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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th August, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 23rd September, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, 26th September, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LANDS.

Otorohanga County.—Orahiri Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for five years.*)

SECTION 8A, Block IV: Area, 177 acres 1 rood 13 perches. Capital value, £180; half-yearly rent, £3 12s.

Weighted with £930 for improvements, consisting of five-roomed dwelling and bathroom, milking-shed, two out-buildings, three piggeries, road, and two bridges, clearing and grassing, plantation, 30 chains road-boundary fencing, approximately 300 chains subdivisional fencing, and half-share in 100 chains boundary-fencing. This sum is payable in cash or by a deposit of £15, and the balance—£915—as follows:—

(1) The sum of £405 on mortgage to the Superintendent, State Advances Department, payable over a period of thirty-six years and a half by instalments of £12 18s. 1d. per half-year.

(2) The sum of £510 on mortgage to the Lands and Survey Department, payable over a period of thirty-six years and a half by instalments of £17 16s. 7d. per half-year.

A dairying and grassing property, situated on the Honi-kiri Road, two miles from Otorohanga Railway-station, Dairy Factory, and Saleyards. Access by metalled road. Easy undulating to hilly and broken country, approximately half of the area ploughable. There are some 110 acres pasture fair to medium condition, 20 acres cleared and ploughed (not grassed), balance in natural state of fern and tutu. Ragwort, gorse, and blackberry require attention.

*No rent will be charged for five years after payment of the first half-year’s rent and no interest will be charged under the mortgages for a period of two years provided a sum equivalent to the concessions is expended each year in effecting permanent improvements to the land.

Waitomo County.—Pakau-manu Survey District.

(Exempt from the payment of rent for three years.*)

Section 6, Block X: Area, 541 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £270; half-yearly rent, £5 8s.

Weighted with £649 for improvements, consisting of dwelling of four rooms, cottage of two rooms, cow-shed, out-building, sheep-yards, clearing and grassing, 35 chains road-boundary fencing, 150 chains of subdivisional fencing, and half-share in 140 chains of boundary-fencing. This sum is payable in cash or by a deposit of £4, the balance of £645 on mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent, payable over a period of thirty-six years and a half (interest 5½ per cent.) by instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £20 12s. A remission of the interest charges under this mortgage will be granted for two years provided permanent improvements to the value of the amount of the concession are effected annually.

A mixed-farming proposition, situated on Mangaokewa Road, four miles from Kopaki Post-office and Railway-station by metalled road. Approximately 100 acres of easy country, balance hilly. Approximately 60 acres of scrub country cleared, in worn-out pasture, 80 acres felled and grassed, practically reverted, balance in natural state. Ragwort requires immediate attention.

*Rental exemption is conditional upon a sum equivalent to the concession granted being expended each year in effecting permanent improvements to the land.

For any further information required apply to the under-signed.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/3272 and X1/1/618.)

Lands in the Auckland Land District for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd September, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for leasing, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 23rd September, 1935.

The land described in the First Schedule is offered in terms of the Land Act, 1924, and may be selected on renewable lease—term, sixty-six years. The land described in the Second Schedule is offered in terms of section 9 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1914, and is available for selection on “change paddock” lease—term, twenty-one years.

Both areas must be selected together; and applications for the sections separately will not be considered.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, 26th September, 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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FIRST SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotoiti Survey District.

SECTION 3, Block I: Area, 397 acres. Capital value £100. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £2 18s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £2.

Improvements in existence, and which must be paid for as stated below, comprise dwelling, cow-byre, clearing and grassing, 60 chains road-boundary fencing, 100 chains subdivisional fencing, and half-share in 190 chains boundary-fencing.

A grazing property, situated on the Kopu Kopu Road, thirteen miles from Ngongotaha Railway-station, Dairy Factory, and Saleyards. All heavy bush country running into open fern at the back; two-thirds easy and ploughable, balance broken by gullies. Approximately 50 acres of good pasture, 177 acres felled and grassed (now reverted), balance of 170 acres in natural state. Ragwort requires attention.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.

Lot 1 of Section 12, Block VIII: Area, 40 acres 3 roods 13 perches. Capital value, £130; half-yearly rent, £3 5s.

Improvements in existence, and which must be paid for as stated below, comprise cow-byre, clearing and grassing, 40 chains of road-boundary fencing, 10 chains of subdivisional fencing, and half-share in 25 chains of boundary-fencing.

Suitable as a “change paddock” or run-off area. Situated on the Hamurana Road, six miles from the Ngongotaha Railway-station, Dairy Factory, and Saleyards. Some 10 acres in good pasture, 15 acres in worn-out pasture (rough feed only), 15 acres in natural state. Ragwort requires attention.

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Improvement Loading.

These properties are weighted with £775 for improvements in existence, the amount being payable in cash or by a deposit of £5, the balance of £770 to remain on instalment mortgage payable in the case of a New Zealand discharged soldier over a period of thirty-six years and a half by instalments of principal and interest (5 per cent.) combined totalling £23 2s. per half-year, and in the case of a civilian over a period of thirty-four years and a half by instalments of principal and interest (5½ per cent.) combined totalling £25 0s. 6d. per half-year.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/17732.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th September, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease (term, thirty-three years) under the Land Act, 1924, and the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to noon on Tuesday, 24th September, 1935.