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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

a pplicants 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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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Horowhenua County.—Kaitawa Survey District.—Lewis Settlement.

PART Section 38, and Section 39, Block III: Area, 177 acres 1 rood 32 perches (approximate). Capital value, £2,380; half-yearly rent, £59 10s.

Weighted with £550, being value of improvements which comprise dwelling, wash-house, store-room, old cart-shed and stables, dairy and cooler-room. This amount is to be paid for by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest amounting to £21 9s. over twenty-one-year period.

Part Section 38, Block III; Area, 2 roods (approximate). Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Improvements, comprising old four-roomed dwelling valued at £100, are to be paid for by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest amounting to £11 11s. over a five-year period.

The first holding is situated two miles and a half from Te Horo Railway-station, school, and dairy-factory. Access by good metalled road. Altitude averages 250 ft. The section is well watered by streams, and consists of about 60 acres ploughable land, with remainder hilly. It is situated in a warm gully, lies well to the sun, and is sheltered from cold winds. Soil is clay loam, resting on sandstone formation. Suitable for mixed farming. Improvements included in capital value comprise felling and grassing, £531; and fencing, £60.

The half-acre section is situated on the frontage of the farm and is cut off from the main area by a creek.

Areas are subject to slight alteration on completion of survey.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent: Five per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declarations, 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. No persons may hold more than one allotment.

7. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land, and pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

9. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

10. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

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

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 10th April, 1929.

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, 22nd April, 1929.

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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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taumarunui County.—Rangi Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for Five Years.)

SECTION 2, Block IV: Area, 813 acres. Capital value, £610. Half-yearly rent, £12 4s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years, providing improvements to the value of £61 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £500, valuation for improvements comprising two four-roomed houses, wool-shed, sheep-yards, cow-shed, whare, 350 acres felled and grassed (of which 150 acres are now deteriorated), and 350 chains fencing.

This amount is payable in cash or may be secured after payment of deposit of £50 by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Department.

Total deposit payable on lease—Half-year’s rent, £12 4s.; lease fee, £1 1s.; 10 per cent. of loading for improvements, £50: Total, £63 5s.

A dairying and grazing farm situated on the Ongarue River Road, one mile from Taringamutu Railway-station and school. Comprises 150 acres of easy flat and ploughable land, 563 acres of easy spurs, 100 acres of steep hills. Fair soil on papa formation, with deposits of pumice; well watered.

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 applications, 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.

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Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale under the Provisions of the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for sale at the Conference Hall, Dominion Farmers’ Buildings, Wellington, at 7.30 o’clock p.m., on Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1929.

The sections may be purchased for cash; for cash by instalments; or on special deferred payments under the provisions of the Hutt Valley Lands Settlement Act, 1925, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.