Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3293

auction for cash or on deferred payments; and I hereby fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hauraki Plains County.—Kerepeehi Township.

SECTION 20, Block III: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £65.
Section has a frontage to Kaikahu Road in the Kerepeehi Township, which is situated in the Hauraki Plains, approximately fourteen miles from Paeroa by good road, and seven miles distant by good road from Wharepoa Railway-station, on the Thames line. Also well served by service cars to Auckland, Paeroa, and Thames. Section level to undulating, at present in grass.

Hauraki Plains County.—Waihou Survey District.

Section 11, Block VI: Area, 2 acres. Upset price, £80.
This section is situated at the junction of the Paeroa, Kerepeehi, and Kopuarahi Roads, approximately four miles from Ngatea, and only a few minutes walk from Kerepeehi Township. Level section, formerly kahikatea swamp, now in grass. Section is conveniently situated, and should prove an ideal site for an apiary or for business with passing traffic.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Raglan County.—Alexandra Survey District.

Section 15, Block V: Area, 2 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Upset price, £15.
Section formerly a Native school site at Waitetuna, approximately a quarter of a mile off the main Raglan-Whatawhata—Hamilton Road, and approximately fifteen miles from Frankton Junction. The area is at present in an unimproved state; blackberry requiring immediate attention. There are a number of large Pinus insignis trees on the section.

Otorohanga County.—Orahiri Survey District.

Section 17, Block VII: Area, 3 acres 3 roods 38 perches. Upset price, £16.
Situated on the Waitomo Road, approximately five miles and a half from Otorohanga Township and railway-station. Undulating section which has been grassed, but is now reverting. Ragwort prevalent.
NOTE.—All rights necessary for the removal of fencing erected by the previous tenant are reserved.

Taumarunui County.—Tuhua Survey District.

Section 3, Block I: Area, 77 acres 2 roods. Upset price, £120.
Situated half a mile from Ongarue Railway-station, store, school, post-office, and saleyards. Section has a good road-frontage and is in close proximity to the Main Trunk Railway line. Undulating to broken country, in fern, tutu, and manuka, part of which has been grassed, but has now reverted to fern. Well watered by running streams. No buildings.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 11th day of December, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Lands in the 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, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-six of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Friday, the twenty-first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

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SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Raglan County.—Awaroa Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block VI: Area: 286 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 13s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3.
Weighted with £791 10s., value of improvements comprising approximately 215 acres danthonia pasture, 110 chains road-boundary fencing; half-share in 100 chains boundary-fence, 30 chains subdivisional fencing, five-roomed dwelling (requiring renovation), implement-shed, and stable. Payable either in cash or by a deposit of £131 10s.; balance on instalment mortgage to State Advances Superintendent for thirty years at 6 per cent. interest. Half-yearly instalment, £23 16s. 11d.
Property situated twenty-two miles from Rangiriri Railway-station, one mile and a half from Kaawa School. Cream collected two miles from property by motor-lorry; twenty-nine miles from Tuakau—twenty-three miles metalled and six miles clay. Approximately 70 acres in standing bush; balance in danthonia pasture. Section watered by springs and creeks. Blackberry requires attention. Subdivided into two paddocks. Suitable for grazing.

Hauraki Plains County.—Waihou Survey District.

Section 19, Block I: Area, 107 acres 3 roods 33 perches. Capital value, £220. Deposit on deferred payments, £10. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 16s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 8s.
Weighted with £130, value of improvements comprising 160 chains fencing and a small dwelling; payable either in cash or by a deposit of £30; the balance over a period of six years by half-yearly instalments of £9 17s.
A grazing property situated on the Hauraki Plains, two miles and a half from Ngatea Post-office, school, dairy factory, and steamer-landing; one mile and a half from Ngatea Saleyards. Level section, all deep peat, situated 50 ft. above sea-level. At present watered by drains, but county water-supply (pipes) is available. Property is ring-fenced.

Taumarunui County.—Tuhua Survey District.

Lot 2 of Section 2, Block I: Area, 690 acres 3 roods 32 perches. Capital value, £430. Deposit on deferred payments, £20. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £13 6s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 12s.
Weighted with £60, value of improvements comprising approximately 83 chains fencing; payable in cash.
A grazing property, situated half a mile from Ongarue Railway-station, store, school, post-office, and saleyards. Section has a good road-frontage, and adjoins the Main Trunk Railway line. Approximately 520 acres in fern, tutu, and manuka, part of which was at one time grassed, but has now reverted; balance, approximately 170 acres, in bush. Ragwort requires early attention. Subdivided into two paddocks. Well watered by springs and running streams. No buildings.
NOTE.—The selector of this section will require to pay the adjoining owner for half-share of approximately 50 chains southern boundary-fence, which is not included in the above loading.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Piako County.—Waitoa Survey District.

Section 9, Block V: Area, 305 acres. Capital value, £155. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 17s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 2s.
Section 10, Block V: Area, 296 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 14s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3.
Section 11, Block V: Area, 295 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 14s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3.
Section 12, Block V: Area, 321 acres 2 roods 34 perches. Capital value, £160. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £5 0s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.
Sections are situated approximately five miles from Tahuna, and ten miles from Patetonga. Comprise poor gum-country, undulating and hilly, very broken and deeply gutted in parts; at present covered in stunted fern and manuka. Soil a poor loam on clay formation, indifferently watered by swampy springs.
Applications from settlers at present holding other land in the locality for the area for use as grazing-off runs will be considered.