Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3317

8 acres stumped, 220 chains fencing (poor condition). A deposit of 10 per cent. is payable; the balance to be secured by first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent.

A grazing-farm situated on the Brewer Road, half-mile from Strathmore Post-office and school, five miles from Te Wera Railway-station, and ten miles from Douglas Dairy Factory. About 25 acres are ploughable; the balance is hilly. There are 16 acres of bush on the section. Estimated carrying capacity: 50 dry sheep and 20 steers; can be improved to carry 200 dry sheep and 50 steers.

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 application, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (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 foregoing, 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.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, 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 Taranaki Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th November, 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, 26th November, 1928.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 28th 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 conclusion of the examination of applicants.

The lands in the First Schedule are open for general application, 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 open for selection on renewable lease only.

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.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Heao Survey District.

SECTION 21, Block II: Area, 8 acres 3 roods 39 perches. Capital value, £40. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 2s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 16s.

Weighted with £370, valuation for improvements comprising dwelling, washhouse, cow-shed, an about 65 chains fencing. This amount is either payable in cash or may be secured on first mortgage by arrangement with the State Advances Department.

This section is situated about fourteen miles from Ohura Railway-station and three miles and a half from Tokirima School. It comprises good quality flat land, suitable for dairying.

Stratford County.—Egmont Survey District.

Section 23, Block XVI: Area, 93 acres 2 roods 7 perches. Capital value, £200. Deposit on deferred payments, £10. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 3s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4.

Weighted with £280, valuation for improvements comprising dwelling, shed, about 60 acres felling and grassing, and about 144 chains fencing. This amount is either payable in cash or approximately £230 thereof secured on first mortgage by arrangement with the State Advances Superintendent, and the balance payable in cash.

It is situated on the York Road, about four miles from Midhirst Railway-station and about one mile and a half from dairy factory. Soil is of a volcanic nature, well watered. The fences are in poor order.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Ohura Survey District.

Section 26, Block XIII: Area, 200 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of three years provided improvements to the value of £20 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements comprising about 200 chains fencing (in good order), and about 100 acres pasture. This amount is either payable in cash or may be secured on first mortgage by arrangement with the State Advances Department.

This property is situated about fourteen miles from Ohura Railway-station and three miles and a half from Tokirima School. It is subdivided into three paddocks. It comprises steep to broken country on papa formation, well watered. Suitable as a grazing proposition.

Hawera County.—Omona Survey District.

Section 7, Block XV: Area, 1,041 acres. Capital value, £500. Half-yearly rent, £10.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years provided improvements to the value of £50 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £1,210, valuation for improvements comprising about 250 chains fencing, house, two sheds, and about 400 acres felling and grassing. This amount is either payable in cash or may be secured on first mortgage by arrangement with the State Advances Department.

This is a grazing proposition. Situated about thirty-four miles from Eltham Railway-station. It is subdivided into eleven paddocks. The fences are in fair order. The pastures where free from fern are in good order; danthonia predominating. It is estimated to carry 330 ewes and 170 dry sheep. Well watered by streams.

Clifton County.—Ngatimaru Survey District.

Sections 11 and 34, Block II: Area, 400 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of three years providing improvements to the value of £20 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £300, valuation for improvements comprising about 150 acres felling and grassing and about 30 chains fencing. This amount is either payable in cash or may be secured on first mortgage by arrangement with the State Advances Department.

Access to this property is by way of the Matau and Whetu Roads from Purangi Township. About 250 acres is in standing bush; the balance area has been felled and grassed but is now reverting to fern. Property is of sandstone formation. Estimated carrying capacity: 150 dry sheep.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Clifton County.—Upper Waitara Survey District.

Section 4, Block XI: Area, 1,215 acres. Capital value, £450. Half-yearly rent, £9.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years providing improvements to the value of £45 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £700, valuation for improvements comprising four-roomed dwelling, about 200 chains fencing, and about 500 acres felling and grassing. This amount is either payable in cash or may be secured on first mortgage by arrangement with the State Advances Department.

This property is of papa formation, and is situated about thirteen miles from the Matau School. Access is gained by