Nov. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3513

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments on Wednesday, 10th December, 1930, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments. The sale will be held on the property.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA COUNTY.—MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

SECTION 5, Block IV: Area, 7 acres 2 roods 37 perches. Upset price, £50.

Weighted with £178, for improvements consisting of dwelling (four rooms and porch), courthouse (bad repair), and fencing. This sum is payable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £18, the balance being payable over a term of ten years, with interest at 5½ per cent., by twenty half-yearly instalments of £10 10s. 2d.

Property situated two miles from Maketu Post-office and school; fourteen miles from Te Puke.

Approximately half the area is table land with sloping faces, the remainder being low-lying marshy land. Gorse requires attention. Portion of the section comprises light pumicy loam, resting on pumice formation. Watered by swamp and creek.

Terms of Sale.

Cash: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with certificate of title fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

Deferred Payments: The deposit of £5, together with £1 1s. (license-fee), to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Balance of the purchase-money, with interest thereon at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, to be paid by instalments extending over the period of thirty-four and a half years.

The licensee shall have the right at any time during the currency of his license to pay off either the whole of the purchase-money or any half-yearly instalment or instalments thereof then remaining unpaid.

Upon receipt of the final instalment a certificate of title in respect of the land purchased shall issue upon payment of the prescribed certificate-of-title fee.

If the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date the amount already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale be null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 6/1/213.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under 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, 21st November, 1930.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 25th November, 1930, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the 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.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LAND.

Tauranga County.—Otanewainuku Survey District.

SECTION 2, Block VIII: Area, 880 acres. Capital value, £220. Half-yearly rent, £4 8s.

Weighted with £640, for improvements consisting of a dwelling (four rooms, scullery, pantry, and bathroom), woolshed, slaughter-house (concrete floor), motor-garage, sheep and cattle yards, 180 chains boundary and 200 chains sub-divisional fencing, 200 acres pastures. This sum is payable either in cash or may be secured on instalment mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for a period of thirty years, interest being at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Half-yearly instalments under mortgage, £23 2s. 5d. No interest will be charged under the mortgage for a period of twelve months, provided improvements equivalent to the interest otherwise payable are effected during the exemption period.

Grazing property situated on No. 3 Road, eleven miles from Te Puke Railway-station, school, and post-office. Access by formed and metalled road to within a mile of the property. Altitude of section from 700 ft. to 1,585 ft. Approximately 50 acres about the homestead is practically flat, but slightly broken. Remainder runs from easy to very steep hills, mostly covered with fern, and wineberry in gullies. Ragwort requires attention. Approximately 50 acres fair pasture, 150 acres worn-out pasture, approximately 200 acres in bush; balance reverted to second growth. Well watered by permanent streams. A portion of the section comprises a warm sheltered basin of fair quality.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.

2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

12. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.

13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

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

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2516.)

Settlement Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th November, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and amendments, and applications will be received at the