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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Wharepapa Survey District.

SECTIONS 19, 20, 21, and 27, Block V: Area, 97 acres 3 roods 16 perches. Capital value, $250. Deposit on deferred payments, £15 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 12s. 9d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £5.

Dairying property, situated on the Wharepuhunga Road, half a mile from Wharepuhunga School, fourteen miles from Te Kawa Railway-station, and twenty miles from Te Awamutu Post-office, on the property.

The area comprises undulating land, all ploughable with the exception of 5 acres. Whole area fern, manuka, and tutu. The soil is of a light to medium loam, resting on rhyolite and clay formation. A little ragwort in evidence, and rabbits are fairly numerous.

Property at present poorly watered by swampy creeks, but water could be installed.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taupo County.—Paeroa Survey District.

Section 1, Block VI: Area, 174 acres 1 rood 32 perches. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred payments, £10 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 lls. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £3 15s.

Situated alongside the Reporoa Settlement, approximately twenty-five miles from Rotorua, there being a school and post-office at Reporoa. During the dairying season cream is collected daily for the Rotorua and Ngongotaha Dairy Factories.

Section comprises undulating pumice country, and is totally unimproved. There is no surface-water available, and the question of water will require to receive consideration by intending applicants.

Special Condition: This section is offered for selection by Reporoa Settlers, at present holding swamp lands, and desirous of using this area to work in conjunction with sections now held.

Piako County.—Waitoa Survey District.

Lot 1 of Section 14, Block V : Area, 199 acres 2 roods 17 perches. Capital value, £200. Deposit on deferred payments, £10 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 3s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £4.

Weighted with £15 for half-share in approximate 70 chains boundary-fencing, along the northern boundary. This sum is payable in cash.

Situated on the old Morrinsville-Patetonga Road, three miles from Tahuna School, post-office, and store ; fifteen miles from Morrinsville.

Undulating to hilly open country, at present in fern, tea-tree, and tutu. Very fair section, the soil being a fair loam; fairly well-watered by springs. This section would prove suitable as a winter run-off to any settler holding an area in the locality.

Otorohanga County.—Wharepapa Survey District.

Section 3, Block XV : Area, 288 acres. Capital value, £100. Deposit on deferred payments, £5 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £3 ls. 9d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £2.

Weighted with £175, for improvements comprising dwelling of four rooms (in poor condition), three sheds, 50 chains road-fencing, 33 chains boundary-fencing, and approximately 40 chains subdivisional fencing. This sum is payable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £5, the balance being payable by thirty half-yearly instalments of £8 7s. lld.

Grazing property, situated on the Mangawhero Road, six miles from Ngaroma Post-office, three miles from Ngaroma School, and thirty-eight miles from Te Awamutu. Undulating to hilly section, the soil being a light loam resting on rhyolite formation. Approximately 100 acres bush land, felled and grassed, mostly reverted to second growth; balance in standing bush. Ragwort has a good hold. Well watered by running streams.

No. 57

Hauraki Plains County.—Piako Survey District.

Section 3, Block VII : Area, 447 acres. Capital value, £225. Deposit on deferred payments, £15 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 16s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £4 10s.

Weighted with £240, for improvements comprising dwelling of four rooms (porch and veranda), outhouse, and approximate 160 chains fencing. This sum is payable either in cash or by a deposit of £100, the balance to be secured on instalment mortgage; terms to be arranged.

Situated on the North Road, two miles from Mangatarata Post-office and school, eight miles from Waitakaruru, and one mile from Waitakaruru-Morrinsville Road. Undulating to hilly section, broken in places. Mainly open fern country, with clumps of bush in the gullies. Approximately 140 acres is easily ploughable. Well watered by stream and springs. The section would prove an excellent run-off for a Plains dairy-farmer.

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.

Section 13, Block IV: Area, 153 acres 1 rood 8 perches, and Section 33, Block IV: Area, 15 acres 1 rood 16 perches. Capital value, £45. Deposit on deferred payments, £5 ; half yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 6s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, 18s.

Weighted with £25, valuation for improvements comprising cistern (in fair order). This amount is payable in cash.

Suitable for grazing, in conjunction with other land in the locality. Situated eight miles from Ngongotaha Railway-station and dairy factory, right opposite the Te Pu School. Section comprises approximately 100 acres in standing bush; the balance being bush land, felled and grassed, but now reverted to blackberry, ragwort, fern, and second growth. No buildings. Watered by a cistern.

Kawhia County.—Kawhia South Survey District.

Section 9, Block XVI : Area, 315 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £210. Deposit on deferred payments, £10 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £6 10s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £4 4s.

Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements consisting of 62 chains fencing and a whare. Total value, £40. Payable either in cash or in three years by half-yearly instalments of £6 13s. 4d. (no interest).

Distant about sixteen miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station, eight miles from Mairoa School, and eighteen miles from Waitanguru Dairy Factory. Undulating land to broken in parts; about 120 acres in grass; balance heavy mixed forest, comprising principally tawa and rimu, with a moderately thick undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, tawhero, and makomako. Soil of good quality on limestone formation, well watered by streams. Capable of being made a good sheep-farm when the whole of the section is brought in. Altitude, 600 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.

Section 20, Block IV: Area, 202 acres 0 roods 6 perches. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1.

Weighted with £40, valuation for improvements comprising cistern and shed. This sum is to be paid in cash.

Situated on the Okohi Road, one mile from Te Pu Post-office and school, and twelve miles from Ngongotaha. Undulating land, originally all bush, of which approximately 80 acres have been felled and grassed, but the cleared portion has now become overgrown with blackberry and ragwort. The soil is light loam resting on pumiceous formation. Watered by springs and cistern.

NOTE.—The selector of this property is required to take a lease over Lot 12 of Section 12, Block V, Rotoiti Survey District (29 acres) for use as a change paddock.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 30th day of July, 1930.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2445.)

Opening Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedules hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand