Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3903

All that portion of road adjoining or passing through Sections 197 and 198, Block IV, Papakaio Survey District; marked "S-T" on plan.

All that portion of road adjoining or passing through Sections 208 and 209, Block IV, Papakaio Survey District; marked "U-V" on plan.

The southern side and south-eastern side of all that portion of road fronting Sections 55, 31, and 30, Block I, Papakaio Survey District; marked "W-X" on plan.

The eastern side of all that portion of road fronting Section 190, Block IV, Papakaio Survey District; marked "Y-Z" on plan.

All situated in the County of Waitaki, Otago Land District. As the said portions of roads are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 80472, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

A. W. MULLIGAN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 46/1108.)

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

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 lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Friday, the twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one; 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 price at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased as those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do hereby declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the amendments thereof.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Kawhia County.--Kawhia North Survey District.
SECTION 9, Block IV : Area, 539 acres. Capital value, £340. Deposit on deferred payments, £20 ; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £10 8s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 10s.

Weighted with £300, for improvements comprising iron-whare, approximately 190 chains fencing, clearing and grassing. This sum is repayable either in cash or by a deposit of £10, the balance of £290 to be secured by a mortgage for a term of fifteen years, with interest at 5½ per cent. Half-yearly instalment, £14 6s. 5d.

Grazing property, situated about eight miles from Oparau, on the Kawhia Harbour, where there is a school and post-office. Hilly to broken country, with small flats suitable for homestead-site. About 200 acres have been felled and grassed, now mostly reverted to second growth; balance (about 339 acres) is in fairly heavy bush comprising rimu, rata, tawa, tawhero, kohekohe, &c., with a thick undergrowth of supple-jack and scrub. Section lies well to the sun. Soil is light loam on sandstone formation; well watered. A formed road runs past the property.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Rotorua County.--Rotorua Survey District
Section 22, Block IV : Area, 164 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1.

The section is situated approximately five miles from Ngawaro Village, fifteen miles from Rotorua, and eight miles from the rail at Ngongotaha. Te Pu School is half a mile distant, and a post-office is opposite the section. Approximately 30acres are in deteriorated pasture; 40acres is felled bush land, formerly grassed, but now reverted to second growth; balance is in natural state. Blackberry is prevalent.

Special Condition.--The tramway of the National Timber Co., Ltd., traverses Section 22, Block IV, Rotorua Survey District, and all rights necessary for the working and maintenance of the tramway are reserved to the company.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 18th day of December, 1930.
R. MASTERS, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2556.)

Opening Land in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection.

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, do hereby declare and provide as follows, this is to say:--

1. The rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto is hereby set apart for disposal by way of sale or selection on Friday, the twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, at the price specified in the said Schedules, and for the purposes of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Land Act, 1924, the said land shall be deemed to be "light-bush land."

2. The said land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

3. After the first half-year's rent (or the deposit on deferred payments, as the case may be) has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent (or such parts of the instalments on deferred payments as consist of interest), payable by him for the period specified in the Schedule hereto, shall not be demanded: Provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent or interest so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent or interest payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount previously conceded to the selector ,as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.--THIRD-CLASS LAND
Waitomo County.--Orahiri Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent or interest for three years.)
SECTION 7, Block IX : Area, 572 acres. Capital value, £285. Deposit on deferred payments, £15; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £8 15s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 14s.

Weighted with £125, for improvements comprising house of three rooms and pantry, and woolshed. Of this sum £25 is to be paid in cash, the balance of £100 to be secured to the Public Trustee by deed of covenant, payable in five years with interest at 6 per cent., payable half-yearly. The interest payments will be remitted for three years, provided improvements are effected to an equivalent value.

This property, which is suitable for grazing, is situated on the Mangapohue Road, ten miles from Waitomo School and post-office, sixteen miles from Hangatiki Railway-station, and twenty - four miles from Otorohanga, by metalled road. Approximately 300 acres bush land felled and grassed, all reverted to fern and second growth; balance in light to heavy