SEPT. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2511.

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.

Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th September, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and amendments, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 25th October, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 30th October, 1929, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately upon 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.

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

Hauraki Plains County.—Orongo Settlement.

SECTION 5: Area, 48 acres. Capital value, £1,820. Half-yearly rent, £45 10s.

Section 10: Area, 47 acres 3 roods 2 perches. Capital value, £2,640. Half-yearly rent, £66.

Section 21: Area, 50 acres. Capital value, £2,900. Half-yearly rent, £72 10s.

Lot 1 of Section 38: Area, 29 acres 3 roods 28 perches. Capital value, £1,650. Half-yearly rent, £41 5s.

Section 39: Area, 62 acres 0 roods 7 perches. Capital value, £3,400. Half-yearly rent, £85.

Section 41: Area, 50 acres 1 rood 15 perches. Capital value, £2,040. Half-yearly rent, £51.

The Orongo Settlement is situated on the western bank of the Waihou River, about three miles from Turua Township. Access to the Kopu Railway-station, which is situated one mile distant from the settlement, is by bridge over the Waihou River. The sections now being offered comprise level land of good quality covered with fescue.

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, and a right to acquire the freehold.

2. Rent: Five per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declaration, 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. No persons may hold more than one allotment.

7. Successful applicants 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 Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 18th September, 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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 21st October, 1929.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 23rd October, 1929, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately upon 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.

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

SECTIONS 7 and 15, Block VI, Aria Survey District. Area: 721 acres. Capital value, £180. Half-yearly rental, £3 12s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of five years provided improvements to the value of £40 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £260, value of improvements comprising dwelling (three rooms), 200 chains fencing, 400 acres felled and grassed. A deposit of £25 is payable, the balance to be secured by a first mortgage to the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account with interest at 5½ per cent. in the case of civilians and 5 per cent. in the case of discharged soldiers.

A grazing-farm on the Waitewhena Road, about seventeen miles from Ohura Railway-station and nine miles from Aria School. The land is practically all hilly, with some easy country at the back. Well watered; fair soil. About 400 acres have been felled and grassed, now partially deteriorated.

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,