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Brightwater Dairy Factory, and seventeen miles from Tapawera Saleyards. Access from Rainy River Road is by two miles of unmetalled dray-road and half a mile unformed road. Cream collected three miles from the section.

The property, which is not subdivided, comprises broken hilly country ranging in altitude from 700 ft. to 1,400 ft. The soil is very poor clay resting on Moutere gravel formation; watered by streams. About 300 acres originally felled and grassed have now deteriorated to dense fern; balance birch bush. Blackberry is prevalent.

Waimea County.—Tadmor Survey District.

Sections 2 and 3*, Block XIV, and Section 7, Block X: Area, 984 acres. Capital value, £250; half-yearly rent, £5.

• Section 3 is national-endowment land.

These sections are situated on the Tadmor-Glenhope Road, one mile and a half from Kaka Post-office and Railway-station, four miles from Kiwi School, forty miles from Waimea Dairy Factory, and sixteen miles from Tapawera Saleyards. Access from Kaka is by one mile and a half of metalled road. Cream collected at Kaka Railway-station.

This is a poor grazing proposition. The area, which is not subdivided, comprises easy hills ranging in altitude from 1,000 ft. to 1,800 ft. with some small flats along the creek. The soil is very poor clay resting on Moutere gravels; watered by streams. About 400 acres originally felled and grassed have now deteriorated to dense fern, balance birch bush. Blackberry is prevalent.

Section 2, Block II: Area, 378 acres. Capital value, £95; half-yearly rent, £1 18s.

The section is situated 50 chains from Sherry River Road, three miles from Sherry River Post-office, four miles and a half from Matariki School, seven miles from Tadmor Railway-station, thirty-nine miles from Waimea Dairy Factory, and thirteen miles from Tapawera Saleyards. Access from Tadmor is by six miles of metalled road and 50 chains unformed road. Cream is collected 50 chains from the section.

This section, which is unimproved and suitable only for grazing, comprises mostly broken hillsides ranging in altitude from 1,500 ft. to 2,000 ft. The soil is very poor, resting on granite formation; watered by streams. Bush has been burnt off the area but this has now reverted to fern. Blackberry is prevalent.

Murchison County.—Maruia Survey District.

(National Endowment.)

Section 6, Block VIII: Area, 367 acres. Capital value, £125; half-yearly rent, £2 10s.

Weighted with £265 for improvements, comprising a dwelling of four rooms, cow-byre, two old slab sheds, and some 200 chains of subdivisional fencing. This amount may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for thirty years, interest 6 per cent. per annum.

This section is situated on Mid-Maruia Road, about six miles from Paenga Post-office, three miles from Maruia School (closed since earthquake), thirty miles from Inangahua Railway-station, and eighteen miles from Murchison Dairy Factory and Saleyards. Access from Murchison is by seventeen miles of metalled road and 50 chains of pack-track to section, thence 40 chains pack-track to clearing. Cream is collected 50 chains from the property.

The property, which is suitable for dairying, is subdivided into six paddocks, and comprises 105 acres standing birch bush, while the balance of 262 acres has been felled and grassed but has now deteriorated to dense fern. Of the cleared area 180 acres on the hill is now useless, while of the 80 acres flat, 12 acres have been stumped. Soil is fair on flat but poor on hills, resting on sandstone formation; watered by streams. Altitude 800 ft. to 1,850 ft. Blackberry prevalent.

Section 4, Block IV: Area, 540 acres 2 roods 9 perches. Capital value, £135; half-yearly rent, £2 14s.

Weighted with £125 for improvements, consisting of a three-roomed dwelling and 220 acres felled and grassed. This amount is payable in cash or may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent for thirty years with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.

This is a grazing property situated on the Lower Maruia Road, eleven miles from Murchison Post-office, eleven miles from Murchison School, ninety-one miles from Glenhope Railway-station, eleven miles from Murchison Dairy Factory, and eleven miles from the Murchison Saleyards. Access from Murchison is by eleven miles metalled road. Cream is collected at the property.

The section, which has not been subdivided, comprises approximately 15 acres of flat, balance easy hills. Some 220 acres have been felled and grassed; the balance is in its natural state. The soil is fair on flat and poor on hills, resting on sandstone formation; watered by streams. Blackberry is prevalent along the road frontage.

Section 3*, Block VIII, and Section 4, Block VII: Area, 1,026 acres 2 roods 38 perches. Capital value, £260; half-yearly rent, £5 4s.

Weighted with £50 for improvements. This amount is payable in cash or may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Department for a period of twenty years with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.

• Section 3 is national-endowment land.

These sections are situated on the Glengarry Track, nineteen miles from Murchison Post-office and forty-seven miles from Glenhope Railway-station. Also nineteen miles from Murchison Dairy Factory, Saleyards, and School (Maruia School has not been opened since the earthquake). Access is by sixteen miles good metalled road and three miles of bridle-track.

The property, which has not been subdivided and is suitable for grazing, comprises 200 acres of flat to undulating land, the balance being steep hill country, ranging in altitude from 500 ft. to 2,800 ft. Some 450 acres have been felled and grassed but have now reverted to fern, balance birch bush. About 80 acres of flat is covered by earthquake slip. Soil is fair on flat, poor on hills, resting on sandstone formation; watered by streams. Blackberry prevalent.

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

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2940.)

Education Reserves in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 31st January, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserves are available for lease under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments, and written tenders, marked on the outside “Tender,” will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 8th March, 1934.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVES.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Paparua County.—Rolleston Survey District.

RESERVE 919, Block XII: Area, 140 acres 0 roods 5 perches. This property, which is suitable for sheep-grazing and growing green feed, is situated on Bealey’s Road, three miles and a quarter from Templeton Railway-station and three miles from school. The land is of a light stony and sandy nature; watered by race.

Waimairi County.—Christchurch Survey District.—Township of Oranga.

Lot 1 of part E.R. 1310, Blocks VIII and XII: Area, 1 acre 0 roods 19 perches.

Lot 2 of part E.R. 1310, Blocks VIII and XII: Area, 3 roods 8 perches.

Lot 3 of part E.R. 1310, Blocks VIII and XII: Area, 3 roods 30 perches.

Lot 4 of part E.R. 1310, Blocks VIII and XII: Area, 3 roods 37 perches.

The lots are situated 200 yd. from the Burwood Tramline and school, about three miles and a half from Christchurch. The land is of a light sandy nature.

Improvements, to be paid for in cash, are as follows: Lot 1, fencing, £1; Lot 2, fencing, 10s.; Lot 3, fencing, 10s.; Lot 4, fencing, 10s.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, loading for improvements, and £2 2s. (lease fee) must be deposited on acceptance of tender.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.