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16. SOUTHLAND.—All that area comprising the counties of Southland, Wallace, Fiord, and Stewart Island, together with that portion of the Lake County other than what is comprised in the Cardrona and Lower and Mid Wanaka Survey Districts and that portion of the Cromwell Survey District situated in the Lake County.

District Intermediate Credit Supervisor—

Richard Douglas Newth, District Public Trustee, Invercargill.

And, further, that the following persons be also District Intermediate Credit Supervisors in the several districts against which their respective names appear hereunder, that is to say :—

HAWKE’S BAY—

William James Forsyth, District Public Trustee, Dannevirke.

Arthur Owen Williams, District Manager, Public Trust Office, Waipukurau.

MANAWATU-WELLINGTON—

George Ernest Miller, District Public Trustee, Wellington

TARANAKI—

Cuthbert Freyberg, District Public Trustee, Hawera.

J. W. MACDONALD,
Commissioner of Rural Intermediate Credit.
Wellington, 27th February, 1928.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act 1924.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: Renewable Lease (Settlement). Lease No. 254. Section 58A, Conical Hills Settlement. Lessee: Arthur William Gifford Brown. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in the Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: O.R.P. License No. 570. Section 27, Block XII, Tautuku Survey District. Licensee: Mrs. Georgina Elliott. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Lands for Settlement Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L. Section 1, Meadows Settlement. Formerly held by W. A. Johnstone. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Lands.

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Land in Southland Land District reclassified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 127 (3) of the Land Act, 1924, that His Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the reclassification as second-class land by the Southland Land Board of Section 25, Block XIII, Jacobs River Hundred, Ermedale Settlement, the said land having been previously classified as first-class land.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th February, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 3rd April, 1928.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them, to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding the date of the ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully, to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force, and to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand, and to persons who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s Forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany.

SCHEDULE.

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

Hauraki Plains County.—Orongo Settlement.

SECTIONS 1 and 3: Area, 155 acres 2 roods 36 perches. Capital value, £5,605. Half-yearly rent, £140 2s. 6d.

Sections 2 and 4: Area, 171 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £6,180. Half-yearly rent, £154 10s.

Sections 6, 8, and 40: Area, 149 acres 1 rood 7 perches. Capital value, £5,375. Half-yearly rent, £134 7s. 6d.

The Orongo Settlement is situated on the western bank of the Waihou River, about two miles and a half from Turua Township; from which there is a metalled road to the boundary of the settlement. Access to the Kopu Railway-station, which is situated about one mile distant from the settlement, is by ferry; but a bridge is now in course of construction (over the Waihou River). The sections now being offered are situated at the northern end of the settlement, and comprise level land of good quality, covered with fescue.

NOTE.—The shed erected on Section 8 remains the property of the Crown, and all rights necessary for its removal are reserved to the Crown.

Taunanga County.—Ohauiti Settlement.

Section 26: Area, 428 acres. Capital value, £2,350. Half-yearly rent, £58.

Weighted with £605, valuation for improvements comprising 100 chains of boundary-fence, 100 chains road-boundary fence, 50 chains subdivisional fence, four-roomed house, shed, cowshed, and pasture. The sum of £285 requires to be paid in cash, and the balance of £320 in fifteen years by thirty half-yearly instalments of £15 8s. 3d.

Situated four miles from Oropi School and Post-office or fourteen miles from Tauranga by formed road, partly metalled. About 30 acres level land; balance undulating to broken. Sandy soil of fair quality. About 100 acres in worn-out pasture; balance fern and scrub land. Subdivided into three paddocks.

Section 18: Area, 191 acres. Capital value, £400. Half-yearly rent, £10.

Weighted with £210, valuation for improvements comprising grassing, fencing, three-roomed lean-to (in poor order), and cowshed, to be paid in cash.

Situated about eight miles from Tauranga Post-office and dairy factory, and three-quarters of a mile from Ohauiti School. About 40 acres easy country, suitable for dairying; balance poor broken land. Watered by creek and springs. Ragwort and gorse are spreading.