Nov. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2277

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Borough of Napier.

SECTION 201, Town of Napier: Area, 37·57 perches. Upset half-yearly rent, £150.

Situated on the southern side of Emerson Street, Napier, between Clive Square and Dalton Street.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

J. F. QUINN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 20/390.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 9th November, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 12th December, 1932.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 14th December, 1932, at 10.30 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.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Taranaki County.—Huatoki Settlement.

SECTION 11s: Area, 8 acres 2 roods 10 perches. Capital value, £350. Renewable lease, half-yearly rent, £8 15s.

This section is situated just outside the boundary of the New Plymouth Borough on the Huatoki Road. Access is by way of the Carrington and Huatoki Roads. The former is tar-sealed, and the latter metalled.

The soil is of a volcanic loam on clay formation. About 3 acres at the front comprise level land, balance is easy sidling. Elevated position with a good building site.

It is about two miles and three-quarters from New Plymouth Post-office, and within a short distance of Vogeltown School.

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

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 21/186.)

Lands for Selection on Renewable Lease.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th November, 1932.

THE undermentioned lands will be offered for selection on renewable lease on the date specified in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—PUKETOITOI BLOCK.

SECTION 28, Block XII, Mangakahia Survey District.
Sections 35–39, Block XII, Mangakahia Survey District.
Section 14, Block VIII, Mangakahia Survey District.
Sections 22–28, Block II, Purua Survey District.
Sections 30–33, Block II, Purua Survey District.
Sections 43 and 44, Block II, Purua Survey District.
Sections 56 and 59, Block IX, Purua Survey District.
Nineteen sections shown on sale plan 177.

Applications close at 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 12th December, 1932, at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

Sale plans and further particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

W. ROBERTSON, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 34/69.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th November, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 9th December, 1932.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 13th December, 1932, at 10.30 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.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Levels County.—Pareora and Otaio Survey Districts.

(Exempt from the payment of rent for one year.)

SECTION 6B, Block XV, Pareora Survey District, and Section 8, Block III, Otaio Survey District: Area, 385 acres 2 roods 35 perches. Capital value, £2,750. Half-yearly rent, £68 15s.

Loaded with £345 for improvements consisting of dwelling and outbuildings, fencing, plantation, and dams, such amount to be paid by a cash deposit of £15, balance (£330) as follows: £230 by twenty-eight half-yearly instalments (under the lease) of £11 12s. 4d., including principal and interest, and £100 by twenty half-yearly instalments of £6 9s. 6d., including principal and interest, this latter amount of £100 to be secured by mortgage to the Bank of New South Wales. The half-yearly instalment in each case is to be paid in the same manner as the rent. (The cost of the preparation and registration of the mortgage to the bank will be payable by the lessee.)

Situated about eleven miles from Timaru by good metalled road, the property consists of undulating downs of good quality agricultural land. Altitude from 200 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level. Watered by small creeks and dams. About 237 acres in good pasture, 72 acres in worn-out pasture (affected with twitch), and balance in stubble. Under average conditions property should carry 425 breeding ewes and 12 dairy cows, and leave an area of 35 acres for growing rape, turnips, and green feed.

Special Condition.—After payment of the first half-year’s rent, broken period rent (if any), cash deposit on account improvements (£15), and lease fee (£1 1s.), a remission of one year’s rent will be granted subject to the lessee improving the property during that period to the satisfaction of the Land Board. The Board will also consider remitting half the rent accruing due for the following two years of the term.

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

W. STEWART,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 32/214.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling Timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service Office,
Hokitika, 8th November, 1932.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling timber will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 21st day of November, 1932.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND CONSERVATION REGION.—WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling timber on that piece of land, containing 53 acres, situated in Block II, Hohonu Survey District, portion of Provisional State Forest Reserve No. 1605, about 12 miles from Gladstone Siding.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 77,540, or, in board feet, 511,530, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. 35,030 233,020
Miro .. 2,520 16,150
Kahikatea .. 39,990 262,360
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77,540 511,530

Upset price : £468.
Time for removal : One year.