MAR. 13.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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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.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Hobson County.—Mangakahia Survey District.

SECTIONS 7 and 11, Block XIII : Area, 303 acres 3 roods.
Capital value, £760. Deposit on deferred payments, £30 ;
half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £23 14s. 6d.
Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £15 4s.

Sections 12 and 13, Block XIII : Area, 308 acres 1 rood
12 perches. Capital value, £770. Deposit on deferred pay-
mments, £35 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments,
£23 17s. 9d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £15 8s.

Sections 7 and 11 are weighted with £17, being value of
45 chains of road fencing; payable in cash.

Sections 12 and 13 are weighted with £12 10s., being value
of 34 chains of road fencing; payable in cash.

Sections 7 and 11 are situated on the main Tangowahine-
Parakao road, known as the Karaka Road. Access is from
Tangowahine (railway-station in a few months), which is
about six miles and a half distant by a good metalled cart-
road. Section comprises 1½ acres raupo swamp, 10 acres
undulating land in fern and tea-tree scrub, 23 acres level
and a few hillocks in fern and tea-tree scrub with scattered
paspalum, 30 acres good alluvial flat in light bush, balance
(238½ acres) good black rubble, some volcanic and good clay;
hilly to broken, all in bush. Soil is of good rubbly loam on
bush portion, river-flat rich alluvial ; balance fairly poor,
resting on black rock formation. Bush is light to heavy,
comprising taraire, puriri, rata, and enough totara for fencing.
Sections are well watered by Tangowahine River and other
creeks. Fair amount of blackberry and fescue on river bank.
Altitude ranges from about 30 ft. to 350 ft. above sea-level.

Sections 12 and 13 are situated on the main Tangowahine-
Parakao road, known as the Karaka Road. Access is from
Tangowahine (railway-station in a few months), which is
about six miles and a half distant by a good metalled cart-
road. Sections comprise 10 acres raupo swamp (costly to
drain), 20 acres undulating land in tea-tree scrub, 31 acres
rich alluvial flat in light bush and little paspalum with fescue
and blackberry on river bank, 23 acres fairly poor flat and
a few hillocks in fern, tea-tree scrub, and a little paspalum ;
balance (214 acres) good black rubble, semi-volcanic and good
clay in bush ; hilly to broken. Soil is of good rubbly loam
on bush portion, river-flat rich alluvial swamp ; balance fairly
poor, resting on black rock formation. Bush is light to heavy,
comprising taraire, puriri, rata, nikau, and enough totara
for fencing. Sections are well watered by Tangowahine River
and other creeks. Altitude ranges from about 30 ft. to 350 ft.
above sea-level.

As witness rne hand of His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government, this 7th day of March, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in the North Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

MICHAEL MYERS,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by th eLand Act, 1924, I, Sir Michael
Myers, Administrator of the Government 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 Monday, the twenty-sixth day of May,
one thousand nine hundred and thirty; and also that the
the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option
of the applicant, be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, 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, occu-
pied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the
Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waitemata County.-Paremoremo Parish.

SECTION 141 : Area, 15 acres O roods 8 perches. Capital
value, £80. Deposit on deferred payments, £5 ; half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments, £2 8s. 9d. Renewable lease:
Half-yearly rent, £1 12s.

This section is situated seven miles from Birkenhead, access
being by formed road which ends at the south-western
boundary of Allotment 21, which adjoins it. The area com-
prises improved undulating to hilly country covered in
stunted manuka, scrub, and fern. Soil is of clay resting on
clay formation. Watered by creeks. Elevation ranges from
50 ft. to 90 ft. above sea-level. The section is suitable for
an adjoining owner.

Waitemata County.-Waitemata Survey District.

Section 3, Block XIII : Area, 27 acres 3 roods 36 perches.
Capital value, £250. Deposit on deferred payments, £15 ;
half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 12s. 9d.
Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £5.

Weighted with £400, value of improvements consisting of
dwelling (three rooms), stable and shed, cow-shed, pig-sty,
run and shed, 70 chains boundary and subdivisional fencing,
shelter belts, 19 acres cultivation, and grassing. A deposit
of £25 must be paid, and the balance paid by forty equal
half-yearly instalments, interest being at the rate of 5 per
cent. to discharged soldiers and 5½ per cent. to others.

The section is situated on the main Birdwood-Massey Road,
about two miles from Swanson Post-office and railway-station,
one mile from Birdwood-Massey School, and nine miles from
Kumeu School. Soil is of clay and clay loam resting on
sandstone formation. Watered by a swampy stream. Undu-
lating land, all more or less ploughable ; 19 acres in fair
pasture ; 7 acres in fallow ; 1 acre waste land. Property
subdivided into four paddocks. Altitude varies from 150 ft.
to 200 ft. above sea-level.

Special Condition : The lessee must topdress the land
annually with not less than 3 cwt. of approved manure, to
the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands County.-Kawa Kawa Survey District.

Section 4, Block VIII : Area, 416 acres 1 rood 20 perches
(Crown land). Capital value, £200. Deposit on deferred
payments, £15 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments,
£6 0s. 3d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £4.

Lot 15, D.P. 11101 : Area, 71 acres 3 roods 9·8 perches
(freehold). Capital value, £360. Deposit on deferred pay-
ments, £60.

Section 4 is Crown land, and is offered for selection on
optional tenures. . The area is weighted with £900, being value
of improvements consisting of wool-shed, 355 chains of road
and subdivision fencing, 300 acres bush felled and sown (re-
verting to second growth), 50 acres surface sown. The loading
for improvements to be secured by an instalment mortgage.

Lot 15 is freehold land, and is valued at £360. Improve-
ments consist of two-roomed dwelling, small orchard mixed
fruit trees, 65 acres felling and grassing. Deposit of £60 is
required in respect of Lot 15, the balance to be secured by
first mortgage to State Advances Department and second
mortgage to Lands Department. The mortgage to the Lands
Department over both freehold and leasehold will be secured
by one document, and will be for a period of 25½ years at 5 per
cent. to a discharged soldier and for a period of 24½ years
with interest at 5¼ per cent. to any other person. The free-
hold area is necessary for the successful working of the lease-
hold section.

The property is situated on the main Opua-Waimate Road,
and is two miles from Paihia Post-office and school, three miles
by launch from Opua, and twenty-five miles from Ohaewai
Dairy Factory and school. Access is by launch from Opua.
Land is undulating to hilly, steep and broken. Well watered
by several permanent streams and springs. Soil is poor to
fair clay resting on rubbly formation. Property subdivided
into eight paddocks. Altitude varies from 10 ft. to about
300 ft. above sea-level.

Section 15, Block VII : Area, 735 acres 2 roods 26 perches.
Capital value, £975. Deposit on deferred payments, £45 ;
half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £30 4s. 6d.
Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £24 7s. 6d.

The section is situated on the Opua-Waimate Road, about
six miles from Opua Wharf, by formed road. Nearest school
at Opua. Undulating to steep and broken country, about
one-third of area covered with bush comprising tarairi, puriri,
totara, rimu, and tawhero ; balance scrub, manuka, and
fern. Clay soil resting on sandstone formation. Well watered

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