MAY 8.]

Public Trust Office.—Waipawa Agency.

IT is notified for public information that Mr. Frank Holt has been appointed Agent of the Public Trust Office at Waipawa.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of April, 1930.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Taranaki Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th May, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lease or license of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE : O.R.P. License No. 588. Section 2, Block III, Opaku Survey District. Licensee: L. R. Neilson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.
Tenure: R.L. License No. 276. Section 44, Block IX, Cape Survey District. Licensee: P. C. Warner. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.
T. K. SIDEY, for Minister of Lands.
[L. and S. 22/950/3.]

Lands in Westland Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th May, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE : Pas. L. License No. 984. Run 3, Taramakau River District. Lessee : L. R. Bassett and others. Reason for forfeiture: At request.
Tenure: Regs. License No. 134. Section 3313, Block V, Waiwhero District. Lessee: W. J. Parker. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions.
T. K. SIDEY, for Minister of Lands.
[L. and S. 22/950/7.]

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th May, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
LEASE No. R.L. 429: Sections 49, 50, 1A 2A, Block II, Reefton Survey District. Formerly held by Edward Paine. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
Lease No. R.L. 793: Section 41, Block II, Waitakere Survey district. Formerly held by James G. MacKenzie. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
Lease No. R.L. 598: Section 33, Block XII, Mount Arthur Survey District. Formerly held by A. A. Kenyon. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
Lease No. L.P. 563: Section 2, Block IV, Waitapu Survey District. Formerly held by Iharairi Meihana and others. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
Lease No. P.L. 385: Section 31, Block V, Waitakere Survey District. Formerly held by Miss L. O'Sullivan. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Lease No. L.P. 687: Section 2, Block IX, Brighton Survey District. Formerly held by S. R. O'Callighan. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
Lease No. R.L. 554: Section 86, Block IX, Oparara Survey District. Formerly held by C. G. and V. R. Farrow. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
T. K. SIDEY, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 22/905/6.)

Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th May, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for selection in terms of the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 26th May, 1930.
The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.
For the purposes of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Land Act, 1924, the land shall be deemed to be "light-bush land," and after the first half-year's rent (or the deposit on deferred payments, as the case may be) has been paid by the selector, the further instalments of rent (or such part of the instalments on deferred payments as consists of interest), payable by him for a period of three years shall not be demanded: Provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land, the rent or interest so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent or interest payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Kawhia County.—Kawhia South Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent or interest for three years.)
SECTION 7, Block XI: Area, 213 acres. Capital value, £110. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £3 5s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 4s. Loading for improvements, £65.

DESCRIPTION.
Weighted with £65, valuation for improvements comprising 45 acres (partially reverted), felling and grassing, and about 30 chains fencing; repayable in cash or in five years by ten half-yearly instalments of £7 10s. 2d.
Situated twenty-three miles from Hangatiki Railway-station, by metalled road. Undulating country, about 45 acres felled and grassed, now mostly reverted; balance light to medium bush, comprising totara, rimu, white-pine, tawa, with fairly thick undergrowth of supplejack, punga, kiekie, &tc. Light to medium soil of fair quality on clay and limestone formation; well watered by permanent streams. Altitude, 500 ft. to 700 ft. above sea-level.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.
K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 9/1954.)

Lease of Land in Wellington Land District for Sale by Tender.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders, marked on the outside "Tender," will be received at this office up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 27th May, 1930, for the purchase of the leasehold interest in the undermentioned property.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Kaitieke County.—Hunua Survey District.
SECTIONS 19, 22, and 23, Block I: Total area: 138 acres 3 roods 13 perches. Titles are renewable leases. Total annual rentals, £43 15s. 8d.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.
Situated two miles from Taumarunui by metalled road. About 40 acres level land; balance undulating to hilly.