JUNE 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1581

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Rawene, 28th June, 1929.

Registrar’s Office,
Auckland, 28th May, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Rawene on the 28th June, 1929, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

Tokerau, 1929/7.] E. P. EARLE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION.

No. 87. Applicant: The Under-Secretary Public Works. Name of Land: Part Section 10, Block VIII, Mangamuka Survey District. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Tauranga on the 2nd Day of July, 1929.

Registrar’s Office,
Rotorua, 4th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Tauranga on the 2nd day of July, 1929, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

T. ANARU, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.

No. 21. Applicant: Minister of Public Works. Name of land: Te Papa, Lots 108A, 108B, and 108D. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for railway and road.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th May, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L. Lease No. 124. Section 1, Block XIV, Moeangiangi Survey District. Formerly held by Sydney McKain. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 12th July, 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.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Orahiri Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for a Period of Three Years.)

SECTION 5A, Block V: Area, 400 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £4.

Weighted with £250, valuation for improvements comprising three-roomed dwelling (with pantry and bathroom), wool-shed, cow-shed, and pataka, about 160 acres of clearing and grassing, and 300 chains fencing. This amount is repayable in cash or may be left on instalment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for a term of thirty years; interest 6 per cent.; half-yearly instalments £9 0s. 8d. with an exemption from payment of interest for a period of two years from date of selection.

Situated on the Putake Road, about twenty miles from Hangatiki Railway-station, by metalled road for twelve miles, balance by formed clay road, and about twenty-seven miles from Otorohanga Dairy Factory and saleyards, and fourteen miles from Waitomo Caves, school, post-office, and store. The whole section has been felled and grassed, but has now mostly reverted. The soil is a medium quality loam on rubble formation. The bush on the section is medium to heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, matai, tawhero, and rewarewa, with a dense undergrowth of supplejack and punga. Well watered by running streams.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Maungamangero Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rent for a Period of Five Years.)

Section 9, Block VII: Area, 353 acres. Capital value, £265. Half-yearly rent, £5 6s.

Weighted with £700, valuation for improvements comprising nine-roomed dwelling (all conveniences), washhouse, storeroom, and garage, about 350 chains fencing, and felling and grassing. This amount is repayable in cash, or may remain on instalment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for a period of thirty years; interest at 5 per cent.; with an exemption from payment of interest for a period of one year from date of selection.

Situated on the Pungarehu Road, about twenty-four miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station, fourteen miles from Piopio Dairy Factory, store, and saleyards, and six miles from Mairoa School and post-office. A metalled road passes the property. About 270 acres have been felled and grassed, about half of which has now reverted, the balance being in standing bush, comprising tawa, rimu, pukatea, rata, tawhero, and rewarewa, with a dense undergrowth of supplejack. Undulating country, broken in parts, and the whole area being infested with ragwort. Poorly watered at back, but well watered at front by running streams. The soil is a medium quality loam resting on limestone and clay formation.

ABSTRACT AND 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.