2194
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

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.

Stratford County.—Taurakawa and Mahoe Survey Districts.

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

SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Block II, Taurakawa Survey District, and Sections 2, 3, and 4, Block XIV, Mahoe Survey District: Area, 1,597 acres. Capital value, £800. Half-yearly rent, £16.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of eight years, provided improvements to value of £80 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £200, value of improvements comprising whare, about 30 chains fencing, and approximately 250 acres felling and grassing. This amount may either be paid in cash or by arrangement left on first mortgage to the State Advances Department.

Situated on the Mount Humphreys Road, about twenty-three miles from Douglas Railway-station. Soil is of fair quality, resting on sandstone formation. The area originally felled and grassed is reverting to second growth. The balance area of about 1,280 acres is all in bush, comprising tawhero, chiefly, with a little rimu, rata, and hinau. Well watered by permanent streams. Altitude, 2,000 ft. above sea-level.

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.
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.
12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 28th August, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and application will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 17th September, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taumarunui County.—Rangi Survey District.

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

SECTION 2, Block III: Area, 420 acres. Capital value, £250. Half-yearly rent, £5.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of four years, provided improvements to the value of £25 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £90, value of improvements comprising whare, fencing, felling, and grassing. This sum may either be paid in cash or secured on first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent.

A grazing farm situated on the Whakamaro Road, twelve miles from Taumarunui, four miles being metalled and the balance clay road. The Otunui School is five miles distant. Soil is of medium quality on sandstone formation. Property comprises hilly to steep country. About 280 acres have been felled and grassed, but this has mostly reverted to second growth and bracken. Well watered by permanent streams.

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.
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.
12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.
13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th August, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is 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 Monday, 16th September, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Wharepapa Survey District.

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

SECTION 8, Block XI: Area, 461 acres. Capital value, £460. Half-yearly rent, £9 4s.

Loaded with £390, value of improvements comprising dwelling, cowbyre, ram and piping, approximately 60 chains road-boundary fencing, 50 chains boundary-fencing, and 200