Oct. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3279

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Auckland on the 10th December, 1930.

Registrar’s Office,
Auckland, 28th October, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Auckland on the 10th December, 1930, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Tokerau, 1930–11.]

E. P. EARLE, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. 27. Applicant: The Hobson County Council. Name of land: Opanake 1B 1 and 1B 2 (parts). Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

No. 28. Applicant: The Under-Secretary, Public Works Department. Name of land: Otioro and Te Topuni A 2B. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Lands and Survey Department,
Wellington, 28th October, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses and lease of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LICENSE No. P.L. 539: Sections 8 and 21, Block IV, Steeples Survey District. Formerly held by L. G. Larsen. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with the conditions of the license.

License No. P.L. 315: Section 16, Block VIII, Mawheraiti Survey District. Formerly held by Mrs. A. Marsden. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

Lease No. R.L. 613: Section 1, Block VIII, Hope Survey District. Formerly held by Thomas Jacques. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/950/6.)

Lands in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th October, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TENURE: L.P. Lease No. 547. Section 6, Block VII, Ohura Survey District. Lessees: M. J. McAvady and A. Rhynd. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure: R.L. Lease No. 230. Section 2, Block I, Mapara Survey District. Lessee: G. N. Finch. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/950/3.)

Lands in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th October, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license and lease of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: D.P. Lease 63. Section 14, Block II, Rapahoe Survey District. Lessee: A. Passuello. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

Tenure: Ren. L. Lease 717. Section 13, Block XXXVI, Runanga District. Lessee: G. Hutchinson. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/950/7.)

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Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection under the Land Act, 1924, and that applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 15th December, 1930.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 17th December, 1930, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The lands in the First Schedule are open for general application, and may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

The land in the Second Schedule is offered on renewable lease only.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at the conclusion of examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; to applicants who while domiciled in New Zealand have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s Forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany; and to landless applicants in respect of whom the Board, after taking into consideration the experience and skill of the applicants in farming operations, the proximity of their homes to the lands the subject-matter of the ballot, and any other relevant considerations, is of opinion that they should be entitled to preference equally with applicants of any of the hereinbefore specified classes.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waimarino 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 wash-house 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.