Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2031

Situated on the Kakara Road, about four miles from the Mokauiti School. Section was originally felled and about 100 acres grassed, but ragwort has secured a strong hold on this area. The balance of the felled area has reverted to wineberry. It is subdivided into five paddocks.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of August, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in the Wellington 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, 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 twenty-third day of September, 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.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waimarino County.—Whirinaki Survey District.

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

SECTION 9, Block III: Area, 940 acres. Capital value, £235. Half-yearly rent, £9 12s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of three years. Weighted with £245, value of improvements comprising 70 chains fencing, bridge, and about 80 acres in grass. This sum is either payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £25, the balance being left on instalment mortgage under the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Act.

Situated on the right bank of the Raetihi-Ohura Stream, with a frontage to the Raetihi-Ohura Road, about thirty-eight miles from Raetihi Railway-station—sixteen miles metalled and balance formed dray-road. Undulating land on frontage, running back to rough and broken ridges. Section lies away from the sun. About 80 acres in grass, 210 acres reverted to undergrowth, and balance standing bush. Elevation, 1,400 ft. to 1,700 ft. above sea-level.

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

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the tenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Clutha County.—Pomahaka Survey District.—Rockford Settlement.

SECTION 1s: Area, 244 acres. Capital value, £2,570. Half-yearly rent, £64 5s.

Buildings, valued at £375, comprising four-roomed house (£275) and shearing-shed (£100) to be removed from Section 2s, are to be paid for in cash or by instalments over a period of twenty-one years by equal half-yearly payments of £14 12s. 6d.; total half-yearly payment under lease, £78 17s. 6d.

Section 2s: Area, 569 acres. Capital value, £4,410. Half-yearly rent, £110 5s.

Buildings, valued at £870, comprising seven-roomed dwelling (£395), washhouse and dairy (£20), sixteen-stall stable, loose-box and implement shed under one roof (£390), fowl-house, byre, dip, yards, garage (£65), are to be paid for in cash or by instalments over a period of twenty-one years by equal half-yearly payments of £33 18s. 8d.; total half-yearly payment under lease, £144 3s. 8d.

Section 3s: Area, 426 acres. Capital value, £2,990. Half-yearly rent, £74 15s.

Section 4s: Area, 498 acres. Capital value, £3,120. Half-yearly rent, £78.

A hut, valued at £5, must be paid for by the successful applicant in cash.

IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN CAPITAL VALUES.

The improvements included in the capital values comprise boundary and subdivisional fencing as follows: On Section 1s, 196 chains, valued at £105 8s.; on Section 2s, 456 chains, valued at £189 7s.; on Section 3s, 278½ chains, valued at £114 4s.; on Section 4s, 479 chains, valued at £191 9s.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

The settlement is situated in a good farming district, Clinton Township and railway-station being eleven miles distant by formed and metalled road. Clydevale, with post and telegraph office, store, punt, and steamer landing, is seven to nine miles distant by good formed and metalled road. Mails by rural delivery, and the district is served by party telephone. Popotunoa School is about two miles from the centre of the settlement. The Pomahaka River runs along the settlement on the eastern side, and good lignite deposits are situated in the river and river reserve fronting Section 2s, with outcrops showing on other parts of the settlement. The settlement is very suitable for ewes and stock fattening, while the river-flats are first-class for dairying. The land grows good root and cereal crops, and is practically all arable. The land responds in a marked degree to liming.

Section 1s: Situated about eleven miles from Clinton and nine miles from Clydevale; approximately 190 acres river-flat, with deep loam soil on gravel bottom; balance undulating, with fair loam on clay bottom; all arable; well watered by creeks and river. Altitude, 100 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level.

Section 2s: Situated eleven miles from Clinton and nine miles from Clydevale; 160 acres river-flat; balance undulating land of similar description to Section 1s.

Section 3s: Situated ten miles from Clinton and eight miles from Clydevale; 75 acres river-flat; balance undulating land and practically all arable; of similar description to Section 1s.

Section 4s: Situated nine miles from Clinton and seven miles from Clydevale; 50 acres river-flat; balance undulating land, practically all arable. Altitude, 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level. Similar in description to the other sections.

GENERAL.

Possession will be given on the 20th day of September, from which date rent will commence. Successful applicants will be permitted to take fencing and building material on to their holdings immediately after ballot. The areas are approximate, and are subject to slight alteration. The capital values and rentals may be adjusted in accordance with altered areas.

The former owner reserves the right to enter on the property for the purpose of threshing or chaffing the oaten sheaf stocks and removing same.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of August, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Officer of the Crown authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and one of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that Paymaster-Commander John Thomas Victor Webster, D.S.O., R.N., being a person holding the office of Naval Secretary at Wellington, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

As witness my hand, this 1st day of August, 1929.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.