2676
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in North Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for sale for cash by public auction to be held on Section 30, described in the Schedule hereto, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 18th January, 1938, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Whangarei County.—Ruakaka Survey District.

Section 30, Block XI: Area, 34 perches. Upset price, £10. Weighted with £1 10s. (payable in cash) for improvements.

Section 31, Block XI: Area, 1 rood 14 perches. Upset price, £15. Weighted with £2 10s. (payable in cash) for improvements.

Section 32, Block XI: Area, 1 rood. Upset price, £10. Weighted with £1 (payable in cash) for improvements.

Section 33, Block XI: Area, 1 rood 1 perch. Upset price, £10. Weighted with £1 10s. (payable in cash) for improvements.

Section 43, Block XI: Area, 1 rood 23 perches. Upset price, £10.

Section 44, Block XI: Area, 1 rood 22 perches. Upset price £10.

These sections, which are suitable as dwelling-sites, are situated on the Ruakaka–Marsden Point Road, seven miles from Waipu by sealed road for six miles and metalled road for one mile.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 9/3193; D.O. D.P. 792.)

Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections will be offered for sale for cash by public auction at the Lands Office, Hamilton, on Thursday, 27th January, 1938, at 11.30 o’clock a.m., under the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Matamata County.—Wairere Survey District.

West portion of Section 46, Block XIV: Area, 3 roods 17 perches. Upset price, £13.

Weighted with £6 10s. (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising road boundary-fencing, half share in boundary-fencing and grassing.

Section 48, Block XIV: Area, 1 acre. Upset price, £13.

Weighted with £11 10s. (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising road boundary-fencing, half share in boundary-fencing and grassing.

These sections are situated at Tauranga-o-moana, access being by metalled road from Waharoa about four miles distant. Both sections are flat and in grass and are suitable for use in conjunction with adjoining land.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 9/3206; D.O.M.L. 2414.)

Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th December, 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land 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, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 4th February, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 8th February, 1938, at 10.30 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 the conclusion of the ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, lease and mortgage fees, deposit in reduction of improvement loading, and proportionate part of insurance on buildings.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST AND SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Mackenzie County.—Opuha Survey District.—Sherwood Downs Settlement.

Section 5, part 5A, and 7C: Area, 650 acres 2 roods 28 perches. Capital value, £1,340*. Half-yearly rent, £33 10s.

Weighted with the sum of £900 for improvements, comprising dwelling, washhouse and room, dairy, tank stand, and 400-gallon tank, corrugated iron garage, stable, and shearing-shed, concrete dip and yards, cow-shed, plantations and garden, fowlhouse and run, water-supply, and 229 chains boundary and internal fencing (all on Section 7), also wool-shed and yards, plantation, and 404 chains boundary and internal fencing (all on Sections 5 and 5A). This sum is payable in cash, or by a deposit of £40, £200 to be secured on instalment mortgage to the Crown for a twenty-year term with interest at 5 per cent. in the case of a discharged soldier, and 5½ per cent. in the case of a civilian, and the balance of £660 to be secured on mortgage to the outgoing mortgagee for a term of five years with interest at 5 per cent.

• The improvements included in the rental value and remaining the property of the lessor comprise 191 chains boundary-fencing valued at £23 17s. 6d.

This area comprises part of Sherwood Downs Settlement, and is situated on Butlers Road, fourteen miles from Fairlie Post-office, Railway-station, and Saleyards, and three miles from Sherwood Downs School. Access is by fair gravelled road. The property which has an altitude of from 1,500 ft. to 3,000 ft. is watered by creeks and springs, and comprises easy to steep downs, broken by gullies and rocky knobs, with a portion of fairly flat land. The soil is of light to medium quality resting on clay and rocky formation. The property is subdivided into twelve paddocks and is mainly suitable for grazing, with a little mixed farming.

Special Conditions.—After payment of the deposit and other amounts required a remission of one year’s rent amounting to £67 will be granted, conditional upon improvements being effected on these sections equal to the value of the rent so remitted.

Note.—The area as stated above may be subject to slight adjustment.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/2575; D.O. R.L. 339.)

Settlement Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 8th December, 1937.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 20th January, 1938, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS (SETTLEMENT) LAND.
Waimairi County.—Christchurch Survey District.—Avonhead No. 2 Settlement.

Lot 1 of Section 16, Block X: Area, 2 acres. Upset price, £155.

Weighted with £6 (to be paid in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing.