JAN. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 151

give notice that the said duty will be payable accordingly.
Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before
lst March, 1928. The liability to pay is not suspended by
any objection. The tax should be paid on or before the
prescribed date, otherwise the additional percentage accrues ;
any overpayment will be adjusted by refund.
The demands will be posted from the office of the Com-
missioner of Taxes on or about 31st January, 1928. Demands
must be presented with all payments, and taxpayers who
expect a demand and do not receive one should notify me
of the fact.
A. E. FOWLER, Commissioner of Taxes.
Wellington Education Board.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Education Board of
the District of Wellington requires to take the land
with improvements as described hereunder, namely :-
City of Wellington : The land adjoining the Kilbirnie
School site, comprising Lot 6 on D.P. 679, with frontage to
Smith Street 37 ft. 5 in.; back line, 37 ft. 8 in.; east, 138 ft.
7 in.; west, 138 ft. 10 in. : Area, 19 perches.
The above area is required for the purpose of a public work
-namely, for a public school within the meaning of the
Education Act, 1914 : And notice is hereby given that a plan
of the above area is open for inspection at the office of the
said Board in Mercer Street, in the City of Wellington.
All persons affected by such taking are hereby required to
set forth in writing well-grounded objection to the execution
of such works or the taking of such land, and to send such
writing within forty days from the first publication of this
notice to the said Board.
Dated this 17th day of January, 1928.
By order of the Education Board of the District of Wel-
lington.
G. L. STEWART, Secretary.
[This notice was first published on 18th January, 1928.]
CROWN LANDS NOTICES.
Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1928.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or
on deferred payments at the Magistrate's Courthouse, Pal-
merston North, on Wednesday, 22nd February, 1928, at
1.30 o'clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land for Settle-
ments Act, 1925, and the Land Act, 1924.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.-SETTLEMENT LAND.
Borough of Palmerston North.-Loughnan Settlement.
Section. Area. Upset
Price. Section. Area. Upset
P. A. R. P. £ A. R. P. £
23 0 0 35'6 160 46 0 0 35'6 160
24 0 0 35'6 165 47 0 0 35'6 175
25 0 0 35'6 170 48 0 0 30'0 155
26 0 0 35'6 170 49 0 0 30'0 140
27 0 0 35'6 170 50 0 0 30'0 130
31 0 0 35'8 155 51 0 0 30'0 130
32 0 0 35'8 160 52 0 0 30'4 130
33 0 0 35'9 165 53 0 0 30'4 145
34 0 0 36'0 165 54 0 0 35'6 160
35 0 0 36'1 160 55 0 0 35'6 145
43 0 0 35'6 190 56 0 0 35'6 145
44 0 0 35'6 170 57 0 0 35'6 145
45 0 0 35'6 160 58 0 0 35'6 160
The Loughnan Settlement is situated in the Palmerston
North Borough, about one mile from the post-office, and only
a few chains from the Terrace-end Railway-station. The
municipal bus service is available in this locality. The
sections comprise ideal building-sites with good access roads.
Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained on appli-
cation to this office.
H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Lands in North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.
North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th January, 1928.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on
deferred payments at the North Auckland District Lands and
Survey Office, Auckland, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday,
22nd February, 1928, under the provisions of the Land Act,
1924, and amendments.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
RURAL LAND.
Bay of Islands County.-Hukerenui Survey District.
SECTION 92, Block V : Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £10.
Section is situated on the Main North Road, about a quarter
of a mile from Towai Railway-station, by metalled road.
Easy sloping to sharply undulating land. Poor quality soil.
No water. Good building-site.
THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Whangarei County.-Parahaki Parish.
Section E 34 : Area, 18 acres 2 roods 33 perches. Upset
price, £10.
Situated about five miles from Whangarei by good metalled
road, and one mile from Whareora School. Undulating land,
all in gorse, tea-tree, scrub, and fern. Soil is poor yellow
clay on clay formation. Watered by springs. Altitude,
300 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level.
RURAL AND VILLAGE LAND.
Whangarei County.
Mangapai Parish.
Section 134 : Area, 1 acre 1 rood 38 perches. Upset price,
£3.
Mangapai Village.
Section 1 : Area, 2 roods 30 perches. Upset price, £6.
Part Section 3 : Area, 1 rood 13 perches. Upset price, £1.
Sections 23, 24, 25 : Area, 3 acres 2 roods 25 perches.
Upset price, £11.
Section 28 : Area, 1 acre 0 roods 6 perches. Upset price,
£4.
Section 30 : Area, 1 rood 39'6 perches. Upset price, £2.
Section 34 : Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £3.
Section 36 : Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £3.
Section 46 : Area, 2 roods. Upset price, £2.
Section 53 : Area, 5 acres 2 roods. Upset price, £17.
Section 54 : Area, 11 acres 3 roods 26'5 perches. Upset
price, £36.
Weighting for Improvements.-Section 1, £7 12s.; part
Section 3, £3; Sections 23, 24, 25, £53 3s. 9d.; Section 28,
£9 10s.; Section 30, £6; Section 34, £10; Section 36, £16 5s.;
Section 53, £39 7s. 6d.; Section 54, £38 10s.
The sections are situated in the Village of Mangapai, on
the Oakleigh-Mangapai Road. Access is from Oakleigh,
one mile and a half distant by metalled road. Soil is poor
clay resting on clay formation. Poorly watered. Level to
undulating land.
Improvements consist of fencing, ploughing, and grassing.
Also stable and cowshed, and another shed, 20 ft. by 12 ft.
very old, on Section 54.
Terms of Sale.

1. Cash.--One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on
   the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee
   (£1), to be paid within thirty days thereafter.
2. Deferred Payments.--Five per cent. of the purchase-
   money and license fee (£1 ls.) to be paid on the fall of the
   hammer, the balance by equal half-yearly instalments extend-
   ing over 34½ years, bearing interest at the rate 5½ per cent.
   per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the
   right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the out-
   standing amount.
   Upon receipt of the final instalment a certificate of title in
   respect of the land purchased shall issue upon payment of the
   prescribed Crown-grant fee.
   In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the
   prescribed payments by due date, the amount already paid
   shall be forfeited and the contract for sale of the land shall be
   null and void.
   Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
   The lands are described for the general information of in-
   tending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make