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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waitomo County.
(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Five Years.)
Section 4, Block II, Aria Survey District. Area : 256
acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.
Exempt from payment of rent for five years, provided
improvements to the value of £20 are effected annually during
the exemption period.
Weighted with £600, valuation for improvements com-
prising three-roomed cottage, plantation, orchard, 230 chains
fencing, 256 acres felled and grassed (now partially deterio-
rated). A deposit of £60 is payable; the balance to be secured
by an instalment mortgage for a period of 34½ years ; interest,
5½ per cent.
A grazing farm on the Kiekie Road, thirty miles from Te
Kuiti Railway-station, five miles from Parehaka School,
and six miles from Aria Dairy Factory.
Light soil, half on papa and half on sandstone formation.
Watered by a stream. Access by metalled road to within
two miles of the section.
Estimated carrying capacity, 100 ewes and 10 steers. Cap-
able of improvement.
Taumarunui County.
(Exempt from Payment of Rent for a Period of Five Years.)
Section 2, Block III, Piopiotea West Survey District.
Area: 244 acres. Capital value, £300. Half-yearly rental, £6.
Exempt from payment of rent for five years, subject to
improvements to the value of £30 being effected annually
during the exemption period.
Weighted with £750, valuation for improvements com-
prising new house, sheds, yards, 170 chains fencing, and
184 acres grassing. A deposit of £75 is payable; the balance
to be secured by an instalment mortgage for 34½ years;
interest, 5½ per cent.
A dairying and grazing farm on the Otunui Road, eleven
miles from Taumarunui Railway-station, and three miles from
Otunui School. About 10 acres easy country; balance
hilly, with heavy loam on papa and sandstone. Well watered.
Ohura County.
(Exempt from Payment of Rent for a Period of Four Years.)
Section 9, Block V, Aria Survey District. Area : 344
acres. Capital value, £350. Half-yearly rental, £7.
Exempt from payment of rent for a period of four years,
provided improvements to the value of £35 are effected
annually during the exemption period.
Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements, on which
a deposit of £30 is payable; the balance to be secured by an
instalment mortgage for 34½ years; interest, 5½ per cent.
Improvements comprise whare, 125 chains fencing, and 444
acres felling and grassing.
A grazing farm situated on the Waitewhena Road, sixteen
miles from Ohura, half the distance being metalled, the
remainder formed only. Comprises 200 acres undulating
land; balance hilly to steep. Soil fair depth on papa and
sandstone; well watered.
THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Ohura County.
(Exempt from Payment of Rent for a Period of Five Years.)
Sections 7 and 15, Block VI, Aria Survey District. Area :
721 acres. Capital value, £180. Half-yearly rental, £3 12s.
Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years,
provided improvements to the value of £40 are effected
annually during the exemption period.
Weighted with £350, valuation for improvements com-
prising dwelling (three rooms), shed, 200 chains fencing,
400 acres felled and grassed. A deposit of £35 is payable;
the balance to be secured by an instalment mortgage for a
period of 34½ years; interest, 5½ per cent.
A grazing farm situated on the Waitewhena Road, about
seventeen miles from Ohura Railway-station and nine miles
from Aria School. Practically all hilly, with some easy
country at the back. Well watered; fair soil. About 400
acres have been felled and grassed, now partially deteriorated.
ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of
   renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.
2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable
   on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applica-
   tions, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 ls. (lease
   fee) and a half-year's rent. Rent for the broken period
   between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following
   is also payable.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be
   simultaneous.
6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.
7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days
   after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land
   or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open
   land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain
   conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.
9. 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
   affected 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.
10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years'
    continuous residence, except under extraordinary circum-
    stances, and then only with permission.
12. 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.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of
    Crown Lands, New Plymouth.
    W. D. ARMIT,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    Lands in the Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.
    District Lands and Survey Office,
    Wellington, 30th October, 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 District Lands and Survey Office,
    State Fire Insurance Buildings, Lambton Quay, Wellington,
    at 2 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 18th December, 1928, under the
    provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments.
    SCHEDULE.
    WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
    Wanganui County.—Waipakura Survey District.
    Part Section 4, Block X : Area, 16 acres 0 roods 1 perch.
    Upset price, £50.
    Part Section 4, Block X : Area, 46 acres 2 roods 36 perches.
    Upset price, £280.
    Situated on the right bank of the Wanganui River at
    Raorikia, about fifteen miles from Wanganui—eleven miles
    metalled road and balance formed clay road in good condition.
    The sixteen-acre portion comprises broken steep land,
    cut up by the Kauarapaoa Road and Mangaiti Stream. Fair
    quality soil. Blackberry requires attention.
    The forty-six-acre block comprises a steep hillside with a
    good sunny aspect. Land is in grass, although bracken fern
    and manuka is now coming away.
    Patea County.—Momahaki Survey District.
    Section 1, Block XIV : Area, 10 acres 1 rood. Upset
    price, £102 10s.
    Situated on the right bank of the Waitotara River, about
    twenty-two miles from Waitotara. Level land in grass
    with good river loam soil resting on clay formation. About
    700 ft. above sea-level. Good pasture land.
    TERMS OF SALE.
    Cash.
    One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer,
    and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty
    days thereafter.
    Deferred Payments.
    Five per cent. of the purchase-money, together with £1 ls.
    (license fee) and valuation for improvements, to be paid on
    the fall of the hammer.
    The balance of the purchase-money, with interest thereon
    at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, to be paid by instal-
    ments extending over a period of 34½ years.
    The licensee shall have the right at any time during the
    currency of his license to pay off either the whole of the pur-
    chase-money or any half-yearly instalment or instalments
    thereof then remaining unpaid.
    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.
    If the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments
    by due date, the amount (if any) already paid shall be for-
    feited and the contract for the sale be null and void.
    Titles will be subject to Part XII of the Land Act, 1924.
    The lands 'are described for the general information of
    intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to
    make a personal inspection, as the Department is not re-
    sponsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
    Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.
    H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.