This section is situated in the Raetihi-Ohura Valley, with
frontage to that road. Access is from Raetihi Railway-
station, by fourteen miles of metalled road and twenty-six
miles formed dray-road. Mangapurua School is nine miles
distant, and Wades Landing eight miles. Approximately
250 acres has been felled and grassed, but now reverting to
second growth. Soil consists of a light loam resting on sand-
stone and papa formation. Forest consists of rimu, matai,
tawhero, and beech. Well watered, Altitude, 1,200 ft. to
1,800 ft. above sea-level.

Improvements.—Improvements consist of felling, grassing,
fencing, and dwelling, with dip and yards.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Kaitieke County.—Retaruke Survey District.
(Exempt from rent for five years.)
SECTION 3, Block XIV : Area, 1,149 acres. Capital value,
£350. Half-yearly rent, £7.
Weighted with the sum of £350 for improvements. Deposit
required, £20 ; balance secured in instalment mortgage under
the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, for a term not exceed-
ing 36½ years, and bearing interest at 5 per cent. per annum
if purchased by a discharged soldier or 5½ per cent. per
annum if purchased by a civilian.
This section is situated on the Te Mata Road, seven miles
by bridle-track from Raetihi-Ohura Road, eleven miles from
Whakahoro Landing, and fourteen miles from Mangaroa
School. About 332 acres have been felled and grassed, part
is showing fern ; balance of area is in bush. Forest consists
of rimu, matai, rata, tawhero, and beech. Soil of light
quality on papa formation. Well watered. Altitude, 900 ft.
to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.
Improvements.—Improvements consist of felling and grass-
ing, fencing, whare (24 ft. by 12 ft.), and sheep-yards.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.
H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 26/20751.)
Settlement Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.
Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st May, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for selection on renewable lease under the
Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925,
and amendments, and applications will be received at the
Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up
to 4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, 25th July, 1930.
Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey
Office on Tuesday, 29th July, 1930, at 10 o'clock a.m., but
if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined
by any other Land Board, or by any Commissioner of Crown
Lands.
The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the
examination of applicants.
Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants
who have one or more children dependent on them ; to land-
less applicants who, within two years immediately preceding
date of ballot, have applied for land at least twice unsuccess-
fully ; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as
members of the Expeditionary Force ; to persons engaged
on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with
the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war
were bona fide residents of New Zealand ; to applicants
who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond
New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty's Forces in
connection with any war other than the war with Germany ;
and to landless applicants in respect of whom the Board,
after taking into consideration the experience and skill of
the applicants in farming operations, the proximity of their
homes to the lands the subject-matter of the ballot, and any
other relevant considerations, is of opinion that they should
be entitled to preference equally with applicants of any of
the hereinbefore specified classes.
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Matamata County.—Tapapa Survey District.—Okauia
Settlement.
SECTION 1, Block IV : Area, 325 acres. Capital value, £325.
Half-yearly rent, £8 2s. 6d.

Situated two miles from Okauia Post-office and school ;
seven miles and a half from Matamata Railway-station,
dairy factory, and saleyards. A broken and stony section,
all in worn-out pasture. Watered by springs. Ragwort in
evidence. Suitable for a run-off in conjunction with land
already held in the locality.

THIRD-CLASS LAND:
Matamata County.—Patetere North-east Survey District.—
Selwyn Settlement.
Section 49, Block IV, and Section 50, Block X : Area,
396 acres 1 rood 8 perches. Capital value, £150. Half-
yearly rent, £3 15s.
Sections situated in the Selwyn Settlement, on the main
Cambridge-Rotorua Road, approximately fourteen miles
from Okoroire Railway-station and post-office, and ten miles
from Putaruru. The general quality of this area is poor,
and the property would prove most suitable as a grazing
run-off for a selector holding a property in the locality.
Weighted with £280, for improvements comprising whare,
felling and grassing (deteriorated), approximately two hundred
chains fencing ; to be paid in cash.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease : Thirty-three years, with a perpetual
   right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three
   years, and a right to acquire the freehold.
2. Rent : Five per cent. per annum on the capital value,
   payable in advance on 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be twenty-one years of age and upwards.
4. Applicants to furnish with applications statutory declara-
   tion, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease
   fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period
   between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following
   is also payable.
5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be
   simultaneous.
6. No persons may hold more than one allotment.
7. Successful applicants to execute lease within thirty days
   after being notified that it is ready for signature.
8. Lessee to reside continuously on the land and pay all
   rates, taxes, and assessments. Under certain conditions
   personal residence may be dispensed with.
9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land
   within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price ;
   within two years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the
   price ; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of
   another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the fore-
   going, and within six years, improvements are also to be
   effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land,
   10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every
   acre of third-class land.
10. Transfer not allowed until expiration of fifth year of
    lease, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then
    only with permission.
11. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time
    within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed
    for area taken for such roads.
12. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of
    Crown Lands, Auckland.
    K. M. GRAHAM,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.
    (L. and S. 9/2365.)
    STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.
    Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.
    State Forest Service,
    Nelson, 20th May, 1930.
    NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the
    purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will
    close at the office of the State Forest Service, Nelson, at
    4 o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 13th day of June, 1930.
    SCHEDULE.
    NELSON - MARLBOROUGH FOREST - CONSERVATION REGION.—
    NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
    ALL the milling-timber on that area of national-endowment
    land, containing approximately 147 acres, in Block XV,
    Oparara Survey District. Situated about five miles by
    road from Karamea Township.
    The total estimated quantity is : Species—Rimu, cubic
    feet, 169,692 ; board feet, 1,027,100.
    Upset price, £807.
    Ground rent, £7 7s. per annum.
    Time for removal of timber : Two years.