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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Inferior Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th January, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection in pursuance of section 223 of the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 19th February, 1934.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 21st February, 1934, 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.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—INFERIOR LAND.

Bay of Islands County.—Omapere Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block III: Area, 144 acres 2 roods.

Situated six miles from Okaiha Railway-station by formed road. Land is easy sloping country to steep, in fern, manuka, and hakea. Soil is poor quality red clay ironstone and hematite; watered by the Mangakaretu Stream. Altitude, 400 ft. to 1,100 ft. above sea-level.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of License.

No rent shall be payable.

Term of license: Ten years.

No license shall be assigned or transferred without consent of the Board and Minister.

Exempt from all general rates for four years.

Improvements.

Within two years clear and bring under cultivation not less than one-tenth of the total area, and, in addition, substantial improvements of a permanent character to a value equal to not less than 10s. per acre.

Within four years clear and bring under cultivation an additional area of not less than one-third of the total area, and, in addition thereto, shall place upon the land substantial improvements of a permanent character to an additional value of not less than 10s. per acre.

Within six years have laid down in permanent cultivated grasses and clovers not less than one-half of the total area of the section, and substantial improvements of a permanent character to a total value of not less than £1 10s. per acre.

Before any improvements are effected a proposal setting out the improvements in detail shall be submitted for the approval of the Land Board.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1238.)

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 14th January, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 19th February, 1934.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 21st February, 1934, 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.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hobson County.—Tutamoe Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.)

SECTION 8, Block XV: Area, 513 acres. Capital value, £260; half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Loaded with £190 for improvements, consisting of two old shanties, fencing, felling and grassing. This sum to be secured to the State Advances Superintendent for a period of thirty years with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Interest free for the first two years; costs of preparation and registration of the mortgage are payable by the lessee.

This property is situated seven miles from Kaihu, access being by half a mile formed road and half a mile unformed road off the Maropiu-Kairara Road. Land is hilly, broken, stony country, facing south; altitude from 800 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level; soil is clay resting on a rock formation. Subdivided into three paddocks; 50 acres have been felled and grassed, another 90 acres which have been felled and grassed are reverting to second growth, and 373 acres are covered with heavy mixed bush.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1450/298.)

Education Reserve in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned Education Reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 21st February, 1934, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Wanganui County.—Mangawhero Survey District.

SECTION 7, Block I: Area, 1,355 acres 1 rood. Upset annual rental, £200.

Improvements included in capital value consist of felling and grassing. Improvements not included in capital value, and valued at £1,700, comprise dwelling, wool-shed, whare, yards, sheep-dip, 900 chains of fencing, roads, bridges, drains. This sum may be paid in cash or may be secured by mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent, payable over thirty-six years and a half, interest at 6 per cent.

A grazing property situated on Komai Road, twenty-six miles from Wanganui Post-office. The section, which has deteriorated somewhat, comprises broken hill country with a few good flats and with some small lagoons and swamps, it is also cut by the Mangakowhi Stream which is gorgy in several places. The soil is of medium quality resting on sandstone and papa formation; watered by streams. Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1934.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained from the undersigned.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/22948.)

Land in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 17th January, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Monday, 19th February, 1934, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

Rural Land.

SECTIONS 7, 7A, and 7B, Block XIV, Jacobs River Hundred: Area, 88 acres 0 roods 21 perches. Upset annual rental, £15. Weighted with £15 (payable in cash) for improvements.

Situated about a mile and a half from Fairfax Railway-station, school, post-office, and dairy factory by good gravelled road. Undulating land and fairly broken but may all be cultivated.

Abstract of Conditions of Lease.

1. Term, twenty-one years.

2. Right of cultivation, but not more than two white crops in succession to be taken off the land, which is to be left in best English grasses at the end of the term.

3. All noxious weeds to be cleared off and kept down to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.