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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 137

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 weighting for improvements.

NOTE.—This property is 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.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waimea County.—Tadmor Survey District.—Karamea Mining District.

SECTIONS 8, 9, 11, and part 10, Block VII, and Sections 4, 5, and 6, Block VIII: Area, 627 acres 0 roods 32 perches. Capital value £175; half-yearly rent, £3 10s.

Weighted with £580 for improvements, comprising dwelling, approximately 535 chains fencing, and felling and grassing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £30, the balance may be left on mortgage to the previous lessee for a term of ten years with interest at 4½ per cent. per annum.

This property is situated two miles from Tui Post-office, two miles from Kiwi Railway-station, two miles and a half from Kiwi School, and sixteen miles from Tapawera Sale-yards, access being by good metalled road from Kiwi. The property consists of easy hill country, all cleared, and mostly in fern and small manuka. Soil is generally poor, but fair on part Section 10, and the land is watered by permanent streams. Altitude is from 800 ft. to 1,500 ft. The property should be suitable for grazing by a holder of other land in the vicinity.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

P. R. WILKINSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/1450/141; D.O. X/55, L.P. 249, 695, and 697.)

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Land in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 7th November, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, up to noon on Tuesday, 12th December, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday, 14th December, 1939, 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 the conclusion of the ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, lease fee, mortgage costs, and proportionate part of insurance premium.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waimea County.—Waimea Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for three years.†)

PART Section 10, “Waimea East,” Block X: Area, 26 acres 1 rood 14 perches.* Capital value, £470; half-yearly rent, £9 8s.

• Area subject to alteration on survey.

† Rental exemption is conditional on the selector eradicating the orchard within three months from the commencement of the lease and laying the land down in pasture or crops within two years. This latter work must be done to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown lands.

Weighted with £270 for improvements, comprising six-roomed dwelling, packing-shed, fencing, tank, and pump. This sum is payable in cash, or over a period of fifteen years by half-yearly instalments of £12 18s. 1d. Proportionate part of insurance premium will be payable by the successful applicant.

This property is situated on the Waimea-Aniseed Valley Road almost opposite the Hope School, one mile from Hope Railway-station and Post-office and two miles from Waimea Dairy Factory and Richmond Saleyards, access being by good motor-road. The area is flat and, excepting 8 acres in worn-out pasture, is in orchard which is required to be destroyed. Soil is light and stony for the most part, and the land which is watered by a well and pump is suitable for cropping principally. The property is not a self-contained farm and should be worked by an adjacent holder or a settler with outside employment. Buildings are in disrepair, as also is fencing.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

P. R. WILKINSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/4923; D.O. X/55, R.L. D.S.S. 30.)

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Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 7th November, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property is open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to noon on Monday, 11th December, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 12th December, 1939, 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 weighting for improvements.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Geraldine County.—Pareora Survey District.

PART Reserve 2704, Block IV: Area, 59 acres 3 roods. Capital value, £325. Deposit on deferred payments, £25. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £9 15s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £6 10s.

Weighted with £243 5s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising dwelling of five rooms, shed, cow-byre, fowlhouse, and shed, and 145 chains road boundary, river boundary, and party boundary fencing, shelter, and orchard.

This property comprises low-lying river flats, and is situated on the northern bank of the Opihi River, about one mile from the Pleasant Point Post-office and School. Access is provided by the Waitohi Point Road. The area is subdivided into two paddocks, suitable for dairying or grazing.

NOTE.—The right is reserved to the Crown to allow full ingress, egress, and regress over the demised land to the Geraldine County River Board for the purpose of maintenance and control of the river-protective works adjoining.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/1/427; D.O. O.L. 2436.)