1632
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Vincent County.—Tiger Hill Survey District.

(For selection on renewable lease subject to Section 153 of the Land Act, 1924.)

SECTION 71, Block II: Area, 4 acres 3 roods 38 perches. Upset capital value, £25. Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £7 3s. 9d., payable in cash, for improvements comprising road-line fence and half value boundary-fencing.

Situated on the bank of the Manuherikia River, on the main Omakau — Ida Valley Road, a quarter of a mile distant from Ophir, and one and a half miles from the Omakau Railway-station. Broken river-flat, which has been mined. The soil is light alluvial and sedimentary deposit, resting on gravel; watered by seepage from the river.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 9th day of May, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

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

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, this is to say:—

1. The rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at the price specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed to be “scrub land.”

2. The said land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

3. After the first half-year’s rent, or the deposit fixed under deferred payments, as the case may be, has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent, or such part of the aforesaid instalments as consist of interest, payable by him for a period of two 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.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rodney County.—Ruakaka Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rates and rent or interest for two years.)

SECTION 5, Block VII: Area, 255 acres 0 roods 25 perches. Capital value, £190. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £5 17s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 16s.

Section 6, Block VII: Area, 200 acres 0 roods 26 perches. Capital value, £125. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £3 18s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 10s.

Section 7, Block VII: Area, 310 acres 1 rood 18 perches. Capital value, £465. Deposit on deferred payments, £25; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £14 6s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 6s.

Section 8, Block VII: Area, 157 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £80. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 8s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 12s.

Section 9, Block VII: Area, 361 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £360. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £11 1s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 4s.

Ruakaka Parish.

Section 84: Area, 146 acres 1 rood 35 perches. Capital value, £90. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 15s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 16s.

These sections are situated on the old Marsden Point Road, about three miles from One Tree Point Wharf and fourteen miles from Oakleigh Railway-station by cart-road, three miles of which is not metalled. The land is mostly level open country in light scrub, with a few sandy knolls. There is approximately 60 acres of poor rush swamp in Section 5, 30 acres in Section 6, and 100 acres in Section 7. The soil is sandy clay resting on sandstone formation with black peat in swamps. With the exception of Section 8 the land is not well watered. Altitude varies from sea-level to 100 ft. above sea-level.

Special Conditions.

1. The Crown reserves the right to take any portion of the above land for drainage easements within the ensuing ten years, and without payment of compensation to the selector.

2. The Crown accepts no responsibility for drifting sand.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 9th day of May, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Otago Land District for Sale or Selection.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, this is to say:—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Monday, the seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at the prices specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Tautuku Survey District.

SECTION 17, Block X: Area, 118 acres. Capital value, £210. Deposit on deferred payment, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rental, £4 4s.

Situated thirteen miles from Maclennan Railway-station and four miles from Chaslands Post and Telegraph Office. Good formed and metalled road from Maclennan to the junction with Newcastle Road, thence two miles by formed road. About 60 acres standing bush; balance open river-flat. Soil of fair quality; well watered; no improvements. Bush mostly ribbonwood and fuchsia, with heavier timber on the faces, but of little milling value.

Waitaki County.—Benmore Survey District.

Section 19, Block I: Area, 11 acres. Capital value, £25. Deposit on deferred payments, £1; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 15s. 8d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 10s.

Situated at Omarama, between the Omarama — Benmore Road and the Ahuriri River. Fair grazing if gorse kept in check. Suitable for an accommodation paddock.

Waikouaiti County.—North Harbour and Blueskin Survey District.

Section 68, Block VII: Area, 38 acres 2 roods 21 perches. Capital value, £100. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £3 1s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rental, £2.

Weighted with £4, for improvements consisting of fencing. Fairly level land, covered with light manuka scrub. Would make good grazing if cleared. Light loam soil on clay, stony in places. Watered by springs. Altitude, 500 ft. to 600 ft. Situated on the Main North Road, eight miles from Dunedin.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Clutha County.—Rimu Survey District.

Section 9, Block XIII: Area, 196 acres 3 roods 20 perches. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1.

Situated a mile and a half from the Tahakopa Railway-station, Post and Telegraph Office, by formed road to east boundary. Part virgin bush; part bush from which the milling-timber has been taken out. Light loam soil on clay; well watered by creeks and springs; elevation about 600 ft. Fairly poor, back-lying section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 9th day of May, 1930.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.