Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 907

Land in North Auckland Land District forfeited.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 21st March, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the North Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

F. J. ROLLESTON, for Minister of Lands.

Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale for Cash by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 20th March, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, 2nd May, 1928, at 2.30 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hawke’s Bay County.—Maungaharuru Survey District.

SECTION 91, Block XIII: Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £20.

Situated in the Te Pohue Township, twenty-seven miles from Napier. Mostly hilly, with only a small area of flat. Growing on the land are several pine trees suitable for firewood. Fair amount of blackberry, which can be easily checked.

Terms of Sale.

One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 (Crown grant fee), within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the sale of the land declared null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Further particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier.

J. D. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 27th March, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 20th April, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination, at the Courthouse, Timaru, at 1.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 24th April, 1928, and must produce documentary evidence of their financial position or backing, farming ability and experience, and, in the case of discharged soldiers, their military discharges. If any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the Courthouse, Timaru, on Tuesday, 24th April, 1928, immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

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 date of ballot, have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; 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 applicants 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Levels County.—Arowhenua Survey District.—Meadows Settlement.

SECTION 1 Block IX: Area, 73 acres 3 roods 12 perches. Capital value, £2,380; half-yearly rent, £59 10s.

Weighted with £1,420, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing, six-roomed dwellinghouse and conveniences, washhouse, stable, and granary (all brick), and wooden cowbyre, implement shed, &c. Payable by £80 in cash, £200 to be secured under lease and made repayable by twenty-eight half-yearly payments of £10 2s., and by the successful applicant executing a first mortgage over the lease to the Superintendent, State Advances Office, for the balance of £1,140.

Situated three quarters of a mile from Washdyke Railway-station and one mile from school. Watered by well and county water-race. Cream lorry passes property. Suitable for milk supplier in town; also cropping.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent: Five per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, and, on being declared successful, pay £80 deposit on improvements, £1 1s. (lease fee), a half-year’s rent, and a half-year’s building instalment. Rent for the broken period