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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 8th November 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Lands.

Lands in Southland Land District for Sale by Public Auction for Cash or on Deferred Payments.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 12th November, 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, Invercargill, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 19th December, 1928, under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and the Land Act, 1924.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SETTLEMENT LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland Land District.—Wallace County.

SECTION 3, Maori Hill Settlement, Block XI, Waiau Survey District: Area, 4 acres 2 roods. Upset price, £60.

Weighted with £15, valuation for improvements, payable in cash.

Mostly level land of good quality. Situated six miles from Tuatapere Railway-station by good road, and three miles from Orawia.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

CROWN LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Hokonui Survey District.—Croydon Village.

SECTION 750, Block LXVIII: Area, 50 acres 0 roods 19 perches. Upset price, £60.

Weighted with £5, valuation for improvements, payable in cash.

Situated about four miles from Gore. Three miles level metalled road; balance hilly. Clad with bush containing a fair quantity of matai. Undulating to steep; poor soil.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

The purchaser may pay for the lands in cash or by deferred payments. The terms are—

1. Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1) and valuation for improvements, within thirty days thereafter.

2. Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-money together with £1 1s. (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 instalments 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 purchase-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 forfeited, and the contract for the sale be null and void.

The title to the land in the First Schedule will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924, and Section 85 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

The title to the land in the Second Schedule will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 13th November, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 26th November, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 25th November, 1928, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.; but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately upon 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 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangamomona County.—Ngatimaru Survey District.

PARTS Sections 2 and 29, Block XV: Area, 160 acres 3 roods 1 perch. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years subject to improvements to the value of £20 being effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £400, valuation for improvements comprising five-roomed house, two sheds, 150 acres felled and grassed,