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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

on instalment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for a term of twenty years. Interest, 6 per cent.; with exemption from interest charges for two years from date of selection. Half-yearly instalment, £5 8s. 2d.

Grazing property, situated about six miles from Otorohanga Railway-station, school, post-office, and saleyards, by metalled road for two miles; balance formed clay-road. Undulating to broken country, of which about 120 acres have been felled and grassed, but are now reverted; the balance being in fern and scrub. There is a little light bush comprising rewarea, tawhero, &c., with a light undergrowth of punga, rangiora, and fern. The soil is of a medium quality on clay and limestone formation. Well watered by running streams.

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. 9/2493.)

Opening Lands in the Auckland 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Friday, the twenty-first day of November, 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.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Raglan County.—Rangiriri Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block X: Area, 48 acres. Capital value, £75. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 5s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 10s.

This section has a frontage to the Huntly—Ruawaro Road, and is situated seven miles and a half, by metalled road, from Huntly Railway-station, and three miles from Pukekapia School.

Open land, undulating to hilly, in fern and tea-tree. Mostly ploughable. Intersected by two small swampy depressions in rushes. Soil a light friable clay on sandstone; poorly watered.

NOTE.—Special condition regarding mineral and mining rights. There is hereby excepted and reserved unto His Majesty all coal-mines, veins and seams of coal, and all other mines, metals, and minerals whatsoever in, under, or upon the said parcel of land, with full liberty and power for His Majesty, his successors, assigns, and licensees, and his and their workmen, servants, and agents, at his and their free will and pleasure to enter in, upon, and over the said land to search for, dig, work, and carry away the same; and for the better working of the said mines, &c., full and free right of entry in, upon, and over the said land is hereby reserved, with power to erect furnaces, engines, smelting-houses, and other requisite buildings, and to make, lay down, and continue any railway, and to make drains, sluices, and cuts, and to do every other act necessary or expedient for raising and carrying away all such coal, metals, and minerals, doing as little injury as may be to the soil of the said premises; with full and free right to remove therefrom all or any buildings, machinery, and plant used in connection with any mining operations upon or under the land.

Whakatane County.—Rotoma Survey District.

Section 6, Block IV: Area, 470 acres. Capital value, £720. Deposit on deferred payments, £30; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £22 8s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £14 8s.

Weighted with £582 15s., for improvements comprising dwelling of four rooms, washhouse, fowlhouse, pig-stye (or sledge), old leanto whare, hay-shed, yards, trap-shed, approximately 115 chains boundary-fencing, 80 chains road fencing, 90 chains subdivisional fencing, shelter belts, felling, and grassing. This sum is payable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £2 15s; the balance to remain on instalment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent over a period of thirty years, with interest at 5½ per cent. Half-yearly instalment, £19 16s. 9d.

Grazing property, situated on the Matata—Manawahe Road, seven miles from Matata Railway-station, three miles metalled, balance not yet metalled; four miles from Manawahe School, and thirteen miles from Rangitaiki Dairy Factory. Approximately 35 acres ploughable land, of which 30 acres have been stumped and ploughed. Balance fairly high and broken, the soil being a light pumicy loam, on pumice formation. Fern and wineberry requires immediate attention. Approximately 320 acres worn-out pasture, reverting to second growth; balance in natural state. Watered by springs and small creeks on the back portion; no water on the front.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Hurakia Survey District.

(Native Land Settlement Account.)

Lot 3 of Section 2 and Lot 1 of Section 3, Block V: Area, 487 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Capital value, £365. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £11 4s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 2s. 6d.

Weighted with £245, for improvements consisting of a dwelling (poor condition), shed (concrete floor), 35 chains road fencing, 27 chains boundary-fencing, and approximately 50 chains subdivisional fencing. This sum is payable in cash.

Grazing property, situated on the Ongarue River Road, ten miles from Waimiha Railway-station, post-office, and school, by metalled road.

Hilly and broken section, the soil being of light loam and pumice, resting on rhyolite and sandstone formation. Approximately 50 acres bush land, felled and grassed, now reverted. Watered by the Ongarue River.

Special Condition.—All timber situated on the property has been sold and the right to fell and remove such timber is reserved to the purchaser thereof.

Otorohanga County.—Mangaorongo Survey District.

(Native Land Settlement Account.)

Section 14, Block X: Area, 191 acres 3 roods 27 perches. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 11s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 15s.

Grazing property, situated on Davis’s Road, ten miles and a half from Otorohanga Post-office and railway-station; eight miles and a half metalled; balance clay road; three miles and a half from Rangiatoa School.

The section lies high; is hilly and broken; the soil comprising light loam on sandstone and rhyolite formation. A little ragwort is in evidence. Section at present in fern, scrub, and light bush. Well watered by springs and creeks.

THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Hauraki Plains County.—Piako Survey District.

Section 7, Block XI: Area, 247 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £125. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £3 8s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 2s. 6d.

Section 8, Block XI: Area, 243 acres. Capital value, £65. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 19s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 12s. 6d.

Section 7 is weighted with £140, for improvements comprising approximately 200 chains of fencing, two-roomed whare, and rough rimu shed. This sum may be paid either in cash or on such terms as may be arranged.

Sections situated on the south road, approximately eleven miles from Waitakaruru and four miles from Mangatarata School, store, and post-office. Suitable as grazing-off runs for settlers holding sections on the Plains.

Section 7 comprises light loam, resting on clay formation, approximately 120 acres being in standing bush, 90 acres reverted bush clearing, the balance being open fern and manuka country. All hilly and broken in places. Well watered by running streams.

Section 8 comprises all open fern and manuka country; mainly hilly; steep and broken in places. Well watered by running streams.

Section 9, Block XI: Area, 291 acres. Capital value, £75. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 5s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 10s.

This section is situated about nine miles from Waitakaruru, by formed road, and seven miles from Kaihere School. All undulating to hilly land, in open fern and scrub. Soil is of poor loam resting on clay formation. Well watered by running streams.

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. 9/2493.)