3482

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 143

Including Additional Land in the Whakatane Development Scheme.

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby declares the Native land described in the Schedule hereto to be subject to Part I of the said Act and to be included in the Whakatane Development Scheme.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of Native land in the Waiariki Native Land Court District situate in Block I, Whakatane Survey District, and known as Parish of Rangitaiki, Lot 308, Section 3, containing 43 acres 2 roods 25 perches, more or less.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of November, 1939.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
W. STEWART,
Members of the Board of Native Affairs.

(N.D. 1/3/48.)

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Excluding Land from the Tikitere Development Scheme.

PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby varies the notice dated the 29th day of May, 1933, and published in Gazette No. 46 of the 22nd day of June, 1933, at page 1657, declaring the Te Kahikatea and other blocks to be subject to subsection (3) of section 522 of the Native Land Act, 1931 (now Part I of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1936), by excluding therefrom the Native land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

THE following Native lands in the Waiariki Native Land Court District, situate in Block XIV, Rotoiti Survey District :—

Land. A. R. P.
Waingaro No. 2 .. 2 0 0
Whakapoungakau No. 11B 2 .. 3 2 29

Total .. 5 2 29

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of November, 1939.

O. N. CAMPBELL,
W. STEWART,
Members of the Board of Native Affairs.

(N.D. 1/3/29.)

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CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Correcting Notice

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th December, 1939.

IN notice in Gazette No. 140, 23rd November, 1939, page 3161, with respect to Lot 2 of Section 18 and Lot 2 of Section 19, Block VIII, Heringa Survey District, land in Marlborough Land District for selection on Optional Tenures, the following alterations should be noted :—

For “Tuesday, 9th January,” read “Tuesday, 16th January.”

For “Thursday, 11th January,” read “Thursday, 18th January.”

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 32/553.)

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th December, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section 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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 15th January, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 17th January, 1940, at 10 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board by 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 weighting for improvements.

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SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS SETTLEMENT LAND.

Whangarei County.—Aponga Settlement.

SECTION 2s: Area, 463 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £470; half-yearly rent, £11 15s.

Weighted with £945 for improvements, comprising shanty, cowshed, 83 chains road fence, 118 chains boundary fence, 180 chains internal fencing, 458 acres felled and surface sown. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £45, the balance may be repaid over a period of thirty years by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest amounting to £29 2s.

This section is situated on Finlayson Road seventeen miles from Kamo Post-office and Saleyards, sixteen miles from Ruatangata Railway-station, and three miles and a half from Purua School. Access is from Kamo by metalled road. Soil is mostly good sandstone resting on blue rock formation; watered by several never-failing creeks. Section comprises few acres flat, three-quarters undulating, balance hilly to broken. There is approximately 220 acres in fairly clean grass, 5 acres shelter bush, and the balance mostly in fern with a little grass. Property is ring-fenced and subdivided into six paddocks, and is suitable for farming as a grazing proposition with a few cows. Rabbits are in evidence.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 21/149/576; D.O. M.L. 2231.)

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Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th December, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders, marked on the outside “Tender,” will be received at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to noon on Thursday, 25th January, 1940, for a lease of the undermentioned reserve under the provisions of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Ohinemuri County.—Ohinemuri Survey District.

SECTION 28, Block XIV: Area, 17 acres 3 roods 3 perches. Minimum annual rental, £5.

This is a grazing area situated adjacent to the Township of Waikino about five miles from Waihi, and known as the Waikino Rifle Range. Suitable to use in conjunction with adjoining land.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease.

(1) Term of lease twenty-one years, with right of renewal for one further term of twenty-one years. Rental for the renewal lease to be calculated on the basis of 5 per cent. on a fresh valuation to be made by the Valuer-General for the purpose, but in no circumstances is the rental payable under the renewed lease to be less than that payable under the lease for the first term.

(2) A half-year’s rent at the rate offered and lease fee, £1 1s., to be payable on acceptance of tender.

(3) Rent to be paid half-yearly in advance on the first days of January and July each year.

(4) Lessee to use the land only for grazing purposes.

(5) Lessee to have the right to depasture stock on the demised land but no animal dangerous to any person entering upon the said land to be depastured thereon.

(6) Lessee to maintain the pastures and to keep the land clear of noxious weeds and rabbits to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

(7) Lessee to maintain existing fences and not to erect any new fences without the prior consent of the said Commissioner.