Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 239

Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th February, 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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 18th March, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 20th March, 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.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otamatea County.—Mangawai Parish.

(Exempt from payment of rent for four years.†)

ALLOTMENT 119: Area, 99 acres 3 roods 15 perches. Capital value, £60; half-yearly rent, £1 4s.

Allotment 249*: Area, 219 acres 3 roods 15 perches. Capital value, £130; half-yearly rent, £2 12s.

Allotment 278*: Area, 146 acres 2 roods 10 perches. Capital value, £65; half-yearly rent, £1 6s.

• National endowment.

† Rent free for four years conditional upon improvements being effected during the rent-free period, viz., Allotment 119, £20 per annum; Allotment 249, £40 per annum; Allotment 278, £30 per annum.

Sections have frontage to the Kaiwaka—Hakaru—Mangawai Road, approximately six miles from Kaiwaka Railway-station by good metalled road. The Albertland Dairy Factory is fifteen miles distant and the Mangawai School four miles distant. Cream is collected from the properties.

Allotment 119: All more or less ploughable. Soil is of poor quality clay resting on sandstone formation. About 5 acres in tall tea-tree and the balance is in short tea-tree and fern. Elevation 100 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level.

Allotment 249: Undulating to hilly, fairly steep near road. About 20 acres of swamp. Soil is of clay, parts of which are fair quality and part poor, resting on sandstone formation, covered in scrub and gorse; well watered by swampy stream and swamp. Elevation 150 ft. to 250 ft. above sea-level.

Allotment 278: Undulating to broken country in gorse and scrub. About 110 acres are ploughable. Soil is of poor quality clay resting on sandstone; poorly watered by swampy stream. Elevation 150 ft. to 300 ft. above sea-level.

NOTE.—The attention of intending applicants is drawn to the fact that no advances will be granted by the Lands Development Board for the purpose of developing or improving these sections.

Any further particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, North Auckland.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2836.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenure.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th February, 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 Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 25th February, 1935.

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

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotoma Survey District.

SECTION 4, Block I: Area, 1,463 acres 3 roods 14 perches. Capital value, £370. Deposit on deferred payments £20: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £11 7s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7 8s.

Weighted with £550 for improvements, consisting of a dwelling of five rooms, motor and tool sheds, cow shed and yard, approximately 460 chains of fencing, water-supply, clearing and grassing. This sum is payable either in cash or by a cash deposit of £10, the balance—viz., £540—payable as follows: (1) The sum of £460 to remain on first mortgage over a period of 34½ years repayable by instalments of principal and interest (5½ per cent.) combined amounting to £14 19s. per half year. (2) The sum of £80 payable over a period of ten years by instalments of principal and interest (5 per cent.) combined amounting to £5 3s. 8d. per half-year.

Dairying property, situated eleven miles from Pongakawa Railway-station, three miles from Pongakawa Valley School, and twenty-one miles from Te Puke Post-office, Factory, and Saleyards. Approximately 200 acres is in grass, which requires harrowing, seeding, and top-dressing, balance of the area is in its natural state—tea-tree, scrub, fern, and tutu. Ragwort is in evidence. Water supplied from a well, is pumped to the homestead, which is in an elevated position, and then gravitates to the cow-shed, and supply can be extended as required.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. XI/1/1363.)

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 4th February, 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, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 12th March, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 14th March, 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.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waipawa County.—Wakarara Survey District.

SECTION 18, Block XIII: Area, 235 acres. Capital value, £235. Deposit on deferred payments, £15: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 3s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £4 14s.

Weighted with £165 for improvements, comprising fencing, grassing and clearing. This amount may be paid in cash or may remain on State Advances mortgage, term thirty years, interest at 5½ per cent. Legal costs in connection with this mortgage, amounting to 19s. 6d., will be payable by the successful applicant.

A property chiefly suitable for grazing during the summer, being subject to snowfalls during the winter.

Situated on a road branching off the Wakarara Road, thirty miles from Waipawa Post-office and Railway-station, five miles from Wakarara School, and thirty-six miles from Waipukurau Saleyards. Altitude from 1,700 ft. to 2,275 ft. Hilly country broken by gorges. Approximately 100 acres has been partly felled and is now in logs and stumps, the remainder consists chiefly of beech bush of poor quality. The soil is light loam resting on yellow clay and gravel formation.

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

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 22/3412.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 4th February, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land for Settlements Act, 1925; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 11th March, 1935.