SEPT. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2431

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th September, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at this office on Wednesday, 9th October, 1929, at 12 o’clock noon, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Taumarunui County.—Tuhua Survey District.

SECTION 5, Block IX: Area, 3 acres 0 roods 10 perches. Upset price, £20.

This property is situated on a metalled road a quarter of a mile from Okahukura Railway-station and opposite the Okahukura School. Level section, totally unimproved; covered with manuka and fern, with ragwort in evidence. Suitable for use as home-site with cow-run.

Terms of Sale.

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with £1 (Crown-grant fee) within thirty days thereafter.

If the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date the amount already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale shall be null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th September, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 28th October, 1929.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Otorohanga County.—Punia Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block XIII: Area, 267 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £1,530. Half-yearly rent, £38 5s.

Weighted with £15, value of improvements comprising approximately 30 chains of boundary-fence; payable in cash.

Mixed-farming proposition, situated on the Puketarata Road, eight miles from Otorohanga Dairy Factory and saleyards, approximately three miles and a half from Kiokio Railway-station and post-office (two miles and a half metalled road and one mile formed dray-road), and five miles and a half from Kiokio School. Level to easy undulating land, approximately 100 acres swamp; balance low-lying hills at present in fern. Soil, chocolate loam, resting on volcanic and clay formation; peat on the swamp area. Ragwort in evidence. Well watered by springs and creek. When fully developed this section will have a large carrying-capacity.

Section is intersected by the North Island Main Trunk Railway, a wayleave over which has been granted subject to railway regulations at a rent of £1 per annum, to be paid to the Railway Department by the selector of the holding.

Raglan County.—Pirongia Parish.

Allotment 30: Area, 51 acres 1 rood 1 perch. Capital value, £100. Half-yearly rent, £2 10s.

Situated on the slopes of Pirongia Mountain, two miles from Pirongia School and store, and approximately seventeen miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station. Section comprises fern land of medium quality, undulating and ploughable, with exception of creek banks, with shallow soil of a light black nature, resting on clay formation.

All rights necessary for the effective working and maintenance of the tramway traversing this section, at present operated by Messrs. Cashmore Brothers, are reserved.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, thirty-three years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, but without right of purchase.

2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance 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 £2 2s. (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, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 3rd September, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 9th October, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday, 11th October, 1929, at 10.30 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 on the 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.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wairoa County.—Taramarama Survey District.

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

SECTIONS 6 and 7, Block IX, and Section 6, Block XIII: Area, 753 acres 0 roods 33 perches. Capital value, £730. Half-yearly rent, £14 12s.

Weighted with £560, value of improvements consisting of cottage, washhouse (including boiler and tubs), whare, felling and grassing, scrub-felling, and about 160 chains fencing. This sum is payable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £50, the balance being on mortgage for 25½ years, at 5 per cent. in case of soldier (half-yearly instalment £17 17s.) or 24½ years at 5½ per cent. in case of civilian (half-yearly instalment £19 2s. 6d.).

Section 6, Block XIII, contains the homestead-site; easy ridges and some ploughable flat on river. Some heavy scrub, fern, and some light bush.