3646
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 82

Lands in the Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 26th November, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

(L. and S. 22/950/1.)
R. MASTERS, for Minister of Lands.

Lands in the Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 24th November, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

(L. and S. 22/950/4.)
A. J. MURDOCH, for Minister of Lands.

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th November, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is 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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 15th December, 1930.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 17th December, 1930, at 10 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board 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.
NORTH AUCKLAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Pakaraka Settlement.

(Exempt from rent for five years.)

SECTION 20s: Area, 84 acres. Capital value, £500. Half-yearly rent, £12 10s.

Subject to slight alteration in area on completion of survey. After payment of the first half-year’s rent, no further rent will be charged for a period of five years, provided that permanent improvements to double the amount of annual rent are effected each year.