SEPT. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2845

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hawke’s Bay County.—Puketapu Survey District.—Tongoio Settlement.

(Exempt from payment of rent for a period of one year.)

SECTION 5, Block IV: Area, 796 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £3,180. Half-yearly rent, £79 10s.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid no further rental is payable for one year provided scrub-cutting to an equal value is carried out within twelve months to the satisfaction of the Field Inspector.

Weighted with £1,620, for improvements consisting of ten-roomed dwelling (with three verandas, hot and cold water), stable and car-shed, whare, wool-shed, yards, 782 chains fencing, plantation, and ditches. This sum is payable by a cash deposit of £770, the balance by fifty half-yearly instalments of £29 15s., and one of £21 19s. 11d.

Situated on the Tongoio–Arapawanui Road, one quarter of a mile from Tongoio Post-office, half a mile from Tongoio Maori School, seven miles from Riverside Railway-station, and twenty-six miles from Heretaunga Dairy Factory (motor-lorry calls). Access by good metalled road fifteen miles from Napier. Watered by permanent springs and streams. The soil is sandy loam in flats and clay loam on hills. Mostly hilly, rising to about 900 ft. above sea-level. Suitable for dairying or mixed farming on flats, and sheep-farming on hill portions. Badly infested with blackberry.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 19th day of September, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1771.)

Opening Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Selection.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-six of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Monday, the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, and also that the land 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 price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased as that mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Dannevirke County.—Mangatoro Survey District.

(Native Land Settlement Account.)

SECTION 5, Block IV: Area, 757 acres 2 roods 8 perches. Capital value, £3,800. Deposit on deferred payments, £200; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £117. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £95.

Improvements, valued at £43, are included in the capital value, and comprise half-share 116 chains north boundary fencing.

The land is situated fifteen miles from Whetukura Post-office and Whetukura School, twenty-two miles from Ormondville Railway-station, twenty-two miles from Ormondville Dairy Factory, and thirty miles from Takapau Saleyards. Watered by the Mangawhero Stream. The soil is a clay loam resting on clay formation. Altitude, about 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Hilly country, broken by gullies. Suitable for sheep and cattle grazing when scrub is cleared.

Special Condition.—The Crown does not undertake any liability for formed road access to this section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 19th day of September, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1771.)

Opening Land in the 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 Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Friday, the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LAND.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Taumarunui County.—Tuhua and Piopiotea Survey District.

Lot 2 of 2, Block XIV, Tuhua Survey District, and Section 4, Block II, Piopiotea Survey District: Area, 517 acres 0 roods 35 perches. Capital value, £1,000. Half-yearly rent, £20.

This section is situated on the Uplands Road, which is metalled, three miles and a half from Taumarunui Railway-station, school, and post-office. Property level in the front, running to steep and broken at the back; the soil, comprising loam on the hills and pumice on the flats, resting on papa rubble formation.

There is a sprinkling of ragwort on the old mill clearings. This can be easily eradicated.

The whole of the property is in standing bush and manuka, the bush having been worked for timber.

Section is situated within easy reach of Taumarunui, lies well to the sun, and is well watered. Suitable for dairying and grazing.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whakatane County.—Rotoma Survey District.

Section 6, Block VII: Area, 339 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £85. Half-yearly rent, £2 2s. 6d.

Weighted with £215, for improvements consisting of a two-roomed cottage, old slab shed, 70 chains road fencing, 95 chains boundary-fencing, and 70 chains subdivisional fencing (in poor condition), felling, and grassing. This sum is payable either in cash or may remain on instalment mortgage for fifteen years at 5½ per cent. interest. Half-yearly instalment, £10 12s. 4d.

Grazing property situated on the Pukemapou Road, approximately sixteen miles from Pikowai Post-office and railway-station, and four miles from Pikowai South School. Steep to broken section; approximately 200 acres having been felled and grassed, half of which has now reverted to fern and second growth. Ragwort requires immediate attention. The balance of the property is in standing bush. Well watered by springs and creeks.

Waitomo County.—Kawhia South Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)

Sections 10 and 11, Block XVI: Area, 756 acres 2 roods 1 perch. Capital value, £380. Half-yearly rent, £7 12s.

Weighted with £530, for improvements consisting of a dwelling of two rooms (in fair condition), one-roomed whare, milking-shed, 40 chains road fencing, 116 chains boundary-fencing, 190 chains subdivisional fencing, and felling and grassing. This sum is payable in cash, or approximately £200 may be secured on first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent over a period of twenty years, with interest at 5½ per cent., and the balance on second secured mortgage to this Department.

An exemption from the payment of interest under the second mortgage will be granted provided improvements to the value of the interest remitted are effected annually during the exemption period.

Grazing property situated on the Kokakoroa Road, eight miles from Mairoa Post-office and school, twenty-two miles from Te Kuiti Railway-station—sixteen miles metalled, six miles formed. Sections undulating and broken, the soil being of a light loam resting on sandstone and limestone formation. A little ragwort, which can be kept under control. Approximately 400 acres bush land, felled and grassed, now 50 per cent. reverted; balance in standing bush. Well watered by running streams.

Waitomo County.—Orahiri Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for three years.)

Section 1, Block XI: Area, 443 acres 0 roods 32 perches. Capital value, £220. Half-yearly rent, £4 8s.

Weighted with £125, for improvements comprising dwelling of three rooms, large shed, and 100 chains fencing. Repayable to the State Advances Superintendent in cash, or may remain