MAY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1621

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.

SECTION 36s : Area, 32 acres 3 roods 33 perches. Capital
value, £590. Half-yearly rent, £14 15s.

Weighted with £360, valuation for improvements com-
prising four-roomed house, washhouse, and cowshed, repayable
in cash or in twenty-one years by forty-two half-yearly in-
stalments of £14 0s. 10d.

Level section situated adjacent to school and one mile from
Kopu Railway-station. Property suited for dairying, provided
cows are wintered off the section. Whole area has been grassed
but is now more or less infested with tall fescue. Watered by
bore.

Improvements, included in the capital value of the section,
comprise draining and approximately 184 chains fencing, in
poor order. Value, £125.

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 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 application statutory declara-
   tion, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. lease
   fee and a half-year's rent. Rent for the broken period be-
   tween date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is
   also payable.

5. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty
   days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

6. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all
   rates, taxes, and assessments.

7. Improvements : Lessee is required to improve the land
   within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price;
   within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the
   price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of
   another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the fore-
   going, and within six years, improvements are also to be
   effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land,
   10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every
   acre of third-class land.

8. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of
   lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then
   only with permission.

9. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time
   within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed
   for area taken for such roads.

10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
at this office.

K. M. GRAHAM,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 8th May, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for sale or selection under the Land Act,
1924, and that applications will be received at the District
Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o'clock
p.m., on Monday, the 21st May, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 23rd May, 1928, at
2.30 o'clock p.m.; but if any applicant so desires he may
be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The land in the First Schedule is open for general applica-
tion, and may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased
for Cash or on Deferred Payments, or be selected on Renewable
Lease.

The lands in the Second Schedule are offered on Renewable
Lease only.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey
Office, New Plymouth, at the 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 pre-
ceding 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; 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.

An application may include any number of sections shown
on the sale plan, but no person will be allotted more than one
section.

SCHEDULES.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Mapara Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block X : Area, 208 acres 1 rood. Capital value,
£160. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly in-
stalment, £4 17s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent,
£3 4s.

Weighted with £600, valuation for improvements, com-
prising two-roomed dwelling, cowshed, approximately 100
chains fencing (in good order), about 90 acres felling and
grassing. £360 of this amount may be secured by way of
first mortgage under the provisions of the Discharged Soldiers
Settlement Act; £60 is payable in cash ; and the balance
may be paid for by way of annual instalments extending
over a period of seven years, with interest at the rate of
5 per cent.

This property is situated about four miles from Mangapehi
Railway-station and school. The soil is of a light clay on
sandstone formation. It comprises about 60 acres in fair
pasture, about 30 acres reverting to fern, and the balance is
in light bush.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

WAITOMO COUNTY.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mapara Survey District.

SECTION 2, Block I : Area, 345 acres. Capital value, £270.
Half-yearly rent, £5 8s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of two years,
provided improvements to the value of £30 are effected
annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £850, valuation for improvements, com-
prising about 200 chains fencing, about 250 acres cleared and
grassed, dwelling and outbuildings, cowshed, stable, and
sheep-yard. This amount is payable in cash, or may be
secured by way of first mortgage to the State Advances
Department.

This property is situated about ten miles from Kopaki
Railway-station, by good road. It comprises easy to undulat-
ing country on sandstone formation. The area, originally
felled and grassed, is now deteriorating.

Section 5, Block I : Area, 583 acres. Capital value, £300.
Half-yearly rent, £6.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of four years,
provided improvements to the value of £30 are effected
annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £67 10s. valuation for improvements, com-
prising about 135 chains of fencing. This amount is payable
in cash or may be taken over by way of first mortgage to
the State Advances Department. Section is situated ten
miles from Kopaki Railway-station by good road. Comprises
easy country, mostly covered by manuka; 250 acres could
be ploughed. Soil is of a light clay on sandstone formation.
Well watered by springs and streams.

Waitomo County.—Totoro Survey District.

Section 15, Block IV : Area, 168 acres. Capital value,
£210. Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of ten years,
provided improvements to the value of £21 are effected
annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £530, valuation for improvements, com-
prising approximately 70 acres worn-out pasture, 88 acres
felling and grassing (now deteriorating), 250 chains fencing,
house, shed, and outbuildings. This amount is payable in
cash or may be secured by way of first mortgage to the State
Advances Department.

Section is situated four miles from Pio Pio and sixteen
miles from Te Kuiti by road. Comprises about 70 acres
worn-out pasture, and 88 acres felling and grassing, now