May 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1407

with concrete chimney, two 600 gallon tanks, hot-water cylinder, bath, concrete boiler, and copper), and two-bail cowbyre. The second house and cowbyre are valued for the material only. The sum of £640 may be paid in cash or in twenty years by half-yearly instalments of £25 13s. 8d. principal and interest. Total half-yearly payment on lease: £103 8s. 8d.

The sections are situated about two miles from Ohaeawai Dairy Factory and school, and seven miles from Kaikohe Railway-station. There are about 45 acres good pasture, one acre orchard, ten acres shelter bush; balance worn-out pasture and fern. Watered by permanent stream on Section 25s. No noxious weeds. There are about 64 chains of road fencing (six and seven wires) in good order, 170 chains boundary fencing (six and seven wires) in good order, and 225 chains subdivisional fencing from fair to good order. A considerable portion of the fencing is new. A ram and piping is also on the property, which has the makings of a good sheep-farm.

Bay of Islands County.—Pakaraka Settlement.

Sections 14s, 16s, and 19s: Area, 318 acres 0 roods 28 perches. Capital value, £1,240. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £31.

Exempt from payment of rent for five years provided that permanent improvements be effected each year, equal to double the amount of rental remitted.

Buildings are valued at £190, and consist of rimu dwelling (with iron roof, two rooms and porch), four-bail cowbyre (rimu and iron), separator-room (no floor); to be paid in cash or in ten years by twenty half-yearly instalments of £12 6s. 1d., principal and interest. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £43 6s. 1d.

Situated between Kawa Kawa and Ohaeawai with frontage to the Main North Road, four miles from Otiria Railway-station, three miles from Pakaraka School, and six miles from Bay of Islands Dairy Factory at Ohaeawai. Flat and easy sloping country, all ploughable. About 15 acres bush, 30 acres swamp; balance covered with heavy gorse. Soil is volcanic and semi-volcanic on clay formation. Well watered by lake, springs, and stream. About 200 chains of boundary and subdivisional fencing in varying conditions. Suitable for either sheep or cattle.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of May, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the North Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-six of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Punakitere Survey District.

SECTION 6, Block XIII: Area, 444 acres. Capital value, £275. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £8 9s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 10s.

Weighted with £152 10s. for improvements consisting of 30 acres of felling and grassing, half-share of 50 chains boundary fencing (good order), 50 chains road fencing (fair order), and 30 chains subdivisional fencing (poor order). This amount may be paid in cash or by a deposit of £7 10s., and thereafter by forty half-yearly instalments of £5 15s. 6d., principal and interest.

The section is situated at Waimatenui, which is twenty-seven miles from the Kaikohe Railway-station.

Undulating to steep country covered with heavy mixed bush comprising rimu, matai, totara, towai, &c. Altitude, 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Special Condition.—The lessee may cut, fell, clear off, and carry away any of the timber standing or lying on the land, or any part thereof, for the purpose of clearing the said land for cultivation, and may use any part of the said timber for fencing or other purposes connected with the occupation and cultivation of the said land, but not for sale. Provided always that the said lessee shall not remove any of the timber standing or lying on the said land for any purpose whatsoever without having first obtained the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rodney County.—Otamatea Survey District.

Section 33, Block XVI: Area, 97 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1.

Weighted with £20, valuation for improvements consisting of two-roomed shanty (18 ft. by 14 ft.), and shed (12 ft. by 10 ft.). This amount to be paid in cash.

Situated on Wellsford-Mangawai Road, about half a mile from Wellsford Railway-station, by formed metalled road. Undulating to hilly land in scrub and fern, all more or less ploughable. Soil is clay of poor quality. Elevation, 150 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level.

Waitemata County.—Paremoremo Parish.

Section 245: Area, 26 acres 3 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £25. Deposit on deferred payments, £1; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 15s. 8d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £5, valuation for improvements consisting of fencing, in very poor condition. This amount to be paid in cash.

Section is situated about three miles and a half from Riverhead, about one mile off the main Albany-Riverhead Road. Small area adjoining the road is level; balance broken, covered with scrub. Soil is pipeclay resting on clay formation. Watered by a creek at the rear of the section. Elevation, 250 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Hobson County.—Waipoua Survey District.

Section 19, Block VIII: Area, 77 acres. Capital value, £20. Deposit on deferred payments, £1; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 12s. 5d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 8s.

Situated at Tutamoe, about six miles from Donnelly’s Crossing Railway-station, by formed road metalled about one mile. Level to easy undulating land, practically all in bush; a few acres have been burnt. Soil is heavy wet bluey clay on blue rock formation, well watered by stream. Blackberry getting a hold. The section will not make a separate holding, but is suitable as an additional area for person owning land in the locality.

Waitemata County.

Section 1, Block XI, Okaka Survey District: Area, 1,033 acres. Capital value, £260. Deposit on preferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment of deferred payments, £8 2s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Section 1, Block III, Waioneke Survey District: Area, 794 acres. Capital value, £200. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 3s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4.

Section 2, Block III, Waioneke Survey District: Area, 642 acres. Capital value, £240. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 9s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 16s.

Sections are situated twenty miles from Helensville by formed cart-road, about seven miles of which is metalled. Hilly land with undulating patches. Covered with scrub, fern, and patches of danthonia. Soil is light brown clay with patches of pipeclay and sandy loam resting on sandstone formation. Well watered by springs and swampy creeks.

Part of the northern and western boundaries of Section 1, Block XI, Okaka Survey District, and about 60 chains of the western boundary of Section 1, Block III, Waioneke Survey District, have been fenced by the adjoining owners.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of May, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.