The soil is a loam and pumice resting on papa and pumice formation. Watered by cistern.
Property suitable for grazing if used in conjunction with other lands.
Weighted with £25, for improvements comprising shed and cistern. This sum is payable in cash.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of May, 1931.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2614).

Opening Land in Gisborne 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, that 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 Wednesday, the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, at the price specified in the said Schedule, and for the purposes of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Land Act, 1924, 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 part of the instalments on deferred payments as consists of interest) payable by him for a period of three years 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.

Gisborne Land District.—Third-class Land.

Wairoa County.—Taramarama Survey District.

NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.
(Exempt from payment of rent or interest for three years.)

SECTION 3, Block XIII: Area, 742 acres 1 rood 30 perches. Capital value, £300. Deposit on deferred payments, £30; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £8 15s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 10s.

Situated about twenty-two miles from Wairoa, via Wai-karemoana and Ruapapa Roads. Comprises principally easy slopes and a small terrace along road-frontage. All covered with scrub and fern, with light bush in gullies. Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,400 ft.
Soil of pumiceous nature on clay, ranging from fair quality in gullies to inferior on terraces and easy slopes.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of May, 1931.
THOMAS K. SIDEY, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2623.)

Opening Lands in the Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Wharepapa Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)

SECTION 9, Block XIV: Area, 519 acres. Capital value, £195. Half-yearly rent, £3 18s.

Weighted with £250, for improvements comprising two whares, shed, and storeroom; 30 chains road fence; half-interest in 60 chains boundary-fence; approximately 240 chains subdivisional fencing, felling, and grassing.
Repayable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £20, balance of £230 to be secured by a first mortgage of approximately £180 to the State Advances Superintendent for twenty years at 6 per cent. (with two years' exemption from payment of interest) and by a second mortgage of £50 for ten years at 5½ per cent. on which the interest portion of the instalments will be remitted for five years, conditional upon additional improvements to an equivalent value being effected annually.
Grazing property situated on the Wharepuhunga Road, three miles from Ngaroma Post-office and school. Access is from Te Awamutu, twenty-five miles by metalled and five miles by formed road. The soil is medium-quality loam resting on sandstone and rhyolite formation. Well watered by streams. Undulating to hilly land, broken by a gully running across the centre. Subdivided into seven paddocks. Ragwort in evidence.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 2nd day of May, 1931.
E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2614.)

Opening Lands in the Gisborne Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Land Act, 1924, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Opotiki County.—Opotiki Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent for four years.)

SECTION 10, Block XII: Area, 1,043 acres. Capital value, £300. Half-yearly rent, £6.
Weighted with £200, for improvements comprising clearing, grassing, fencing, and buildings, which amount may be paid in cash or secured by way of first mortgage to the Superintendent, State Advances Office, for a term of thirty years, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, plus the usual sinking fund.
Situatd in the Tutaetoko Valley, about seven miles distant from Opotiki by a good flat metalled road through steep broken hill country. About 200 acres have been felled; balance in heavy mixed bush. Soil of light nature on sandstone. Well watered by streams and springs. General quality of soil fairly poor.
Dwellinghouse included in the improvements is of six rooms, double brick chimney (in poor condition and requires renovating). Would suit adjoining owner.
Special condition.—After payment of the rent for the first half-year, together with that for the broken period of the lease, the area will be rent free for a period of four years, subject to extra improvements being effected each year to the amount of the remitted rent.

Opotiki County.—Waioeka Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.)

Lot 1 of Section 2, Block XII: 206 acres. Capital value, £105. Half-yearly rent, £2 2s.
Situatd on the Omaukoro Stream, access being from Matawai-Opotiki Road, which is about three miles distant by formed track along the stream. Has been felled and grassed, but reverting to fern and scrub. Well watered.
Special condition.—After payment of the first half-year's rent and the rent for the broken period of the lease, the land will be exempt from rent for a period of five years, conditionally on improvements being effected annually to the amount of the rent remitted each year.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 7th day of May, 1931.
THOMAS K. SIDEY, for Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 9/2623.)