3294
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

Hauraki Plains County.—Piako Survey District.

Section 9, Block XI: Area 291 acres. Capital value, £75. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 5s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 10s.

Property is about nine miles from Waitakaruru by formed road, and seven miles from Kaihere School. All undulating to hilly, open fern and scrub. Soil is of poor loam resting on clay formation. Well watered by running streams.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of December, 1929.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the settlement land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at the rentals 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 Acts.

SCHEDULE.

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

Mackenzie County.—Tengawai Survey District.—Brinklands Settlement.

Section 1s: Area, 369 acres 3 roods 27 perches. Capital value, £5,445. Half-yearly rent, £136 2s. 6d. Cash payment for crops, £6 10s. Loading for improvements, £322 0s. 6d. payable by cash deposit of £22 0s. 6d., the balance by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £11 14s.

Section 2s: Area, 389 acres 3 roods 23 perches. Capital value, £4,980. Half-yearly rent, £124 10s. Cash payment for crops, £43 7s. 6d. Loading for improvements, £820 17s. 9d. payable by cash deposit of £20 17s. 9d., the balance by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £31 4s.

Section 3s: Area, 360 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £5,140. Half-yearly rent, £128 10s. Cash payment for crops, £32 16s. Loading for improvements, £1,405 4s. 3d., payable by cash deposit of £105 4s. 3d., the balance by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £50 14s.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Situated one mile and three-quarters from Fairlie Township, by good metalled roads. Mostly flat land with small terraces and some swamps. Soil varies from fair sweet country to good heavy soil on clay and shingle, showing stony patches in parts. Well watered and should carry 1½ ewes to the acre as well as cows, and provide for feed for stock and team. Suitable for dairying and cropping or mixed farming generally. Cream-lorry passes.

Section 1: Approximately 6¾ acres in swedes. Weighted with £322 0s. 6d., value of improvements comprising 279 chains of road-boundary and internal fencing and half-value of 262½ chains of party boundary-fencing, value £133 0s. 6d., wooden cottage (five rooms and pantry, concrete foundations, concrete veranda, iron roof), wooden trap-shed (wood piles, iron roof), old wooden shed and fowlhouse, value £189: total, £322 0s. 6d. Crops to be paid for in cash are valued at £6 10s. Grand total of improvements and crops, £328 10s. 6d., repayable £28 10s. 6d. in cash at ballot; balance (£300) by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £11 14s., comprising principal and interest. Section is subdivided into eight paddocks, and is mostly level. Altitude about 950 ft. Comprises a fair proportion of light stony land; balance good agricultural land.

Section 2: 15¾ acres in wheat, 19¾ acres half in swedes, half in Imperial Globe turnips. Section weighted with £820 17s. 9d., value of improvements comprising 378½ chains road-boundary and internal fencing, and half-value of 200 chains of party boundary-fencing, value, £195 17s. 9d. Brick dwelling (four rooms, bathroom, pantry, veranda, &c., concrete foundations, iron roof, hot and cold water service), corrugated iron wood-shed, cow-shed, and feed-room, tank-stand, ram and piping, draining; value £625. Total, £820 17s. 9d. Crops to be paid for in cash are valued at £43 7s. 6d. Grand total of crops and improvements, £864 5s. 3d., payable £64 5s. 3d. cash at ballot, balance (£800) in forty-two half-yearly instalments of £31 4s., comprising principal and interest. Section is subdivided into eight paddocks, and is mostly level. Altitude about 950 ft. Section comprises good agricultural land, with some swamp areas, and some light stony land.

Section 3: 25 acres in oats, 12½ acres wheat. Section weighted with £1,405 4s. 3d., value of improvements comprising 439½ chains of road-boundary and internal fencing, and half-value of 131½ chains of party boundary-fencing, value, £195 4s. 3d. Wooden dwelling (seven rooms, scullery, pantry, bathroom, hall, and washhouse), also leanto (wood piles, iron roof, hot and cold water service), septic tank, corrugated iron wool-shed, stable and chaffhouse (concrete and wood piles, concrete and wood floors, ten stalls, two loose boxes, and loft), engine-shed, wooden pig-styes, fowlhouse, corrugated iron cow-byre and engine-shed (concrete floor, water laid on), concrete cow-yard, sheep-yards, wooden implement-shed, men’s quarters, &c.; plantation and orchard, tank-stand (two tanks), piping to house and yards, and draining; value £1,210. Total, £1,405 4s. 3d. Crops to be paid for in cash are valued at £32 16s. Grand total of crops and improvements, £1,438 0s. 3d., payable £138 0s. 3d. in cash at ballot, and balance (£1,300), by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £50 14s., comprising principal and interest. Section is subdivided into nine paddocks; mostly level, and comprises good average quality land, including some good swamp land.

SPECIAL NOTE.

(a) The lessees of the various sections will be required, at their own cost, to keep all drains and races on their respective sections clear and free from weeds or obstructions of any kind likely to impede the natural flow of the water.

(b) The Crown reserves the right for the Commissioner of Crown Lands or any person authorized by him to enter upon any of the sections for the purpose of constructing fresh drains, or reopening, deepening, or dealing in any way whatsoever with drains now constructed, and to charge the cost of such work (not in the case of any one section to exceed £150) to the lessee of the section on which such work is done; such cost to be added to the capital value of the lease affected, and interest to be charged thereon at the rate of five (5) per cent. per annum. This clause shall not lessen in any way the liability of the lessees under (a) above, nor shall it affect the Land Board’s right to forfeit any lease for non-compliance therewith.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of December, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon 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 land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, 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.

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

Southland County.—Taringatura and Hokonui Survey Districts.—Fern Hill Settlement.

Section 1s: Area, 301 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £4,215. Half-yearly rent, £105 7s. 6d.

Section 2s: Area, 317 acres 1 rood 5 perches. Capital value, £5,485. Half-yearly instalment for buildings, £38 8s. 4d. Half-yearly rent, £137 2s. 6d.

Section 3s: Area, 309 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £4,455. Half-yearly instalment for buildings, £6 18s. 3d. Half-yearly rent, £111 7s. 6d.

Section 4s: Area, 256 acres 1 rood 6 perches. Capital value, £4,335. Half-yearly rent, £108 7s. 6d.

Section 5s: Area, 310 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £4,795. Half-yearly instalment for buildings, £40 15s. 1d. Half-yearly rent, £119 17s. 6d.

IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) Improvements, included in the capital values, comprise boundary and subdivisional fences and boundary and internal ditches, and are as follows:—

Section 1s.: Fencing valued at £148 18s. 3d., yards and dip £50, and ditches valued at £11.