Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2725

Situated on the main Coast Highway at Te Puia Township,
opposite and adjoining the Hostel-site. Close handy to store,
post-office, school, hospital, and hotel. Good level sections
suitable for building-sites.

Terms of sale and full particulars may be obtained at this
office.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 29806.)

Land in the Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 2.30
o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 25th September, 1934, under the
provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—LAND OF SPECIAL VALUE.

Waimarino County.—Town of Waimarino.

SECTION 1, Block XI, and Section 1, Block XII : Area, 19 acres
2 roods 5 perches. Upset price, £19 10s.

Section 2, Block XII : Area, 2 acres 1 rood 11·1 perches.
Upset price, £30.

Situated in the Town of Waimarino, about 3 to 6 chains
from National Park Railway-station.

All level land in tussock, part inclined to be swampy. Poor
soil of a volcanic mixture. Altitude, 2,650 ft. above sea-level.

Terms of sale and full particulars may be obtained at this
office.

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

(L. and S. 9/274.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned educa-
tion 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, 26th September, 1934,
under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928,
and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Waimarino County.—Karioi Survey District.

SECTION 4, Block I : Area, 320 acres 0 roods 18 perches.
Upset annual rental, £84.

Improvements included in capital value consist of felling
and grassing. Improvements not included in capital value,
and valued at £230 10s., comprise 45 chains road-fencing,
188 chains boundary-fencing, and 137 chains subdivisional
fencing. This sum must be paid in cash.

This property is suitable for grazing, dairying, or cropping
purposes. It is situated on Mangateitei Road, one mile and
a half distant from Rangataua Railway-station, five miles
from Ohakune Dairy Factory, and ten miles from Raetihi
Saleyards. Access is by metalled road from Rangataua.
The section comprises practically all level land, some 90 acres
being occupied by streams and deposits of heavy boulders.
The remainder of the section if stumped would be all plough-
able. The pasture has run out to some extent. The soil is
a good-quality loam resting on a glomerate formation; watered
by permanent streams.

Term of lease, twenty-one years, with right of renewal at
revaluation.

Possession will be given on 1st October, 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. 20/367.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st August, 1934.

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 p.m. on Friday, 7th
September, 1934.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday,
11th September, 1934, 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLE-
MENT LAND.

Waimairi County.—Christchurch Survey District.—Avonhead
No. 2 Settlement.

SECTION 11, Block X : Area, 9 acres 2 roods 15 perches.
Capital value, £700 ; half-yearly rent, £17 10s.

Weighted with £415 for improvements, repayable in cash or
by a cash deposit of £25, the balance to be secured by an
instalment mortgage for twenty years.

This section comprises part of the Avonhead Settlement,
and is situated on Hawthornden Road, two miles and a half
from Riccarton Railway-station, three miles from Harewood
School, and six miles from Christchurch. Being so handy
to the city it is very suitable for a workers’ home, for poultry-
farming, or market-gardening. The improvements comprise
a five-roomed dwelling, iron loose-box and cart-shed, dairy
and shed, windmill tank and well, and approximately 26
chains fencing.

For any further particulars required apply to the Com-
missioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

J. F. QUINN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/27012.)

MAORI LAND NOTICE.

Native Lands for Lease by Public Tender.

Office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board,
Wanganui, 23rd August, 1934.

NOTICE is hereby given in terms of the Native Land Act,
1931, and its amendments, and the regulations there-
under, that written tenders will be received at the office
of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui, up to
3 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 24th September, 1934, for the
leases of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, on the
following terms and conditions :—

1. Tenders must be on the prescribed form and forwarded
   in sealed envelope marked “ Tender for lease of .”
2. Each lot must be tendered for separately on the pre-
   scribed form, and each tender must be accompanied by a
   deposit equal to six months’ rent at the rate tendered.
3. The successful tenderer will be entitled to possession
   on receipt of a notification of the acceptance of his tender.
4. Deposits with tenders which are not accepted will be
   returned to the respective tenderers.
5. Each successful tenderer must lodge a declaration to
   the effect that he is not prohibited under Part XII of the
   Native Land Act, 1931 (relating to limitation of area), from
   acquiring the area tendered for.
6. The term of the leases will be twenty-three years from
   1st July, 1934.
7. Compensation for substantial improvements effected by
   the lessee will be allowed as provided in section 327 of the
   Native Land Act, 1931.
8. A rebate of rent will be allowed between 1st July, 1934,
   and date of acceptance of successful tenders.

Full particulars and tender forms may be obtained at the
office of the Aotea District Maori Land Board, Wanganui,
where plans of the sections may be inspected. A copy of
the form of lease may be inspected at the post-offices at
Raetihi and Ohakune.

JAS. W. BROWNE, President.

SCHEDULE.

Lot 1. Section 8, Block XI, Rarete Survey District : Area,
977 acres. Upset annual rental, £6.

Loaded with £1,000 for improvements, consisting of fencing,
grassing, and clearing. Situate on the Pipiriki–Raetihi
Road, thirteen miles from Raetihi and four miles from Pipi-
riki on metalled road. Third-class sheep-country which has
been allowed to revert to second growth in parts.