Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3037

Except on the recommendation of the Land Board and with the approval of the Minister, a single woman shall not be eligible to apply for these lands.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Whangarei County.—Purua Survey District.—Poroti Block.
Section 48, Block IX : Area, 198 acres.
,, 49, ,, Area, 153 ,,
,, 50, ,, Area, 179 ,,
,, 51, ,, Area, 180 ,,
,, 52, ,, Area, 186 ,,
,, 53, ,, Area, 173 ,,
,, 54, ,, Area, 178 ,,
,, 55, ,, Area, 129 ,,
,, 33, Block X : Area, 161 ,,
,, 34, ,, Area, 162 ,,
,, 38, ,, Area, 163 ,,

WEIGHTING FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

Section 33.—£14, being value of half-share of 14 chains of fencing on the boundary of Section 34 ; payable in cash.
Section 34.—£119, being value of about twenty acres ploughed and grassed (now gone back to danthonia, brown top, and little paspalum), 33 chains subdivisional fencing, half-share of 14 chains of fencing on boundary of Section 33, and half-share of 12 chains of fencing on the boundary of Section 35. This amount is repayable by a cash deposit of £19, and the balance (£100) in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £6 9s. 6d.

DESCRIPTION.

The sections form part of the Poroti Block, situated about thirteen miles from Whangarei. Undulating and easy-sloping country, mostly ploughable. Soil is mostly pipe-clay on sandstone formation. The land is covered in parts with wiwi, scrub, and fern, the growth of which is mostly of a sparse nature. Land is watered by streams where shown on plan; otherwise water will have to be obtained by boring.
Sections 48 to 52, Block IX, and Sections 33 and 34, Block X, are fronting the Kokopu—Kaitara Road, about two miles from Poroti at the nearest point. The other sections are fronting an unformed road about three-quarters of a mile from the metalled main road. The road through the Crown land will be formed by the Department, but not metalled.
The fencing on the block comprises puriri posts 16 ft. apart, three battens, six plain wires and one barbed wire.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

1. No rent or other charges shall be made in respect of the occupation of these lands.
2. Every license shall be for a term of ten years, and may from time to time be renewed for a like term.
3. No person shall, without the approval of the Minister or on the special recommendation of the Land Board, be qualified to acquire under these conditions more than 400 acres of second-class land or 1,000 acres of third-class land, computed in the manner prescribed by section 107 of the Land Act, 1924 : Provided that in no case shall the area comprised in any license exceed 600 acres of second-class land or 1,500 acres of third-class land, computed as aforesaid.
4. No license shall be capable of being assigned or transferred, and any agreement for the assignment or transfer of a license shall be void as such, and shall operate as a surrender of the license to the Crown : Provided, however, that in any case where the licensee has effected improvements on the land comprised in his license to the extent prescribed with respect to the period of two years after the date of selection, or where by reason of special and unforeseen circumstances an assignment or other disposition is, in the opinion of the Board and the Minister, desirable, such disposition may be permitted.
5. Every licensee shall, for a period of four years from the date of his license, be exempt in respect of the land comprised in his license, from all general rates made and levied by any local authority.

Improvements.

6. Within two years after the date of selection the licensee shall clear and bring under cultivation not less than one-tenth of the total area of his selection ; and, in addition thereto, shall place upon the land substantial improvements of a permanent character to a value equal to not less than ten shillings per acre.
   Within four years after the date of selection the licensee shall clear and bring under cultivation an additional area of not less than one-third of the total area of his selection ; and, in addition thereto, shall place upon the land substantial improvements of a permanent character to an additional value of not less than ten shillings per acre.

Within six years after the date of selection the licensee shall have laid down in permanent cultivated grasses and clovers not less than one-half of the total area of the section, and have placed upon the land substantial improvements of a permanent character to a total value of not less than thirty shillings per acre.
Before any improvements are effected upon any of the land disposed of under these regulations, a proposal setting out the improvements in detail shall be submitted for the approval of the Land Board.
All areas brought into cultivation and all improvements placed upon the land, shall be maintained in good order and condition during the currency of the license. All areas brought under pasture shall be so maintained by the necessary application of manures : Provided that if the licensee resides on the land comprised in his license, he shall be deemed to have complied with the conditions herein set out as to improvements if, within the times prescribed by the regulations in that behalf, he puts on the land improvements to a value of not less than half of the prescribed value.
7. At any time after completion of improvements to the value prescribed in respect of the period of six years after the date of selection a licensee who has complied to the satisfaction of the Board with all the conditions of his license shall be entitled, without payment, other than the necessary Crown-grant fee, to become the owner in fee-simple of the land comprised therein.

Forfeiture and Surrender.

8. If any licensee under these regulations shall fail from time to time to effect the prescribed improvements, or in any other manner shall commit any breach of any conditions to which his license is subject, whether express or implied, his interest therein shall be liable to be absolutely forfeited, and the land shall revert to His Majesty the King.
   Any licensee may, with the consent of the Minister, on the recommendation of the Land Board, surrender his interest in his license.
   Plans and full particulars can be obtained on application to this office.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in the Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th October, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924 ; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 7th November, 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 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Waitomo County.—Pakaumanu Survey District.
(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Ten Years.)
Section 8, Block X : Area, 359 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £90. Half-yearly rent, £1 16s.
Weighted with £276 15s., valuation for improvements comprising dwelling (four rooms), cowbyre, store shed, 80 chains road fence, half-interest 90 chains boundary-fence ; 40 chains subdivisional fencing, and 60 acres felling and grassing (now partly reverted to second growth). This amount is repayable either in cash or by a deposit of £1 15s. ; the balance (£275) to be secured to the State Advances Superintendent by a mortgage, extending over a period of thirty years at 5 per cent. interest ; half-yearly instalments being £8 17s. 10d., with exemption from payment of interest for a period of two years from date of selection.
Grazing proposition, situated three miles from Kopaki Railway-station and post-office, and one mile from Mangaokewa School. Pumice soil resting on rhyolite and sandstone formation ; indifferently watered by running streams. Section steep and broken. Subdivided into four paddocks. A