MAY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1427

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 7th May, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

W. A. VEITCH, for Minister of Lands.

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 7th May, 1929.

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

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

W. A. VEITCH, for Minister of Lands.

Settlement Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th May, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlement Act, 1925, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Friday, 21st June, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Tuesday, the 25th June, 1929, 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.

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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hauraki Plains County.—Orongo Settlement.

(Exempt from payment of Rent for Three Years.)

SECTION 13: Area, 47 acres 2 roods 36 perches. Capital value, £290. Half-yearly rent, £7 5s.

Weighted with £87 10s., loading for improvements comprising cow-shed (two double bails, concrete floor), 50 chains subdivisional fencing, half-share 30 chains boundary-fencing, 30 chains of draining, and 10 acres ploughed and grassed. Repayable either in cash or by a deposit of £7 10s.; balance on instalment mortgage for ten years at 5½ per cent.; half-yearly instalment £5 5s. 1d., with three years’ remission of interest provided improvements of an equivalent value are effected.

The Orongo Settlement is situated on the western bank of the Waihou Rover, approximately three miles from Turua Township, by metalled road. Access to the Kopu Railway-station, which is situated about one mile distant from the settlement, is by bridge over the Waihou River. By this means the settlement is also only about three miles from Thames.

The section offered is level land of first-class quality, the soil being a rich alluvial deposit. Tall fescue is showing up, and requires attention. The capital value includes £15 valuation for water-bore.