Nov. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3309

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th November, 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, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 2nd December, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, 5th December, 1935, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taupo County.—Reporea Settlement.

Sections 108 and 738: Area, 267 acres 3 roods 25 perches. Capital value, £560; half-yearly rent, £14.

Weighted with £600 for improvements, consisting of—

Section 108: Dwelling, cow-shed, outbuilding, drainage, clearing and grassing, 15 chains road-boundary fencing, 80 chains of subdivisional fencing, half-share in 42 chains boundary-fencing.

Section 738: Clearing and grassing and 10 chains of subdivisional fencing. Payable in cash, or by a deposit of £25, the balance of £575 payable over a period of thirty-six years and a half by instalment mortgage under the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929.

Section 108: A dairying property (suitable for grazing purposes only at present time), situated in Waiotapu Valley Road, one mile and a half from Reporea Post-office and School, twenty-five miles from Rotorua Railway-station, and thirty miles from Ngongotaha Dairy Factory; access by well-formed pumice road. Flat swamp land consisting of 138 acres of worn-out pasture with rushes prevalent: drains require attention.

Section 738: Suitable for growing winter feed and as a “run-off” area in conjunction with Section 108. Situated on partly-formed pumice road, four miles from Reporea Post-office and School. Easy undulating land, all ploughable with exception of swamp area which it is possible to drain. Approximately 5 acres of worn-out pasture, the balance (124 acres) in natural state.

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

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 34/9.)

Small Grazing-run in Gisborne Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 13th November, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for lease on small grazing-run tenure by ballot under the provisions of 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, 11th December, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday, 13th December, 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.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.

Matakaoa County.—Matakaoa Survey District.
(National Endowment.)

Section 2, Block XI: Area, 3,276 acres. Annual rent, £92 16s.

Weighted with £4,845 for improvements; comprising six-roomed dwelling, four-stand wool-shed, cow-shed, shearers’ quarters, and other buildings, eleven miles of fencing, 1,800 acres felling, 1,800 acres grassing, yards, and water-supply. This amount may be paid in cash, or, after payment of a cash deposit of £945, £2,300 of the balance may remain on mortgage to the Mortgage Corporation of New Zealand for a term of thirty-five years with interest at the current rate chargeable as at date of selection, and the remaining £1,600 may be secured on second private mortgage on terms to be arranged with the previous tenant.

A grazing proposition, situated on the Karakatuwhero River, about eight miles from Te Araroa Township, School, Post-office, and store, and fourteen miles from Hick’s Bay Wharf. Access by ford across the river, which is sometimes unfordable. The section comprises easy to steep broken faces with flats along the river. General aspect is south. Some 1,800 acres have been cleared. The present state of the property is 1,900 acres grassed, 805 acres fern and scrub, and 1,171 acres in bush. Well watered. Altitude, 100 ft. to 2,500 ft.

Special Conditions.—The lease will be subject to a water-pipe line easement, 30 links wide, in favour of the Native Department.

The costs incidental to the mortgage to the Mortgage Corporation, amounting to £2 9s. 6d., are payable by the successful applicant.

The buildings are insured for £1,295, and the premium will be apportioned to 13th December, 1935.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 8/2/36.)

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Optional Tenure.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 18th November, 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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 16th December, 1935.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 18th December, 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Egmont County.—Cape Survey District.
(Native Land Settlement.)

Section 24, Block XIII: Area, 196 acres 3 roods 23 perches. Capital value, £470.* Deposit on deferred payments, £25: Half-yearly instalments on deferred payments, £14 9s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11 15s.

Weighted with £138 for improvements, comprising dwelling, cow-byre, concrete yard, implement-shed, about 180 chains fencing, 140 acres surface-sown, 20 acres stumping, and draining. After payment of a deposit of £3, the balance, £135, may be secured by way of first mortgage to the Mortgage Corporation for a term of thirty years with interest at the rate ruling as at date of selection.

Situated on Parihaka Road, three miles from Pungarehu School, Post-office, and Dairy Factory, five miles from Rahotu Saleyards, and fifteen miles from Opunake Railway-station. Access is by tar-sealed and metalled road from New Plymouth.

The property generally comprises approximately 120 acres bush land, felled and grassed, but now badly reverted, 20 acres swamp land, and 37 acres in natural state. About 25 acres are level and 50 acres undulating, the remainder comprising low hillocks of a stony nature. The cleared areas have badly reverted to gorse. Blackberry is also in evidence, and ragwort is prevalent over the whole area. In its present state the property is suitable for grazing only, but when the weeds are eradicated a dairy herd of about 50 cows could be carried. The soil is volcanic of poor quality, resting on clay and stony formation, and the section, which is watered by permanent streams, is subdivided into eight paddocks.

*Capital value includes the sum of £270 on account-of improvements, belonging to the Crown, being included in the capital value.

Note.—Costs, amounting to £2 9s., for the completion of the mortgage to the Mortgage Corporation must be paid immediately an application is declared successful.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/21612.)