JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1265

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st July, 1936.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section
is 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, 20th July, 1936.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland,
on Wednesday, 22nd July, 1936, 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.
Bay of Islands County.—Ruapekapeka Parish.
(Exempt from payment of rent for three years.*)
ALLOTMENTS 107 and 108 : Area, 521 acres 0 roods 26 perches.
Capital value, £400 ; half-yearly rent, £8.
Loaded with £116 10s. for improvements, comprising
120 chains of road fencing, 146 chains of boundary and
subdivisional fencing, and grassing. This sum is payable in
cash or by a deposit of £16 10s. with the balance payable by
ten annual instalments of £10, with interest on the unpaid
purchase-money at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.

• Rental exemption is conditional upon improvements to
  the value of £40 being effected annually.
  Land is situated on Gorge Road, about seven miles from
  Kawakawa Railway-station, three miles of which are metalled
  and four miles are clay. Land is easy undulating of poor
  quality clay, partly ring-fenced with one subdivisional fence.
  Whole area is in short manuka and fern carrying rough feed
  with small amount of gorse and blackberry on river-flat. It
  is well watered. In present condition about thirty head of
  run cattle could be carried.
  Any further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.
  W. D. ARMIT,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.
  (Files : H.O. 22/4143 ; D.O. M.L. 2122.)
  Education Reserve in North Auckland Land District for Lease
  by Public Auction.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th June, 1936.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned education reserve will be offered for lease by public auction
at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, at 2.30 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, 12th August,
1936, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act,
1928, and the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.
Bay of Islands County.—Kawakawa Parish.
ALLOTMENTS 109, 111, 129, 130, and 130A : Area, 316 acres
1 rood 33 perches. Upset annual rental, £11.
For the first three years the Land Board is prepared to
consider remitting the rent provided the lessee effects permanent improvements to the value of £50 per annum during
the first three years.
Sections are situated on an unformed road half a mile distant from the Opua-Waimate metalled road, about nine
miles from Kawakawa Railway-station, and seven miles
from Opua Wharf. Whole area comprises undulating to hilly land all in manuka scrub, fern, hakea, and some gorse,
with some danthonia feed in places. Practically the whole area is ploughable, and the soil is poor to fair clay resting
on sandstone; fairly well watered by permanent streams.
Altitude, 200 ft. to 400 ft. above sea-level.
Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained
at the office of the undersigned.
W. D. ARMIT,
(L. and S. 20/412.)
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th June, 1936.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday, 27th July, 1936.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday, 30th July, 1936, 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.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Kawhia County.—Pirongia Survey District.
SECTION 3, Block XIII : Area, 573 acres. Capital value, £285. Deposit on deferred payments, £15 : Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £8 15s. 6d. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £5 14s.
Weighted with £140 for improvements, consisting of dwelling of three rooms, clearing and grassing, road-boundary fencing, subdivisional fencing, and half-share in boundary-fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or the total amount may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand payable over a period of twenty years. The instalments under this mortgage, comprising principal and interest, will be payable quarterly. Interest is charged at the rate ruling as at date of selection and at current rate, the instalments amount to £5 8s. 1d.
A grazing property, situated on Hauturu Road, two miles from the Te Rau-A-Moa Post-office and School and twenty miles from Te Awamutu Railway-station and the Dairy Factory ; access by eighteen miles of metalled road and two miles of formed clay road from Te Awamutu. Section lies high, undulating to hilly and broken. Approximately 150 acres felled and grassed, rapidly reverting to fern and second growth, balance in natural state of standing bush. Ragwort requires attention.
Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.
K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(Files : H.O. XI/1/1108 ; D.O. L.I.P. 1213.)
Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th June, 1936.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered for sale for cash or on deferred payments by public auction at the Lands Office, Taumarunui, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday, 10th August, 1936, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.
Taumarunui County.—Taumarunui Native Township.
SECTIONS 1 and 3, Block XXX : Area, 2 acres 0 roods 19 perches. Upset price, £350.
Weighted with £350 for improvements, consisting of dwelling of four rooms, bathroom and scullery, electric light, and outbuilding consisting of washhouse, store-room, and whare all under one roof. This sum is payable in cash or by means of a deposit of £120, the balance of £230 to remain on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand, payable over a period of twenty years by means of quarterly instalments of principal and interest combined, with interest at the rate chargeable by the Corporation at the date of selection.
Property has a frontage to Taupo Road being approximately one mile and a half from the Railway-station, Post-office, and business centre. Suitable for residential purposes. Town water-supply available.
Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.
K. M. GRAHAM,
(L. and S. 7/581/74.)
Commissioner of Crown Lands.