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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: I.F.L.P. Lease No. 149. Section 171, Block IV, Ngatimaru Survey District. Lessee: George William Clifton. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924;

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 6, Claremont Settlement: Tenure: R.L. Lease No. 431. Formerly held by M. J. Shea. Reason for forfeiture: Breach of conditions of lease.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for selection in terms of 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 Monday, 24th June, 1929.

The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

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, 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.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

SECTION 6, Block X: Area, 137 acres 2 roods 28 perches. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 14s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3.

Weighted with £400, value of improvements comprising four-roomed dwelling and washhouse, 70 chains boundary-fence, 32 chains subdivisional fence, and grassing. This sum is payable either in cash or by a deposit of £160; the balance of £240 remaining on an instalment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent; term, thirty years; interest, 6 per cent. Half-yearly instalments, £8 13s. 5d.

Situated nine miles from Otorohanga Railway-station and dairy factory, and two miles and a half from Otewa School. Approximately 69 acres in fern and scrub, 15 acres fallow, and 54 acres in runout pasture. Ragwort in spreading. About three-quarters of the area is ploughable. Subdivided into four paddocks; watered by creeks and springs.

Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 11th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land 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, 24th June, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 26th June, 1929, at 10 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.

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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Ohura Survey District.

SECTION 5, Block X: Area, 591 acres 1 rood 26 perches. Capital value, £430. Half-yearly rent, £8 12s.

Weighted with £600, value of improvements consisting of four-roomed dwelling, shed, dip, yards, orchard, and 310 chains of fencing. This amount is payable either in cash or by a deposit of £100, the balance being left on first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent.

A grazing farm on the Kopuha Road, about five miles and a half from Ohura Railway-station and school. About 30 acres undulating land; balance hilly. Well watered. Good soil. About 160 acres standing bush; balance in grass. Portion of grassed area has deteriorated. Estimated carrying capacity, 400 sheep and 70 head light cattle.

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.