1198
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

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.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Pakaumanu Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent and mortgage interest for
one year.*)

SECTION 3, Block XIV: Area, 372 acres 3 roods. Capital
value, £190; half-yearly rent, £3 16s.

• Conditional upon permanent improvements of a value
  equal to the amount of the concession involved being effected
  within one year an exemption from the payment of one
  year’s rent and one year’s interest under the mortgages
  securing the improvement loading will be granted.

Loaded with £690 for improvements, comprising a dwelling,
cowshed, garage, fencing, clearing, and grassing. This sum
is payable in cash, or after payment of a deposit of £70, the
balance, £620, to be secured as follows:—

(1) The sum of £455, approximately, by first mortgage
to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand, payable
over a period of thirty years by means of quarterly instalments
of principal and interest combined with interest at the rate
ruling as at date of selection, subject to a rebate of ½ per cent.
for payment of the instalments on or before fourteen days
after the due dates thereof. This mortgage will contain
a covenant in respect to top-dressing and also in respect to
the control and eradication of noxious weeds. The selector
will require to meet costs amounting to £3 13s. for the
preparation and registration of the mortgage.

(2) The sum of £165, approximately, by second mortgage
to the Lands and Survey Department, payable over a period
of twenty years by means of half-yearly instalments of
principal and interest combined amounting to £6 17s. 1d.,
under the Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925.

A grazing proposition situated on Mangaokewa Road,
five miles and a half from Kopaki Post-office, Railway-station,
Cream Depot, and Saleyards, and two miles and a half from
Mangaokewa School, access being by metalled road from
Kopaki. Approximately 100 acres is easy undulating country
the balance consisting of low hills and sidlings; about
200 acres is at present in fair pasture, 100 acres in worn-out
pasture, the balance being in its natural state of light bush.
Soil is light pumiceous loam on rhyolite and sandstone
formation; watered by springs and streams. Ragwort
requires immediate attention.

Special condition.—A right-of-way is reserved through this
section to enable access to be obtained to adjoining Crown
property.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. XI/1/1170; D.O. O.R.P. 4621.)

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 18th April, 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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m.
on Monday, 22nd May, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednes-
day, 24th May, 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
and mortgage fees, and deposit in reduction of weighting
for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Stratford County.—Omona Survey District.

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

SECTIONS 3 and 4, Block IV: Area, 400 acres. Capital
value, £100; half-yearly rent, £2.

• After payment of the prescribed deposit an exemption
  from payment of rent will be allowed for a period of five
  years provided improvements to the value of £20 are effected
  annually during the exemption period.

The selector of Sections 3 and 4 must acquire by transfer
(at his own expense) Sections 8 and 9, area 400 acres, freehold
land, the purchase price of which, together with the loading
for improvements on Sections 3 and 4, amounts to £335.
This sum is payable in cash, or may be left on first mortgage
to the State Advances Corporation and will be repayable
by quarterly instalments over a period of ten years with
interest at the rate ruling as at date of selection. The cost
of preparing the mortgage to the State Advances Corporation
(£3 9s.) must be paid immediately an application is declared
successful.

Description of Sections 3, 4, 8, and 9.

This is a grazing property situated on the Puniwhakau
Road, five miles from Puniwhakau School and Post-office
and eighteen miles from Douglas Railway-station and Sale-
yards. The soil comprises light loam on papa and sandstone
formation; watered by streams. About 10 acres fair pasture,
690 acres reverted to fern, 100 acres in natural state. About
30 acres flat and easy country, balance mostly steep hill
country. Subdivided into eleven paddocks.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/17745; D.O. F.H. 241 and 242.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 19th April, 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 District Lands and
Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday,
12th June, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday,
14th June, 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
and mortgage fees, and deposit in reduction of improvement
loading.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS SETTLEMENT LAND.

Mosgiel Borough.—Melville Park Settlement.

(Exempt from payment of rent for one year.)

SECTION 2s: Area, 20 acres. Capital value, £600; half-
yearly rent, £15.

Loaded with £301 17s. 6d. for improvements, comprising
dwelling, cow-byre, and fencing. This sum is payable in
cash, or after payment of a deposit of £101 17s. 6d. the
balance (£200) to be secured by private mortgage over a
period of ten years by annual instalments of £20 principal
plus half-yearly payments of interest at 4½ per cent. per
annum on the unpaid balance. The first year to be free of
interest. Upon the whole of the area being regrassed to the
satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands a grant of
£45 cash will be made to the selector.