Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2427

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Te Kuiti on the 11th September, 1930.

Registrar’s Office,
Auckland, 5th August, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Te Kuiti on the 11th September, 1930, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Waikato-Maniapoto, 1930-12.]

E. P. EARLE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

NUMBER 50. Applicant: The Under-Secretary, Public Works Department. Name of land: Mangaawakino 4. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Number 51. Applicant: The Under-Secretary, Public Works Department. Name of land: Orahiri 1, Section 30, Orahiri Y 2, Orahiri 7c 1, and Pukeroa-Hangatiki 5b 2c. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Number 52. Applicant: The Under-Secretary, Public Works Department. Name of land: Rangitoto A 48b 2a 2. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Number 53. Applicant: The Under-Secretary, Public Works Department. Name of land: Rangitoto-Tuhua 72b 3c and Rangitoto-Tuhua 72b 3d. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Number 54. Applicant: The Otorohanga County Council. Name of land: Mangawhero 3c. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a gravel-pit.

Number 55. Applicant: The Otorohanga County Council. Name of land: Rangitoto-Tuhua 28. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a gravel-pit.

Number 56. Applicant: The Otorohanga County Council. Name of land: Rangitoto-Tuhua 28. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a gravel-pit.

Number 57. Applicant: The Education Board of Auckland. Name of land: Waiwhakaata 3e 2/1. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a school-site.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th August, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TENURE: R.L.S. Section 5, Block IV, Puketapu Survey District, Tangoio Settlement: Area, 796 acres 1 rood. Formerly held by James William Scandlyn. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 11/2/273.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th August, 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, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Friday, 26th September, 1930.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Tuesday, 30th September, 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.

The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Matamata County.—Wairere Survey District.

(Native Land Settlement Account.)

SECTION 19, Block VIII: Area, 97 acres 2 roods 28 perches. Capital value, £1,100. Deposit on deferred payments, £50; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £34 2s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £27 10s.

Dairying property, situated on the Waharoa-Walton Road, two miles and a quarter from Walton Post-office, school, and railway-station, three miles from Waharoa Dairy Factory, and seven miles from Matamata, by good metalled road.

Practically level section consisting of good loam; section at present being in light scrub. Area inclined to be wet, but can easily be drained. A good supply of water can be obtained without difficulty by boring. This section will prove a very good proposition when fully developed.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Kawhia County.—Pirongia Survey District.

Section 2, Block V: Area, 586 acres. Capital value, £585. Deposit on deferred payments, £25; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £18 4s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11 14s.

Weighted with £1,580, for improvements comprising dwelling (in good condition), implement-shed, 270 chains subdivisional fencing, 160 chains boundary-fencing, and 100 chains road fencing. Approximately 350 acres grassed (50 per cent. reverted), 8 acres cleared and stumped, and 150 acres surface sown. This sum is payable either in cash or by a deposit of £80, the balance—viz., £1,500—being secured by instalment mortgage for 34½ years with interest at 5½ per cent. per annum.

Grazing property, situated on the Pirongia West Road, seven miles from Oparau Post-office, school, and saleyards. Undulating and broken section, the soil being of light to medium loam, resting on sandstone and limestone formation. Ragwort in appearance. Section is well watered by running streams. Approximately 380 acres felled and grassed, now reverting; 150 acres bush not felled, through which a fire has passed; balance standing bush.

Full particulars can be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2449.)

Timber in the Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

Nelson District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 4th August, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of timber from the undermentioned Crown lands will be received at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 5th September, 1930, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Timber Regulations thereunder. Prospective purchasers must state in their tender the amount of royalty they are prepared to pay for the different classes of timber.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.

SECTIONS 43, 47, 50, 54, and 55, Block XII, Inangahua Survey District, and Section 31, Block II, Reefton Survey District: Total area, 1,275 acres.

Time for removal: Five years.

Terms of Payment.

Ground rental at the rate of 1s. per acre as from 1st January, 1931, will be payable quarterly in advance, and will be reducible from time to time as areas are milled and handed back to the Crown, in areas of not less than 100 acres each. Any such reduction in ground rental will take effect as from the commencement of the ensuing quarterly period.

Royalty shall be paid on the first day of every month to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Nelson. The successful tenderer shall supply to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson, monthly accounts, verified by affidavit, showing clearly the output of the mill, and the accounts and books of the mill shall at all times be open to inspection by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or other duly authorized officer.

Conditions of Sale.

1. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to the sale.