688

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

deposit of £10, and the balance over a period of fifteen years
by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest combined
amounting to £11 11s. 3d.

A grazing property, situated on the Hauturu Road, about
ten miles and a half from Waitomo Caves Post-office and
School, twenty-two miles from Otorohanga Dairy Factory
and Saleyards, and fifteen miles from Hangatiki Railway-
station. Hilly and broken section, of which about 700 acres
has been felled and grassed, but now reverted, the balance of
the area being in natural state (standing bush). Ragwort
and blackberry require immediate attention.

Application forms and any further information desired may
be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. XI/1/1161 and 9/1764.)

Education Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Selection
on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 13th March, 1935.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section
is open for selection on renewable lease (term, thirty-
three years) under the Education Reserves Act, 1928; and
applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey
Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday,
15th April, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednes-
day, 17th April, 1935, 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.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.-EDUCATION RESERVE.
Hawera County.-Hawera Survey District.
SECTION 16, Block XII : Area, 166 acres. Capital value,
£325; half-yearly rent, £6 10s.

Weighted with £560 for improvements, comprising five-
roomed dwelling (old), cow-byre and concrete yard, approxi-
mately 150 chains of fencing (poor), and approximately
140 acres cleared and grassed. This amount is repayable by a
cash deposit of £20, and the balance, £540, over a term of
twenty-one years by half-yearly payments of £21 ls. 3d.

Situated on the Ingahape Road, five miles from Mokoia
Post-office, one mile and a half from Whakamara School,
three-quarters of a mile from Whakamara Dairy Factory,
and twelve miles from Hawera Railway-station. Access is
by tar-sealed road from Hawera. Between 60 to 70 acres are
ploughable, balance of area comprising fairly steep sidlings.
Ragwort has a strong hold. Soil is of fair quality loam.
Subdivided into five paddocks. After judicious stocking with
sheep for about three years, a dairy herd of about thirty cows
could be carried.

Form of lease may be perused and any further particulars
required may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 20/715.)

Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 13th March, 1935.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are open for selection under the Land Act, 1924;
and applications will be received at the District Lands and
Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday,
the 15th April, 1935.

The land described in the First Schedule may at the
option of the applicants be purchased for cash, or on deferred
payments, or be selected on renewable lease. The lands
described in the Second Schedule may be selected on renewable
lease only.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on
Wednesday, the 17th April, 1935, 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.

No. 15
FIRST SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Ohura County.-Ohura Survey District.
SUBDIVISION 2 of Section 20, Block V: Area, 384 acres.
Capital value, £300. Deposit on deferred payments, £15:
Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £9 5s. 3d.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6.

Weighted with £1,233 for improvements, comprising four-
roomed dwelling (old), wash-house, wool-shed, cow-byre and
yards, approximately 300 chains fencing, 14 acres stumping
and ploughing and felling, burning and grassing. This
amount may be paid in cash, or, after payment of a cash
deposit of £173, £910 may remain on first mortgage to the
State Advances Superintendent for a term of thirty years
with interest at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, half-yearly
instalment £31 2s. 7d., and the balance, £150, paid over a
period of seven years by half-yearly payments of £12 19s. 3d.

Situated on the Ohura-Waitaanga Road, five miles and a
half from Ohura School, Post-office, and Railway-station
(cream is collected at the gate). Access is by good metalled
road from Ohura. The section is watered by springs and
creeks, and the soil is light to fair loam resting on clay and
part sandstone formation. It consists of approximately
100 acres of flat land, more or less cut about by gullies, and
150 acres of hilly land, the balance being rough country more
or less deteriorated. The property, which is subdivided into
nine paddocks, is suitable for sheep-farming and the flat land
is suitable for dairying.

Special condition.-The costs for completion of the mortgage
to the State Advances Office, and amounting to £1 13s., must
be paid immediately an application is declared successful.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waitomo County.-Aria Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of half the annual rent for four years.*)
SECTION 5, Block III : Area, 674 acres. Capital value, £540 ;
half-yearly rent, £10 16s.

• After payment of first half-year's rent, lease fee, and
  broken period rent (if any) a remission of half the annual rent
  will be allowed for a period of four years provided improve-
  ments are effected to the value of £100 for the first year and
  £40 for each subsequent year of the concession period.

Weighted with £1,285 for improvements, comprising whare,
wool-shed, yards and dip, approximately 530 chains fencing,
approximately 40 chains draining, roading, clearing, grassing,
stumping, and ploughing. After payment of a deposit of
£240, this amount may be secured on private first mortgage
for a term of twenty years with interest at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum with provision for a remission of interest for
a period of one year contingent on improvements to the value
of £100 being effected on the property during the first year of
occupancy.

Situated on the Onaio Road, two miles from Onaio Post-
office, half a mile from Rira School, twenty miles from Waimiha
Railway-station, and nine miles from Aria Dairy Factory.
Access is from Waimiha by nineteen miles metalled and one
mile clay road. The section is watered by running streams and
the soil is loam resting on heavy clay and part sandstone
formation. Approximately 100 acres easy country, the
remainder being hilly to steep. Some 70 acres are in good
pasture, 504 acres felled and grassed of which about 250 acres
have reverted to fern and second growth, and about 100 acres
are in bush. The property, which is subdivided into eight
paddocks, is suitable for grazing with limited dairying.

Ohura County.-Ohura Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of half the annual rent for four years.*)
Section 2, Block XI : Area, 891 acres. Capital value,
£820 ; half-yearly rent, £16 8s.

• After payment of first half-year's rent, lease fee, and
  broken period rent (if any) a remission of one-half of the
  annual rent will be allowed for a period of four years provided
  that improvements are effected to the value of £100 for the
  first year and £30 for each subsequent year of the concession
  period.

Weighted with £2,088 for improvements, comprising five-
roomed dwelling, wool-shed, cow-byre, yards, two sheds,
approximately 535 chains fencing, roading, approximately
575 acres felled and grassed, and approximately 40 acres
cleared and ploughed. This amount may be paid in cash,
or, after a deposit of £8, the balance (£2,080) may be secured
by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent
for a term of thirty-six years and a half with interest at the
rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, half-yearly instalment £66 7s. 4d.