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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 5

Lands in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th January, 1937.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Government Buildings, Auckland, up to 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday, 1st March, 1937, or at the local Lands Office, Haupapa Street, Rotorua, up to noon on Tuesday, 2nd March, 1937. The ballot will be held at the Ritz Hall, Rotorua, on Thursday, the 4th March, 1937, at the conclusion of the examination of applicants by the Land Board.

The lands described in the First Schedule are offered in terms of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and may be selected on renewable lease—term, thirty-three years. The lands described in the Second Schedule are offered in terms of the Land Act, 1924, and may be selected on renewable lease—term, sixty-six years.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—GALATEA SETTLEMENT.
SECTIONS 2s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, 14s, 16s, 18s, 27s, 28s, 29s, 30s to 36s (inclusive), 49s, 54s, 56s, 58s.
These sections comprise portion of the well-known Galatea Settlement, which has been specially developed for dairy-farming. The sections now being offered range in area from 93 acres to 152 acres, and the rentals from £36 15s. to £50 per annum.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NGAKURU BLOCK.—NGONGOTAHASURVEY DISTRICT.
SECTIONS 11 and 23, Block I; Section 17, Block I; Section 18, Block II, and Section 9, Block V; Section 26, Block II, and Section 39, Block V; Sections 7 and 22, Block IV; Section 26, Block IV.
These sections comprise portion of the Ngakuru Block and are suitable for dairying and grazing. The areas range from 178 acres to 505 acres, and the rentals from £29 5s. to £99 10s. per annum.
Sale plans (Auckland Nos. 1565 and 1566) and full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

W. ROBERTSON,
Under-Secretary for Lands.
(H.O. 21/320/9 and 34/1; D.O. 4/326c and 2/43c.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 19th January, 1937.
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 District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 9th February, 1937.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 11th February, 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 pass-books, 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, and lease and mortgage fees.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Hawke's Bay County.—Maungaharuru Survey District.
(Exempt from payment of rent for three years.*)
SMALL Grazing-run 104, Blocks XII and XIV: Area, 3,016 acres. Capital value, £1,500; half-yearly rent, £30.

• After payment of required deposits no further rent will be charged for a period of three years conditional on improvements to the value of at least £120 being effected annually.

Weighted with £875 for improvements, comprising dwelling and outbuildings, wool-shed, yards, about 250 chains of fencing, plantation, and tracks. This sum 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 Sales-yards; 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 surrounding 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 property is subdivided into four paddocks and in its present state the land will 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.

(H.O. 8/2/28; D.O. S.G.R. 203.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th January, 1937.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are 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, Invercargill, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 16th February, 1937.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 18th February, 1937, 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 pass-books, 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 fee, and amount of improvement loading.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS SETTLEMENT LAND.
Southland County.—Oteramika Survey District.—McCallum Settlement.
LOT 1 of Section 2s: Area, 39 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £120; half-yearly rent, £3.
Weighted with £3 10s. (payable in cash) for fencing.

Lot 2 of Section 2s: Area, 39 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £120; half-yearly rent, £3.
Weighted with £76 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing, abattoir, and yards.

Situated one mile from Gorge Road Railway-station, School, and Dairy Factory by gravelled road. The land, which is suitable for dairying when developed, varies from swamp to easy undulating slopes, the soil being a light loam on a clay formation. Altitude approximately 100 ft. above sea-level.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

THOMAS CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 34/253: D.O. D.P.L.S. 54.)