MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1295

Weighted with £50 (to be paid in cash) for improvements,
comprising 100 chains of subdivisional fencing and half-
share in 150 chains of boundary fencing.

The land is situated on No. 4 Road, Te Puke, is nine miles
from Te Puke Post-office and School, eight miles and a half
from Te Puke Railway-station and Dairy Factory. Access
is by means of nine miles partly metalled and partly clay
road. Whole area is very hilly, rough, and broken. Approxi-
mately 220 acres felled and grassed, now reverted to second
growth, balance of area in standing bush. Ragwort very much
in evidence. Suitable only for use in conjunction with other
land in the district.

Otorohanga County.—Orahiri Survey District.

Section 3, Block VI: Area, 596 acres 2 roods. Capital
value, £250. Deposit on deferred payments, £10: Half-
yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 16s. Renewable
lease: Half-yearly rent, £5.

Weighted with £255 for improvements, consisting of
dwelling of four rooms, cow-byre, clearing and grassing,
100 chains of subdivisional fencing, half-share in 80 chains
of boundary fencing. Payable either in cash or by a deposit
of £5, and the balance of £250 over a period of fifteen years
by thirty half-yearly instalments of £12 0s. 10d.

A grazing property, situated on the Te Raumauku Road,
ten miles from Otorohanga Railway-station, Dairy Factory,
and Saleyards. Approximately 200 acres easy undulating
country, ploughable, balance hilly and broken. Approxi-
mately 10 acres of worn-out pasture, balance of 586 acres in
natural state of fern and scrub. Ragwort requires attention.

Rotorua County.—Rotoiti Survey District.

Section 4, Block IV: Area, 283 acres. Capital value, £70.
Deposit on deferred payments, £5: Half-yearly instalment
on deferred payments, £2 2s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-
yearly rent, £1 8s.

Weighted with £53 (to be paid in cash) for improvements,
consisting of whare, cow-byre, water-supply, 70 chains of
road-boundary fencing, half-share in 155 chains of boundary
fencing.

This land, which is suitable for grazing in conjunction with
another property as change paddock or run-off, is situated
on the Maniatutu Road, nine miles from Maniatutu Railway-
station and sixteen miles and a half from Bay of Plenty
Dairy Factory. The area comprises a series of plateaus
broken by gullies. Approximately 193 acres sown down but
now reverted, 20 acres felled and grassed (now reverted),
balance of 70 acres in standing bush. Ragwort requires
immediate attention,

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.

Section 8A, Block X: Area, 191 acres 2 roods 29 perches.
Capital value, £50. Deposit on deferred payments, £5:
Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 9s. 3d.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1.

Weighted with £100 (to be paid in cash) for improvements,
consisting of a dwelling (in poor condition), 70 chains of
fencing, clearing and grassing.

A grazing property, situated on the Oturoa Road, six
miles from Mamaku Railway-station and nine miles from
Ngongotaha Dairy Factory and Saleyards. Mostly easy bush
country, 130 acres of worn-out pasture, reverted to second
growth and ragwort-infested, balance of 60 acres in natural
state of standing bush; very poorly watered by swamp-
supply only. Ragwort requires immediate attention.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otorohanga County.—Pirongia Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.)

Sections 10 and 11, Block VII: Area, 421 acres 0 roods
33 perches. Capital value, £425; half-yearly rent, £8 10s.

Improvements (which must be paid for separately as below),
comprise dwelling, implement-shed, and storeroom, clearing
and grassing, cow-byre, 140 chains of subdivisional fencing,
and half-share in 132 chains of boundary-fencing.

A grazing property, situated on the Te Tahi Road, thirteen
miles from the Te Awamutu Railway-station and Dairy
Factory and five miles from Pirongia Saleyards. Located
on the slopes of Pirongia Mountain. The land is undulating
to hilly, broken in parts by streams, approximately three-
quarters ploughable. Approximately 50 acres in medium
pasture, 50 acres in worn-out pasture (ragwort-infested),
balance of 321 acres in natural state (fern and scrub). Rag-
wort and blackberry require attention. Soil is light loam
resting on sandstone and clay formation; watered by running
streams and springs.

The selector of this property must purchase Lot 2 of part
Section 3, Block VII, Pirongia Survey District (freehold),
area, 9 acres 0 roods 7 perches, adjoining, valued at £20.
This sum, together with the improvement loading on Sections
10 and 11, amounting to £660 (total £680), is payable in cash,
or by a deposit of £10, the balance of £670 to remain on instal-
ment-mortgage, payable in the case of a New Zealand dis-
charged soldier over a period of thirty-six years and a half
by instalments of principal and interest (5 per cent.) combined
totalling £20 2s. per half-year, and in the case of all others
over a period of thirty-four years and a half by instalments
of principal and interest (5½ per cent.) combined totalling
£21 15s. 6d. per half-year.

Any further information desired may be obtained from the
undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/3041.)

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Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Optional Tenure.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 7th May, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section
is open for selection on optional tenure under the
Land Act, 1924, and applications will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock
p.m. on Wednesday, 12th June, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday,
14th June, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Uawa County.—Waingaromia Survey District.

Sections 2, 3, and 4, Block VIII, and Section 4, Block IV:
Area, 297 acres. Capital value, £150. Deposit on deferred
payments, £10: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments,
£4 11s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3.

Weighted with £200 for improvements, comprising felling
and grassing 100 acres and half-share in 240 chains of boundary
fencing. This amount may be paid in cash, or, after the pay-
ment of a cash deposit of £35, the balance (£165) may be
secured by private first mortgage.

A grazing proposition, situated on the south-east slopes
of the Paraheka Ridge, which is the south-east boundary of
the Huanui Station. Access is from Tolaga Bay by eighteen
miles metalled road. The area comprises fairly broken hill
country of which about 197 acres is in fern, scrub, and light
bush (tawa, rewarewa, kohere, ngaio, &c.), the balance is
rough grass reverting to second growth. Soil of a sandy
nature, fairly light, resting on pumiceous clay and papa
formation; fairly well watered. Area is ring-fenced and
ranges in altitude from 1,500 ft. to 1,870 ft.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/1450/709.)

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Town Land in Otago Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th May, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned town
land will be offered for sale for cash by public auction
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 2.30
o’clock p.m. on Monday, 10th June, 1935, under the pro-
visions of the Land Act, 1924.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Borough of Balclutha.—Town of Balclutha.

Section 5, Block XI: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £30.

This section is situated in the Borough of Balclutha, about
a quarter of a mile from post-office and railway-station,
fronting Glasgow Street, and very handy to the Balclutha
Primary School. Suitable for building-site.

Special condition.—There is a wooden garage on the
section the value of which is not included in the upset price,
and the right is reserved to remove this building within
twenty-one days of the date of sale.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 6/1/266.)