2060
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

of purchase-money—viz., £330—is to be secured on instal-
ment mortgage for a period not exceeding 36½ years, and
bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum if pur-
chased by a discharged soldier, and 5½ per cent. per annum
if purchased by a civilian.

Situated in the Upper Retaruke Valley Road, six miles
distant from Kaitieke Post-office, two miles from Retaruke
Valley School, eighteen miles from Raurimu Railway-station,
thirty miles from Kaitieke Dairy Factory, and six miles from
saleyards.

Access is from Raurimu Railway-station, eighteen miles
distant by metalled and pumiced road. Soil of light-quality
loam resting on papa formation. Well watered. Altitude,
1,400 ft. to 1, 800 ft. above sea-level. A good level homestead-
site of 5 acres ; balance broken and hilly country. About half
the area lies well to the sun.

Waimarino County.—Manganui Survey District.

Section 27, Block VII : Area, 1,982 acres. Capital value,
£745. Deposit on deferred payments, £35 ; half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments, £23 ls. 6d. Renewable
lease : Half-yearly rent, £14 18s.

Weighted with £1,200 for improvements, comprising
felling, grassing, and stumping, about 860 chains of fencing,
and buildings consisting of dwelling (four rooms, scullery and
bathroom), wool-shed, and dairy. This sum may be paid
in cash or be secured to the State Advances Superintendent by
mortgage on thirty-year table ; interest at 6 per cent. per
annum.

Situated on the right bank of the Retaruke River, with a
frontage to the Upper Retaruke Valley Road, and bounded at
the back by the Erua Road. Access is from Raurimu Railway-
station, twelve miles by metalled road and eight miles by
formed dray-road. Retaruke Valley School four miles dis-
tant. Twelve hundred acres in standing bush, 132 acres
reverted and 650 acres in grass. About 200 acres undulat-
ing ; balance running to steep, broken, hilly country.
Medium quality soil resting on pumice and papa formation.
Altitude, 1,600 ft. to 2,450 ft.

Waimarino County.—Whirinaki Survey District.

Section 5, Block II : 538 acres 1 rood. Capital value,
£135. Deposit on deferred payments, £10 ; Half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments : £4 ls. 3d. Renewable
lease : Half-yearly rent, £2 14s.

Weighted with £15 10s. for improvements consisting of
31 chains of fencing, valued at £15 10s. This sum must be
paid in cash.

Section is situated on the watershed between the Waipapa
and Mangapunua Streams. Access from Raetihi Railway-
station, thirty-five miles distant by twelve miles metalled
road, twenty-two miles dray-road, and one mile bridle-track.
Approximately 170 acres has been felled and grassed, now
in second growth ; balance bush. Section is hilly and broken
with deep gorges. Soil of light quality. Forest consists of
mixed beech, rimu, matai, and tawhero. Altitude, 1,800 ft.
to 2,200 ft. above sea-level. Well watered.

Kaitieke County.—Retaruke Survey District.

Section 2, Block XIV : Area, 1,003 acres. Capital value,
£250. Deposit on deferred payments, £10 ; half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments : £7 16s. Renewable
lease : Half-yearly rent, £5.

Weighted with £510 for improvements, consisting of felling,
grassing, fencing, and two-roomed whare with iron roof.
This sum is payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £50, the
balance being secured by instalment mortgage under the
Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act for a term not exceeding
36½ years, and bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum if purchased by a discharged soldier or 5½ per cent.
per annum if purchased by a civilian.

Situated on the Te Mata Road, eleven miles from Whakahoro
Landing. Access by bridle-track; a distance of seven miles
from the Raetihi–Ohura Road. About 500 acres have been
felled and grassed ; balance bush ; approximately 200 acres
in good pasture. Three hundred acres reverting to scrub.
Soil of light quality on papa formation. Section is hilly
generally, and running to high and broken ridges. Altitude,
940 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of
Crown Lands, Wellington.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2412.)

Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are open for selection on renewable lease under 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 Monday, 25th August, 1930.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 27th
August, 1930, but if any applicant so desires he may be
examined by the Land Board of any other district 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
landless applicants who within two years immediately pre-
ceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice
unsuccessfully ; to applicants who have served beyond New
Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force ; to persons
engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connec-
tion with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to
the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand ; and 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.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Retaruke Survey District.

SECTIONS 14 and 15, Block XI : Area, 6 acres 1 rood. Capital
value, £50. Half-yearly rent, £1.

Weighted with £11 10s., for improvements, consisting of
felling, grassing, and fencing. This sum must be paid in
cash.

Situated on Retaruke Valley Road, half a mile from
Retaruke Landing, by formed clay-road. All felled and
grassed, but about 4 acres reverted to fern, &c. Easy rolling
to undulating land. Soil of fair quality loam. Watered by
springs.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waitotara County.—Waipakura Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)

Section 1, Block I : Area, 1,690 acres 1 rood 4·1 perches.
Capital value, £420. Half-yearly rent, £8 8s.

Weighted with £985, for improvements consisting of felling
and grassing, 360 chains of fencing, dwelling of four rooms
(with scullery and outbuildings), whare, wool-shed, yards, &c.

The whole sum may be secured by instalment mortgage to
the Superintendent, State Advances Department, for a term
of thirty years ; interest, 6 per cent. per annum.

Section is situated on the Kauarapaoa Road, inland from
Raorikia Landing, on the Wanganui River. Wanganui is
twenty-seven miles distant—twenty miles being metalled
road and seven miles formed clay road. Steep, broken, hilly
country. Approximately 950 acres have been felled and
grassed ; balance bush. Soil of light loam with bare sand-
stone spurs. Medium to heavy bush, principally beech, with
some tawa on lower levels. Well watered. Altitude 800 ft.
to 1,600 ft. above sea-level.

Waimarino County.—Whirinaki Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)

Sections 3 and 4, Block II : Area, 1,607 acres. Capital
value, £400. Half-yearly rent, £8.

Weighted with £390, for improvements consisting of
approximately 220 acres felled and grassed, 2 acres stumped,
rough whare, sheep-yards, and 82 chains of fencing.

This sum is payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £50,
balance—viz., £340—being secured on instalment mortgage
for a period not exceeding 36½ years, interest being 5 per cent.
per annum to a discharged soldier or 5½ per cent. per annum
to a civilian.