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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 on account of
weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Franklin County.—Otaw Parish.
(Exempt from payment of rent and interest under mortgage
for two years.*)

ALLOTMENT 117 : Area, 217 acres 3 roods 6 perches. Capital
value, £125. Deposited on deferred payments, £5 : Half-
yearly instalment on deferred payments, £3 18s. Renewable
lease : Half-yearly rent, £2 10s.

• Exemption from payment of rent and interest is con-
  ditional on improvements being effected to the value of £25
  annually during the concession period in addition to the
  usual requirements under the lease.

Weighted with £280 for improvements, comprising 160
acres cleared and grassed, house of four rooms (unfinished),
three shanties, and fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or,
after payment of a deposit of £40, the balance (£240) may be
secured on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation for
a term of twenty-five years, with interest at the rate ruling
as at date of selection. The quarterly instalments under the
mortgage comprising principal and interest combined amount
to £4 ls. 6d.

This property, which is suitable for grazing purposes, is
situated on the Moumoukai Road, twenty-one miles from
Papakura by metalled road, eleven miles from Hunua Post-
office, and three miles from Moumoukai School. Undulating
to broken country with an altitude of from 400 ft. to 900 ft.
The soil is of a clay nature on clay and rock; well watered
by permanent streams. The property is subdivided into
seven paddocks, and comprises 160 acres in grass and 57 acres
reverted to second growth.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from
tho undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 22/4300 ; D.O. M.L. 2167.)

Settlement Lands in Otago Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 3rd August, 1938.
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, Dunedin, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday,
12th September, 1938.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednes-
day, 14th September, 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 deposit in reduction of improvement loading.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Clutha County.—Clifton Settlement.
Section 32s : Area, 641 acres 3 roods 36 perches. Capital
value, £2,400* ; half-yearly rent, £60.

Weighted with £700 for improvements, comprising six-
roomed dwelling; stable, barn, and shearing-shed (under
one roof), implement-shed, yards and dip, 1,400 gallon under-
ground concrete tank, piping and trough. This sum is payable
in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £100, the balance
(£600) may be paid by sixty half-yearly instalments of
£19 8s. including interest at 5 per cent. per annum.

• The capital value includes the sum of £260 for improve-
  ments belonging to the Crown, comprising full value 541
  chains fencing and half value 153 chains fencing.

The section is situated eight miles from Waiwera Township,
Railway-station, and School by good formed and metalled
road, and comprises undulating land with fairly well sheltered
ridges. The soil is fairly sharp loam, and responds well to
lime and manure treatment. The property is free from
noxious weeds, and is fairly well watered by creeks and
river.

Section 36s: Area, 790 acres 3 roods 6 perches. Capital
value, £2,765*; half-yearly rent, £69 2s. 6d.

Weighted with £590 for improvements, comprising eleven-
roomed dwelling, three-roomed dwelling, stables, loose-boxes,
implement-sheds, dip and yards, piping and troughs. This
sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £90,
the balance (£500) may be paid by sixty half-yearly instal-
ments of £16 3s. 4d. including interest at 5 per cent. per
annum.

• The capital value includes the sum of £325 for improve-
  ments belonging to the Crown, comprising full value 600
  chains fencing, half value 331 chains fencing, plantation, and
  shelter-belts.

The section is situated seven miles from Waiwera Town-
ship, Railway-station, and School by good formed metalled
road, and comprises undulating land. The property is
subdivided into sixteen paddocks and is suitable for sheep
and fattening, responding well to lime and manure treatment.
It is well watered by creeks, springs, and lake.

Special Condition.—The whole interest in the plantation of
1,183 trees around the lake is retained by the Crown. The
Crown reserves the right to dispose of the timber and also to
grant any rights incidental to the milling of same with means
of ingress, egress, and regress.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

F. H. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 32/400/1, and 3; D.O. D.P. 96, and 97, and VII/5.)

Education Reserves in Otago Land District for Lease by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 2nd August, 1938.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned educa-
tion reserves will be offered for lease by public auction
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 2.30
o'clock p.m. on Monday, 12th September, 1938, under the
provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the
Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF OAMARU.—BOROUGH OF OAMARU.
Section 7, Block XXX : Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental,
£5.

Weighted with £40 (to be paid in cash) for improvements,
comprising fencing and concrete water-supply.

The section is situated in Test Street, about half a mile
from Oamaru Post-office.

Section 17, Block XXXIX : Area, 1 rood. Upset annual
rental, £7 15s.

Weighted with £900 (to be paid in cash) for improvements,
comprising new four-roomed dwelling with conveniences.

Situated in Hull Street, approximately half a mile from
Oamaru Post-office.

Section 10, Block XC: Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rental,
£6 10s.

Weighted with £450 (to be paid in cash) for improvements,
comprising four-roomed dwelling and conveniences.

Situated in Isis Street, approximately half a mile from
Oamaru Post-office.