June 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2059

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 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, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Wednesday, 24th August, 1930.

Applicants should appear personally before the land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on 27th August, 1930, at 10.30 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 land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waimarino County.—Makotuku Survey District.

Town of Raetihi Extension No. 1.

SECTION 60, Block VI: Area, 3 acres 3 roods 10 perches. Capital value, £40. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £1 2s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, 16s.

Weighted with £450, for improvements consisting of dwelling of three rooms, with passage and scullery and double brick chimney; wash-house with iron roof, 12 ft. by 8 ft., 18 chains of fencing, orchard, &c. Deposit required, £50; balance secured on instalment mortgage under the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Act for a term not exceeding 36½ years, and bearing interest at 5 per cent. per annum to a discharged soldier, or 5½ per cent. to a civilian.

Situated with a frontage to Alexander Road in the Borough of Raetihi. One mile from Raetihi Railway-station by metalled road. Undulating to hilly section all in grass. Soil of light quality loan on papa formation. Permanently watered by stream.

Rangitikei County.—Tiriraukawa Survey District.

Section 25, Block IV: Area, 56 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £170. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £5 4s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 8s.

Weighted with £87 10s. for improvements, consisting of felling and grassing. This sum is payable in cash.

This section is situated on Ngauinga Road, off Murimotu Road, eight miles from Mataroa Township Railway-station. Access by formed dray-road to within three miles of section, thence horse-traffic only, due to slips on formed road. School is three miles distant, while store and post-office are at Mataroa, eight miles distant. There is a rural-mail delivery to within three miles of the section twice weekly.

All hilly and undulating land. About 5 acres of bush, consisting of rimu, tawa, maire, and totara; balance has been felled and sown. No fencing. Permanent water. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level.

Pahiatua County.—Makuri Survey District.

Section 27, Block VII: Area, 120 acres. Capital value, £120. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payment, £3 11s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2 8s.

Weighted with £90, for improvements comprising felling, clearing, grassing, and fencing. This amount may be paid in cash or secured to the State Advances Superintendent on first mortgage, twenty-years table; interest at 6 per cent. per annum.

Situated in the north-east Puketoi Block, having frontages to the Makairo and Waewaepa Roads. Access is from Pahiatua or Woodville, which are about twenty-one miles distant by formed dray-roads. The section comprises broken, hilly land, falling steeply from road frontages. Most of the bush has been felled, and second growth is appearing in places. The soil is of fair quality resting on rotten rock formation. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 2,200 ft. above sea-level.

Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.

Sections 1A and 4, Block II: Area, 1,262 acres 0 roods 10 perches. Capital value, £450. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £13 19s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9.

Weighted with £1,100, for improvements consisting of felling grassing, fencing, dwelling, wool-shed, cow-shed, sheep-yards, &c. This sum may be paid in cash or by a cash deposit of £100, the balance being secured by instalment mortgage under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, extending over a period not exceeding 36½ years and bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. if selected by a discharged soldier or 5½ per cent. if selected by a civilian.

This property is situated on the watershed of the Retaruke River and the Ruatiti and Makino Streams, with a frontage on to the Erua Road. Erua Railway-station is twelve miles distant by formed dray-road. Undulating to high and broken land. Approximately 550 acres have been felled and grassed, 250 acres being in fair pasture; balance of clearing reverting to fern and second growth. Balance of section is on standing bush consisting of beech, tawhero, rimu, and matai. Permanently watered. Altitude, 1,600 ft. to 1,900 ft. above sea-level. Soil of poor quality generally.

Kaitieke County.—Kaitieke Survey District.

Sections 20, 21, and 26, Block III: Area, 243 acres 2 roods 17 perches. Capital value, £610. Deposit on deferred payments, £35; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £22 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £12 4s.

Weighted with £125, for improvements consisting of a four-roomed dwelling. This sum may be paid either in cash or by instalments of £8 1s. 11d. per half-year, over a period of ten years.

These sections are situated on the Kawautahi Road, three miles and a half distant from Owhango Railway-station by clay-road. Approximately 139 acres felled and grassed, 14 acres in standing bush; balance has reverted to fern and second growth. Improvements included in capital value consist of felling and grassing, fencing, and plantation.

Kiwitea County.—Ruahine Survey District.

Section 18, Block XIII: Area, 460 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £460. Deposit on deferred payments, £25; half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £14 2s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 4s.

Weighted with £72 10s., for improvements consisting of dwelling of two rooms, road, boundary, and internal fencing. This sum is payable in cash.

This section is situated on the Titirangi Road, eight miles from Rangiwahia Post-office, four miles from Karewarewa School, sixteen miles from Mangaweka Railway-station, nine miles from Rangiwahia Dairy Factory, and eight miles from saleyards. Access is by metalled road to within two miles of the section; thence by six-foot track, unmetalled. Soil is of a light chocolate loam resting on sandstone and clay formation. Well watered by permanent springs and small streams. Approximately 150 acres of bush and scrub has been felled and grassed but is now reverting to fern and second growth; balance in bush. Altitude is high, being approximately 2,000 ft. above sea-level.

Wanganui County.—Mangawhero Survey District.

Section 40, Block VIII: Area, 804 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £1,610. Deposit on deferred payments, £80; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £49 14s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £32 4s.

Weighted with £1,148, for improvements consisting of felling, grassing, and fencing. There are no buildings, but there is a good homestead-site. This sum is payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £48, the balance being secured on mortgage to Superintendent, State Advances Department, for a term of thirty years; interest, 6 per cent. per annum.

Situated in the well-known Mangamahu Valley, and running east to Hales Road. Access from Fordell Railway-station, twenty-seven miles distant by metalled road for twenty-four miles; balance formed clay-road. There is a daily mail-service to Mangamahu, which is six miles distant. Section comprises fairly steep, hilly land, broken by gullies. Whole area has been felled and grassed, but approximately 400 acres have reverted to dense manuka scrub. Soil is of light loam. Property has a shady aspect. Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,500 ft. This is fair pastoral land if kept clean.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Kaitieke Survey District.

Section 7, Block XIV: Area, 627 acres. Capital value, £156. Deposit on deferred payments, £8; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 7s. 5d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 2s. 5d.

Weighted with £380, for improvements consisting of dwelling and outbuildings, wool-shed, cow-byre, yards, and 180 chains of fencing. A cash deposit of £50 is required, and the balance