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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

Opening Land in the Gisborne Land District for Sale or Selection.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof, 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 Tuesday, the thirteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one; 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, and the amendments thereof.

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SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Opotiki County.—Waiotahi Parish.

ALLOTMENT 432: Area, 320 acres 1 rood 25 perches. Capital value, £400. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £12 7s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8.

Weighted with £800, for improvements consisting of a whare, 230 chains fencing, 200 acres felling and grassing, and yards. This sum may be paid either in cash or by a cash deposit of £50, the balance being secured on instalment for a term not exceeding twenty-five and a half years, interest being 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.

Distant about twelve miles from Opotiki by good metalled road. Subdivided into four paddocks. Principally fairly steep broken country, well watered by good running streams. About 120 acres still in mixed bush, not considered to be worth felling.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 22nd day of October, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2452.)

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Opening Land in the Nelson Land District for Sale or Selection.

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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 Tuesday, the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Murchison County.—Howard Survey District.

SECTION 4, Block XIV: Area, 1,106 acres. Capital value, £500. Deposit on deferred payments, £20; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £15 12s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £10.

The section is situated on the east bank of the Howard River, and access is from Hope Junction, which is about nine miles distant, four miles and a half by good metalled road;

balance unmetalled dray-road. Land is comprised of small stony flats along the river, while the balance is undulating to steep country; all bush. Soil of fair quality. Forest is light, comprising birch with a few rimus of no commercial value.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 14th day of October, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2414.)

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Opening Lands in the Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

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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 Monday, the fifteenth day of December, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Wainarino County.—Makotuku Survey District.

Town of Raetihi Extension No. 1.

SECTION 54: Area, 3 acres 0 roods 27 perches. Capital value, £60. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 15s. 9d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 4s.

Weighted with £348, for improvements consisting of a dwelling of three rooms with washhouse and shed, 32 chains of fencing, half acre stumping, and felling and grassing. This sum may be paid either in cash or by a cash deposit of £48, the balance being secured on instalment mortgage for a period not exceeding thirty-six and a half years, interest being 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.

A level section situated in the Borough of Raetihi, with frontage to Ward Street; one mile by metalled road from Raetihi Railway-station. Half acre has been cultivated; balance has been felled and is in grass. Soil of heavy loam. Permanently watered.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Hunua Survey District.

Section 3, Block II: Area, 309 acres. Capital value, £465. Deposit on deferred payments, £25; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £14 6s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9 6s.

Weighted with £1,200, for improvements consisting of good dwelling, cottage, whare, cow-byre, felling and grassing, and 326 chains of fencing. This sum may be paid either in cash or by a cash deposit of £200, the balance being secured on instalment mortgage under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act for a term not exceeding thirty-six and a half years, interest being at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum to a discharged soldier or 5½ per cent. to a civilian.

Situated on the Piriaka Road, four miles from Piriaka School, two miles from post-office, railway-station, and Kaitieke Dairy Factory; nine miles from Taumarunui Sale-yards. Access is by one mile of metalled road, thence clay-road. Soil of light loam resting on clay formation. Approximately 20 acres is good level land; balance is sheep country, undulating to hilly. Property is suitable for mixed farming. Subdivided into five paddocks. Altitude, 400 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. Well watered by permanent streams. Approximately 70 acres are in bush; balance has been felled and grassed, while 20 acres have been stumped.