Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3603

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Buller County.—Steeiples Survey District.

CROWN LAND.

SECTION 18, Block I : Area, 141 acres 1 rood 8 perches. Capital value, £60. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 12s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1 4s.

The section is situated near Cape Foulwind, and is about six miles and a half from Westport by good metalled road, save over the last half a mile, where the access is overgrown. Undulating to flat bush-land worked out by sawmill, and over which fires have passed several times.

The section is damp, and is covered with small scrub. Soil of poor quality resting on semi-pakihi formation. Well watered by small creek. Forty chains of boundary-fencing.

NATIONAL-ENDOWMENT LAND.

Section 20, Block I : Area, 91 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £37. Deposit on deferred payments, £7 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, 19s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, 14s. 10d.

The section is situated near Cape Foulwind, and is about seven miles from Westport by good metalled road, except for the last 60 chains, over which the access is bad. Is comprised of undulating to flat land over which fires have continually passed. It is now covered in short scrub, and the section is very wet in parts. Soil of poor quality semi-pakihi formation. Well watered by creeks. There are 24 chains of boundary-fencing.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2538.)

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 18th November, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the land in the First Schedule hereto will be offered for sale by public auction for cash, and the lands in the Second Schedule for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, State Fire Buildings, Wellington, at 2.30 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 22nd December, 1930, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Hutt County.—Akatarawa Survey District.
(For sale for cash only.)
LOT 1, part of Section 13, Block XVI : Area, 1 acre 1 rood 15 perches. Upset price, £7.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

(For sale for cash or on deferred payments.)
LOT 2, part of Sections 13 and 14, Block XVI : Area, 32 acres 2 roods 11 perches. Upset price, £155. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £4 14s. 3d.
Lot 3, part of Sections 13 and 14, Block XVI : Area, 196 acres 1 rood 33 perches. Upset price, £985. Deposit on deferred payments, £50; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £30 7s. 9d.
Improvements.—Lot 3 of Sections 13 and 14 is weighted with the sum of £62 5s., being value for half-share of western boundary-fence. This sum is payable in cash on the fall of the hammer.
These sections are situated about thirty miles from Wellington, on the main highway to the Wairarapa, thence by one mile of bridle-track on unformed road.
The whole area consists of broken flats and low foothills. Soil is of a clayey nature resting on gravel and clay formation. Sections are well watered by springs and streams.

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 required deposit on account of the purchase-price, together with £1 1s. (license fee) and loading for improvements, to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

The balance of the purchase-money, with interest thereon at the rate of 5¼ per cent. per annum, to be paid by instalments extending over the period of 34½ 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 the 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 shall be null and void.
The lands are described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
Titles will be subject to Part XIII of Land Act, 1924.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 16/1256.)

Land in the Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 17th November, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for selection in terms of the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 12th January, 1931.
The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.
Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 15th January, 1931, 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 ballot will be held immediately on conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.—Otara Survey District.
SECTION 46, Block VI : Area, 273 acres 3 roods 32 perches. Capital value, £280. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, including principal and interest, £8 12s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 12s.

Situated four miles and a half from Tokonui Railway-station and school, by good gravelled road to within three-quarters of a mile; balance formed. Altitude, about 500 ft. above sea-level.
The section comprises level to undulating land, all in mixed bush. The soil is of good quality on free clay subsoil, and will hold English grasses permanently.
The tramway through the section has been excluded from the area.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

J. MACDONALD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2539.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service, Palmerston North, 18th November, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Palmerston North, at 4 o'clock p.m., on Tuesday, 2nd December, 1930.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
ALL the milling-timber on the area, containing approximately 75 acres, Lot 1, part Section 4, Block XI, Kaitawa Survey District (State Forest No. 39), about eight miles and a half from Waikanae Railway-station.