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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

Opening Lands in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendment thereof, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to say:—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Tuesday, the sixteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, at the prices specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush lands.”

2. The said lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

3. After the first half-year’s rent or the deposit fixed under deferred payments, as the case may be, has been paid by the selector, the further instalments of rent or such part of the aforesaid instalments as consist of interest payable by him for a period of four years shall not be demanded: Provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land, the rent or interest so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent or interest payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Oteramika Hundred.

SECTION 65, Block VII: Area, 121 acres 2 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £380. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalments, £11 14s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 12s.

Section 66, Block VII: Area, 120 acres 1 rood 19 perches. Capital value, £390. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalment, £12 0s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 16s.

Section 22, Block X: Area, 119 acres 3 roods 39 perches. Capital value, £405. Deposit on deferred payments, £25. half-yearly instalment, £12 7s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 2s.

Section 23, Block X: Area, 119 acres 3 roods 36 perches. Capital value, £435. Deposit on deferred payments, £35; half-yearly instalment, £13. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 14s.

Section 24, Block X: Area, 125 acres 1 rood 20 perches. Capital value, £455. Deposit on deferred payments, £35; half-yearly instalment, £13 13s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 2s.

Section 26, Block X: Area, 128 acres 2 roods 22 perches. Capital value, £465. Deposit on deferred payments, £35; half-yearly instalment, £13 19s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 6s.

Section 27, Block X: Area, 120 acres 3 roods 25 perches. Capital value, £440. Deposit on deferred payments, £30; half-yearly instalment, £13 6s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 16s.

Section 28, Block X: Area, 120 acres 3 roods 39 perches. Capital value, £440. Deposit on deferred payments, £30; half-yearly instalment, £13 6s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 16s.

Situated three to three miles and a half from Gorge Road Railway-station, dairy factory, and school, and four to four miles and a half from Seaward Downs Dairy Factory and school, by metalled roads. Worked-out bush areas; practically level land of good quality; mostly well watered by running streams. Will make good dairy farms. Altitude, 100 ft. to 170 ft. above sea-level.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

After payment of first half-year’s rent has been made no further rent or interest (as the case may be) will be payable for a period of four years.

Sections 24, 26, and 28 are subject to the New Zealand Pine Company’s sawmilling rights until the milling-timber has been cut out, and Sections 22, 23, and 24 are subject to tramway rights until such rights are cancelled by the Land Board. It is anticipated that the timber will be cut out before the end of the year, but the tram rights will be required for about seven years.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of August, 1928.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notice of Change of the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in Block XI, Puhi Puhi Survey District, Marlborough Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section six of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Governor-General is empowered, in the case of any public reserve vested in His Majesty or the Governor-General for any of the purposes comprised in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, to change the purpose for which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto forms portion of a reserve duly set apart for a resting-place for stock, being a purpose within Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as hereinafter provided, the purpose of such portion:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section six of the said Act as aforesaid, declare that the portion of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a reserve for a resting-place for stock to a reserve for a gravel-pit. And I do hereby further declare that this notice is issued subject to the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and shall take effect according to the provisions of that section.

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 20·6 perches, being originally a portion of Stock-resting Reserve A, but now known as Section 26, Block XI, Puhi Puhi Survey District: Bounded as follows: Towards the north-west by a public road, 198·5 links and 291·1 links; towards the north-east and south-east by Section 19 (originally part of Reserve A), 856·7 links and 270·4 links, respectively; and towards the south-west by Small Grazing-run 112, 986 links: Be all the aforesaid measurements a little more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 4th day of August, 1928.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Declaring Lands in the Otago Land District to be subject to the Land for Settlements Acts, 1925.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and five of 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 areas of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and shall hereafter form part of the Teviot Settlement.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that piece of Crown land in the Otago Land District containing 4 acres 0 roods 23 perches, more or less, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-east by Section 10s, Teviot Settlement, 2247·3, 1182·2, and 570·0 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 215·0 links; towards the south-west by the aforesaid Section 10s, 431·2, 1204·8, and 2253·5 links; and towards the north-west by Section 7, Block VII, Benger Survey District, 150 links.

Also all that piece of Crown land in the Otago Land District containing 6 acres 2 roods 36 perches, more or less, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-east by a public road, 549·6 links; towards the north-west by the said public road, 75·0 links; towards the north-east by Sections 25s, 41s, and 42s, Teviot Settlement, 2354·7 links; towards the north-west by the said Section 42s, 368·6 links; towards the north-east generally by a public road, 102·1 links, by Section 12s, Teviot Settlement, 113·3, 316·6, and 97·4 links, and by the aforesaid public road, 291·6 and 891·8 links: towards the south-west by Sections 40s, 39s, 38s, and 37s, Teviot Settlement, 4069·0 links and 630·3 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 107·5 links.

Also all that piece of Crown land in the Otago Land District containing 1 acre 2 roods 16 perches, more or less, and bounded as follows: Towards the north-east generally by Section 12s, Teviot Settlement, 1218·0, 111·8, 569·3, and