2594
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th November, 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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 17th January, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 19th January, 1938, 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 improvement loading.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Whangarei County.—Ruakaka Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for four years.*)

SECTIONS 16 and 18, Block XIV: Area, 122 acres 0 roods 37 perches. Capital value, £120. Half-yearly rent, £2 8s.

Sections 19 and 24, Block XIV: Area, 92 acres 0 roods 36 perches. Capital value, £105. Half-yearly rent, £2 2s.

Sections 17 and 20, Block XIV: Area, 100 acres 1 rood 22 perches. Capital value, £105. Half-yearly rent, £2 2s. Weighted with £1 10s. (payable in cash) for an old shed.

These sections, which will be suitable for dairying when developed, are situated on the Uretiti Road, two miles and three-quarters from Waipu, by a metalled road for one mile and a formed road for the balance. The school and post-office are at Waipu.

Sections 18 and 20.—Approximately 114 acres fair drained swamp containing timber and gum holes—in natural state of scrub and gorse, and approximately 13 acres consolidated sand in fern and scrub. Water may be secured by boring.

Sections 19 and 24.—Approximately 80 acres fair drained swamp containing a quantity of timber and gum holes—in natural state of scrub and gorse, and approximately 12 acres consolidated sand and brown loam in scrub and gorse. Water may be secured by boring.

Sections 17 and 20.—Approximately 72 acres fair drained swamp containing a quantity of timber and gum holes—in natural state of scrub and gorse, and approximately 28 acres brown soil and consolidated sand in scrub and gorse. Water may be secured by boring.

Improvements included in Capital Values:—

Sections 16 and 18: 23 chains drains;

Sections 19 and 24: 18 chains drains; and

Sections 17 and 20: 25 chains drains.

• Rent exemption is conditional upon the required deposit being paid and on the selectors carrying out permanent improvements each year (in addition to ordinary improvements required under the Land Act) to the value as follows:—

Sections 18 and 20, £30.

Sections 19 and 24, £25.

Sections 17 and 20, £25.

Special Condition.—A drainage casement is being retained by the Crown in connection with the main drains through these sections, and a clause will be inserted in each lease requiring the selectors to maintain the drains through their holdings.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/4/6; D.O. 8/299.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th November, 1937.

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, Rotorua, on Thursday, 20th January, 1938, at 11.30 o’clock a.m., under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Rotorua County.—Rotorua Survey District.

SECTION 38, Block VIII: Area, 30 acres 0 roods 35 perches. Upset price, £90.

Weighted with £195 for improvements, comprising old dwelling, shed, boundary and subdivisional fencing, grassing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £25, the balance of £170 may be paid over a period of fifteen years by thirty half-yearly instalments of £8 3s. 10d.

Section is situated on a side road off the Hamurana Road, five miles from Ngongotaha Post-office, School, Railway-station, and Dairy Factory, access being by formed pumice road. Easy undulating to slightly broken country, poorly watered. Ragwort is bad and requires immediate attention. Suitable as a change-paddock or for dairying when improved.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/2651; D.O.M.L. 1314.)

Land in Marlborough Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 16th November, 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 11th January, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Thursday, 13th January, 1938, 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 and mortgage fees, and deposit in reduction of improvement loading.

NOTE.—These lands are offered in terms of section 153 of the Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any mineral under the surface shall pertain to the lessee, whose rights shall be to the surface soil only.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Marlborough County.—Wakamarina Survey District.

SECTIONS 9, 10, Lot 2 of 11, 34, 41, and 42; Block XIV: Area, 514 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £515. Half-yearly rent, £20 12s.

Weighted with £1,345 for improvements, consisting of dwelling, wash-house, hay and implement shed, wool-shed and yards, cow-byre, fowl-house, woodshed, fencing (442 chains), clearing, felling and grassing, water service, yards and dip. This amount must be paid in cash, or, after