2178
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £3, the balance of £115 to remain on mortgage to the Lands and Survey Department, payable in the case of a New Zealand discharged soldier over a period of fifteen years by means of instalments of principal and interest (5 per cent.) combined amounting to £5 9s. 11d. each half-year, and in the case of a civilian over a period of fifteen years by means of instalments of principal and interest (5½ per cent.) combined amounting to £5 13s. 7d. each half-year.

A grazing property situated on Wairakei Road, one mile from Ngaroma Post-office and School, twenty-eight miles from Te Kawa Railway-station, and thirty-one miles from Te Awamutu Dairy Factory; access by metalled road. Section lies high, slightly undulating in front, with 30 acres undrained rush swamp, balance of area is hilly. Approximately 160 acres bush land felled and grassed (now reverted), 30 acres swamp land, 5¾ acres in natural state. Ragwort requires immediate attention.

• After payment of the first half-year's rent no rent and no mortgage-interest payments will be charged for a period of five years.

For any further information required apply to the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 26/7900; D.O. R.L. 173.)

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 3rd November, 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 District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 23rd November, 1936.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 25th November, 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.

Applicants are required to produce for inspection when examined documentary evidence of their financial position, such as bank passbooks, certificates, or letters of credit from managers of banks, financial institutions, or mercantile firms, or from private persons or parents undertaking to give financial assistance. Persons undertaking to assist financially should state to what extent they are prepared to do so and supply guarantees of their own financial position.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year's rent, broken-period rent, lease and mortgage fees, and deposit in reduction of improvement loading.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Ohura County.—Avia Survey District.

SUBDIVISION 2 of Section 10, Block X, and Subdivision 2 of Section 9, Block XI: Area, 519 acres 2 roods 22-8 perches. Capital value, £255. Deposit on deferred payments, £15: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 16s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 2s.

Weighted with £260 for improvements, comprising five-roomed dwelling (in need of repair), yards, two sheds, fencing, felling and grassing. This sum is payable in cash or the whole amount may remain on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand for a term of thirty years. Instalments, comprising principal and interest, payable quarterly, and interest will be charged at the current rate chargeable by the Corporation as at the date of selection. The successful applicant will require to pay the cost of preparation of the mortgage, amounting to £3 1s., and, in addition, a proportionate part of the insurance premium in respect of the dwelling.

A grazing property, situated on the Waikaka Road, eight miles from Matiere Post-office, Railway-station, and Sale-yards, and five miles and a half from Waikaka School. Access from Matiere is six miles by metalled road and two miles by clay road. About 200 acres in fern and rough feed, the balance of 319 acres being in bush and scrub. Soil is a light loam on sandstone and clay; watered by springs and creeks. The property is subdivided into four paddocks, and would work in well with other land in the locality.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 26/21618; D.O. R.L. 224.)

Land in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 3rd November, 1936.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 15th December, 1936, under the provisions of the Hammer Crown Leases Act, 1928.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.
Amuri County.—Hammer Township.
Hammer Township Extension No. 12.

The sections are situated at Hammer, adjacent to the Hammer Golf-links and about three-quarters of a mile from Hammer Township and Post-office. Sections 1 to 10 have a frontage to Jacks Pass Road, and Sections 20 and 21 have a frontage to an unnamed road. The sections comprise good building-sites and are in close proximity to all the sport and health facilities that Hammer Township offers. Hammer is situated ninety-three miles from Christchurch and is reached by regular daily train and motor services. Electric light and high-pressure water are not available at the present time, but an extension of the existing facilities is being investigated.

Term of Lease: Twenty-one years with right of renewal for further term with rentals based on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

A condition of the lease is that buildings to the value of £250 must be erected on the section within twelve months of the date of the lease.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at the office of the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 9/796; D.O. 3/116.)

Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 4th November, 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 District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 7th December, 1936.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 9th December, 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Clutha County.—Woodland Survey District.

SECTION 23, Block VI: Area, 198 acres 0 roods 19 perches. Capital value, £30. Deposit on deferred payments, £10: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 6s. Renewable Lease: Half-yearly rent, £1.

The section, which is situated about three miles from Kahuike Post-office and about two miles from Cabeerfeild Railway-station on the Purakauti Road, comprises mainly bush country of poor quality. The land is broken and mostly backlying, rising to an altitude of 900 ft. The soil is a light loam; watered by creeks and springs. When cleared the section would carry a few head of cattle. A small return might be obtained from sale of posts and firewood.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(Files: H.O. 22/3545; D.O. O.R.P. 552.)