SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Hobson County.—Kaihu Survey District.—Waimata Settlement.
SECTION 9s : Area, 323 acres 3 roods 15 perches. Capital value £1,930 *; half-yearly rent, £48 5s.

• Improvements included in capital value consist of felling and grassing, 389 chains of subdivisional and boundary fencing, 36 chains of draining, and 24 chains of internal road with four bridges.
  Buildings on the property, which must be paid for separately, comprise a good, large dwelling and outbuildings, wool-shed, cow-byré, trap-shed and store-room, sheep-yards, valued at £690. This amount is payable over a term of thirty-six years and a half by half-yearly instalments of £20 14s. principal and interest combined.
  Situated on the Awakino-Avoca Road nine miles from Dargaville Post-office and School, ten miles from Northern Wairoa Dairy Factory and Mangawhare Saleyards, and eighteen miles from Tangowahine Railway-station, by metalled road. Easy to undulating country, subdivided into twelve paddocks; suitable for grazing with a little dairying. Soil is of fair quality clay resting on sandstone. Approximately 10 acres are in good pasture, 310 acres in worn-out pasture and fern, balance in natural state.
  Full particulars can be obtained from the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(Files: H.O. 26/14991; D.O. D.S. 346.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th September, 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, Te Kuiti, at 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday, 12th October, 1936, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.
Waitomo County.—Te Kuiti Native Township.
SECTION 13 and Lot 2 of Section 11, Block XXVIII : Area, 1 acre 1 rood 0⋅8 perch. Upset price, £235.
Weighted with £510 for improvements, consisting of dwelling of six rooms, bathroom, kitchen with electric stove, and washhouse all under one roof, electric light, garage and grounds, and septic-tank drainage system. This sum is payable in cash or by means of a deposit of £10, the balance of £500 to remain on instalment mortgage to the Lands and Survey Department, payable in the case of a New Zealand discharged soldier over a period of twenty years by instalments of principal and interest (5 per cent.) combined amounting to £3 6s. 5d. each month; in the case of a civilian over a period of twenty years by instalments of principal and interest (5½ per cent.) combined amounting to £3 9s. 3d. each month.
Situated in Hill Street a short distance from the railway-station. The section is a level one and makes a desirable residential site. Access by metalled road and good footpaths.
Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(Files: H.O. 26/23025; D.O. M.L. 3042.)

Settlement Land in Hawke's Bay Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 9th September, 1936.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 6th October, 1936.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 8th October, 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.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.
Hawke's Bay County.—Patoka Survey District.—Waihau Settlement.
SECTION 2, Block XI: Area, 963 acres. Capital value, £3,370; half-yearly rent, £84 5s.
Weighted with £1,460 for improvements, consisting of dwelling and outbuildings, wool-shed, cow-byré, harness-room, chaff-house, car-shed, yards, garden, about 572 chains of fencing, approximately 50 acres felled and burned, and 200 acres burned and surface sown. This amount may be paid in cash, or, after payment of £25 deposit, £775 may be repaid over a period of twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £30 4s. 6d., and the remaining £660 may be secured by mortgage to the State Advances Corporation for a term of thirty years with interest at the rate charged by the Corporation at the date of selection—quarterly payments of principal and interest combined to be provided for.
Situated on the Waihau Settlement Road, six miles from the Patoka Post-office and adjoining the Waihau School, thirty miles from Napier Railway-station, and thirty-five miles from Heretaunga Dairy Factory and Stortford Lodge Saleyards (Hastings). Access by good metalled road. The soil is pumiceous loam resting on clay formation; watered by permanent streams and springs. Altitude 850 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level, easy hill country with ploughable areas about homestead. Subdivided into nine paddocks. Approximately 20 acres good pasture, about 500 acres in medium pasture, mostly native grasses, balance in manuka scrub. In its present state will carry about 400 ewes, 300 dry sheep, 15 dairy cows, and 40 breeding cows with young stock. Pasture at present overgrown and requires grazing with cattle.
Any further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. 32/130.)

Small Grazing-run in Hawke's Bay Land District for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 8th September, 1936.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open 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, Napier, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 6th October, 1936.
Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 8th October, 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.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
Hawke's Bay County.—Maungaharuru Survey District.
S.G.R. 104, Blocks XII and XIV: Area, 3,016 acres. Annual rent, £60.
Weighted with £875 for improvements, comprising dwelling and outbuildings, wool-shed, yards, about 250 chains fencing, plantation, and tracks. This amount may be paid in cash or the whole amount may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand for a term of thirty years with interest at the rate ruling as at date of selection. The instalments under the mortgage comprising principal and interest will be payable quarterly.
The property is situated on the Ohurakura Road, about three miles from Te Pohue Post-office, one mile from Ohurakura School, and forty-one miles from Stortford Lodge Saleyards. Access by good metalled road from Napier. The greater portion of the land consists of easy slopes and low hills—deep ravines in places. The highest portions reach an altitude of about 1,300 ft. About 45 acres in worn-out pasture, 2,970 acres in fern with light sprinkling of danthonia grass throughout, and about 1 acre homestead. Between 250 to 300 acres could be ploughed and established in English grasses. Soil, light loam on pumiceous subsoil; watered by good permanent streams and springs. Portion of the land could be used for cropping with oats, turnips, and cow-grass clover. The area is subdivided into four paddocks and in its present state the land should carry about 300 dry sheep, 15 breeding cows, 16 steers and heifers, 2 dairy cows, and necessary horses. This capacity could be increased considerably by clearing fern, burning and sowing, and by additional fencing.
Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Files: H.O. 8/2/28; D.O. S.G.R. 203.)