling and grassing, and about 350 chains fencing.
Repayable in cash, or could remain on instalment mortgage
to State Advances Superintendent for a term of thirty years.
Interest, 6 per cent.
Situated on the Te Kuiti-Marakopa Road, about thirty-two
miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station and Saleyards by metalled
road. The nearest school and dairy factory are situated at
Waitanguru, which is five miles distant. High undulating
land, of which about 400 acres have been felled and grassed,
now mostly gone back; the balance being in heavy bush,
comprising tawa, rimu, rata, &c., with a dense undergrowth of
supplejack and punga. The soil is of a poor quality on clay
and rubble formation. Section well watered by running
streams.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 10th day of December, 1927.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for
Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

I N 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 February, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-eight, 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.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waikato County.-Kopuku Settlement.
SECTION 1s: Area, 103 acres 1 rood 16 perches. Capita
value, £180. Half-yearly rent, £4 10s.
Situated about nineteen miles by road from Pokeno Rail-
way-station, and seventeen miles from Mercer by launch
to Kopuku Landing. There is a post-office, school, and store
within a short distance. Approximately 30 acres low-lying
swamp (subject to severe flooding), 60 acres low-lying swamp