July 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1837

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga County.—Waoku Survey District.

Sections 4, 5, and 33, Block XVI: Area, 472 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £140. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 4s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 16s.

Weighted with £450, value of improvements consisting of 170 acres of grassing, 170 chains of fencing, and two-roomed iron dwelling, 24 ft. by 12 ft. This amount may be paid in cash or by a deposit of £50, the balance being secured by instalment mortgage for twenty years, with interest at 5 per cent. per annum to returned soldiers and 5½ per cent. to others. The half-yearly payments under the mortgage would be £15 18s. 8d. and £16 12s. 4d. respectively.

Situated on the old Hokianga-Kaihu Road, about five miles from Wekaweka. About 295 acres standing bush; balance has been grassed, but is rapidly reverting to second growth. Chiefly undulating to hilly country with a portion steep. Soil is dark loam and clay on sandstone, resting on sandstone formation. The bush comprises rimu, rata, tawa, towai, and rewarewa. Well watered by several streams. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of July, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in 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, and the amendments thereof, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, this is to say:—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedules hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Friday, the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, at the prices specified in the said Schedules. For the purposes of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Land Act, 1924, the lands described in the First and Second Schedules shall be deemed to be “light-scrub lands” and “light-bush lands” respectively.

2. The said lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

3. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the land in the First Schedule for a period of two years or from the land in the Second Schedule for a period of three years from the date from which in each case respectively such lands are disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such lands during such periods.

4. After the first half-year’s rent (or the deposit on deferred payments, as the case may be) has been paid by the selector, the further instalments of rent (or such parts of the instalments on deferred payments as consist of interest), payable by him for a period of two years or three years as the case may be, shall not be demanded: Provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land, the rent or interest so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent or interest payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Maketu Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rates and Rent or Interest for Two Years.)

SECTION 5, Block XVI: Area, 494 acres. Capital value, £245. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £7 9s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 18s.

Weighted with £635, value of improvements consisting of dwelling, implement-shed, cow-byre, and separator-room, approximately 70 acres pasture, 8 acres cleared and cultivated, 300 chains fencing, cisterns and piping, and Pinus insignis and gum plantations. This sum is payable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £85, the balance being secured on instalment mortgage, term 34½ years, interest at 5½ per cent., repayable by half-yearly instalments of £17 17s., on which the interest portion of the instalments will be remitted for two years, subject to improvements of an equivalent value being effected.

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Property, which is suitable for grazing and dairying, is situated approximately eight miles from Maniatutu Railway-station and approximately ten miles from Pongakawa Post-office. Comprises a series of dry gullies and steep hills, a considerable portion of which has been grassed, but, with the exception of approximately 80 acres, the whole area is now in fern and scrub. The soil is of a light pumiceous nature, requiring regular top-dressing. At present property has no adequate water-supply.

All rights necessary for the effective working and maintenance of the tramway traversing this section, at present operated by the Bay of Plenty Timber Co., are reserved.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Kawhia County.—Pirongia Survey District.

(Exempt from Payment of Rates and Rent or Interest for Three Years.)

Section 12, Block V: Area, 609 acres. Capital value, £300. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £9 5s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6.

Weighted with £82 10s., value of improvements comprising 100 chains road-boundary fencing, 55 chains boundary-fencing, and 120 chains subdivisional fencing. This sum is repayable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £2 10s., the balance (£80) being secured on mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent (term, thirty years; interest, 6 per cent.; half-yearly instalment, £2 17s. 10d.).

Property, which is suitable for grazing, is situated on the Okupata Road, six miles from Oparau School, post-office, dairy factory, and saleyards, and twenty-two miles from Te Kawa Railway-station. About 400 acres of bush land, felled and grassed, now all reverted to second growth, 209 acres in standing bush. The section is undulating and broken in front, steep and broken at the back, the soil being a light loam resting on sandstone and clay formation; well watered by running streams. Blackberry and ragwort are encroaching. Section subdivided into three paddocks. The property lies fairly well to the sun.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotoma Survey District.

Section 6, Block II: Area, 550 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £275. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £8 9s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 10s.

Weighted with £395, value of improvements comprising dwelling, felling and grassing, 220 chains boundary-fencing, 120 chains internal fencing, cart-shed, and stockyard. This sum is payable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £35, the balance remaining on instalment mortgage (term, twenty years; interest, 5½ per cent.; half-yearly instalments, £14 19s. 2d.).

Property, which is suitable for grazing, is situated on the Pikowai Road, seven miles from Lake Rotoma Post-office, fifteen miles from Pikowai Railway-station by formed pumice road, and thirty-eight miles from Te Puke. Adjoins the Forest Gate School. The soil comprises light loam resting on pumice formation. Watered by springs. Section very broken by steep ridges. Approximately 450 acres in light bush of poor quality with a little millable rimu and 100 acres felled and grassed, now partially reverted to fern and scrub. Ragwort in evidence.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 5th day of July, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and amendments, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.