June 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1723

Opening Lands in the Otago 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 twelfth day of August, 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 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 said Act.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Lake County.—Tarras Survey District.—Mount Pisa Block.

Section 32, Block VII: Area, 229 acres 1 rood 13 perches. Capital value, £347 10s. Deposit on deferred payments, £17 10s.; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £10 14s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6 19s.

Section 35, Block VII: Area, 221 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Capital value, £557 10s. Deposit on deferred payments, £27 10s.; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £17 4s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11 3s.

Section 36, Block VII: Area, 218 acres 1 rood 25 perches. Capital value, £657 10s. Deposit on deferred payments, £32 10s.; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £20 6s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £13 3s.

Section 37, Block VII: Area, 207 acres 1 rood 20 perches. Capital value, £522 10s. Deposit on deferred payments, £22 10s.; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £16 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £10 9s.

Situated about one mile and a half from Luggate Post-office, store, and school, fronting main road. Not commanded by any irrigation scheme, but the Crown holds a right to two heads of water from Dead Horse Creek, one of which may be made available for irrigation purposes.

Section 32: All hillside, warm and sunny, with rocky outcrops and light schisty soil in places.

Section 35: All flat, inclined to be shingly in places.

Section 36: All flat, fair quality soil, no shingle or rocks.

Section 37: All flat, with outcrops of rock and shingle bars; fair quality soil in patches.

Improvements.—The successful applicants will be liable for their half-shares of all boundary-fences.

Special Conditions.—(1) The right is reserved to the Crown at any time and from time to time, without being deemed to commit a trespass and without payment of compensation, to enter upon the said land and thereon to take, lay, construct, maintain, inspect, repair, or reconstruct water-races, drains, and all other works which the Minister of Public Works deems necessary for the supply of water to the said land or to any other land.

(2) The lessees will be required to take water from races provided for irrigation purposes, at a price to be fixed by the Crown.

(3) The Crown will not be liable for any damage caused by any overflow or break-away of any race or channel.

(4) In the event of water being made available out of any of the Government races, the successful applicants will be required to bear their shares of the cost of the upkeep of such races, which amounts will be fixed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Clutha County.—Tautuku Survey District.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Section 16, Block XII: Area, 141 acres 0 roods 26 perches. Capital value, £40. Deposit on deferred payments, £2; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 4s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 16s.

Situated fourteen miles from Maclennan Railway-station, store, and post-office, and three miles from Chaslands Post-office. All bush, mostly kamai and scrub; steep and back-lying; light loam soil on clay bottom. Watered by creek.

Bruce County.—Akatore Survey District.

Section 31, Block I: Area, 52 acres 1 rood 5 perches. Capital value, £15. Deposit on deferred payments, £1;

half-yearly instalment on deferred payment, 9s. 1d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 6s.

Situated two miles from Milton, on a broken, undulating hillside, exposed and back-lying. Covered with bracken and scrub. Light loam soil and rotten rock. Watered by creeks.

Clutha County.—Warepa Survey District.

Section 31, Block X: Area, 128 acres 1 rood 39 perches. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £2 10s.; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 10s. 11d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1.

Situated five miles from Glenomaru Railway-station, six miles from school. Formed road to within one mile. Partly covered with scrub; balance boxwood, fern, and tussock. Cold and back-lying. Watered by creeks.

Clutha County.—Woodlands Survey District.

Section 7, Block VII: Area, 21 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £10. Deposit on deferred payments, £1; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 5s. 10d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 4s.

Situated one mile and a half from Tarara Post and Telegraph Office, four miles and a half from Ratanui Railway-station. Surveyed road to section, but not formed. Poor section, previously all in bush, but the milling-timber has been taken out and only kamai left. Light loam soil, clay bottom. Good deal of mossbank.

Clutha County.—Catlins Survey District.

Section 17, Block VII: Area, 134 acres 1 rood 16 perches. Capital value, £40. Deposit on deferred payments, £2; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 4s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 16s.

Situated three miles from Tawanui Railway-station. Formed road to within one mile. About 20 acres felled and left, not grassed; now in dense second growth. Balance of section in virgin bush, steep and exposed. Light loam soil on clay and mossbank bottom. Watered by creeks and springs.

Section 18, Block VII: Area, 287 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £80. Deposit on deferred payments, £4; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 9s. 5d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 12s.

Situated three miles and a half from Tawanui Railway-station. Formed road to within one mile. All native bush, mostly birch; cold section, steep and exposed. Light loam soil and mossbank bottom. Watered by creeks.

Section 19, Block VII: Area, 266 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £70. Deposit on deferred payments, £3 10s.; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 3s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 8s.

Situated three miles and a half from Tawanui Railway-station. Road formed to within two miles of section. Broken and undulating section, in virgin bush. Light loam soil on clay and mossbank bottom. Watered by creeks and springs.

Section 20, Block VII: Area, 205 acres. Capital value, £60. Deposit on deferred payments, £3; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 17s. 4d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 4s.

Situated four miles and a half from Tawanui Railway-station. Road formed to within three miles and a quarter of section. All native bush, mostly birch; broken and undulating surface. Light loam soil on clay and mossbank bottom. Watered by creeks and springs.

Section 22, Block VII: Area, 125 acres 0 roods 26 perches. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £2 10s.; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 10s. 11d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1.

Weighted with £1 17s. 6d. value of improvements (comprising fencing), payable in cash.

Situated three miles and a half from Tahatika Post-office and ten miles from Owaka Railway-station. About 20 acres standing bush, which has been burnt and now in second growth. Mostly on steep face lying to the north. Light loam soil.

Section 65, Block IV: Area, 117 acres 3 roods 24 perches. Capital value, £30. Deposit on deferred payments, £2; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 18s. 2d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 12s.

Situated twelve miles from Owaka, two miles and a quarter from school. Formed road to within one mile. Mostly birch forest with heavy undergrowth. Rough section, broken by deep gullies. Watered by creeks and springs.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 12th day of June, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.