SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Franklin County.—Mangatawhiri Parish.

ALLOTMENTS 279 and 280 : Area, 20 acres 3 roods 33 perches.
Capital value, £110.* Deposit on deferred payments, £5.
Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £3 8s. 3d.
Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £2 4s.

• Capital value includes the sum of £50 for improvements,
  comprising 10 acres of clearing and grassing.

This property is situated on Bluff Road about one mile
distant from Pokeno Post-office by metal road and comprises
about 7 acres of easy country with balance steep and broken.
Half the area carries rough feed and the other half is
unimproved in gorse, wattle, and blackberry. Soil is clay
resting on clay formation. There is some poor fencing
on area, but this is valueless. The property is not suitable
for a separate holding but would work in well with land
in the vicinity.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 9/3271 ; D.O. M.L. 2209.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional
Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st June, 1939.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section
is open for selection on optional tenures under the
Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o'clock
a.m. on Monday, 24th July, 1939.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday,
26th July, 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 deposit in reduction of weighting for
improvements.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Raglan County.—Awaroa Survey District.

(NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT.)

SECTIONS 1, 2, and 3, Block XIII : Area, 809 acres 1 rood
6 perches. Capital value, £1,105. Deposit on deferred payments,
£35. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments,
£34 15s. 6d. Renewable lease; Half-yearly rent, £27 12s. 6d.
Weighted with £1,096 for improvements, comprising two
houses (one in very poor condition) and two cowsheds (iron-
value only), road boundary fencing, boundary fencing,
internal fencing, clearing and grassing. This sum is payable
in cash, or after payment of a deposit of £96, the balance,
£1,000, may be paid over a period of thirty-six years and a
half by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest
combined amounting to £30.
This is a dairying and grazing proposition situated in the
Woodleigh District, on the Waikorea-Woodleigh Road,
approximately forty miles from Ngaruawahia, and three miles
from Matira School, access being by metalled road. The
section comprises about 689 acres of easy to hilly country,
soil being of good quality on clay, limestone, and papa
formation, balance 120 acres being undrainable swamp.
Approximately 300 acres has been felled and grassed but
has considerably deteriorated, balance being in its natural
state of bush and scrub. Ragwort and blackberry are in
evidence and require attention.
Special condition.—No standing timber to be felled or
removed, other than what is required for fencing purposes
in connection with the property, without the consent of the
Land Board first being obtained.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 7/786 ; D.O. M.L. 4049.)

Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Optional
Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 21st June, 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, Gisborne, up to 4 o'clock
p.m. on Wednesday, 9th August, 1939.
Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday,
11th August, 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 deposit in reduction of weighting for
improvements.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Opotiki County.—Waiotahi Parish.

SECTION 432 : Area, 320 acres 0 roods 25 perches. Capital
value, £80. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly
instalment on deferred payments, £2 8s. 9d. Renewable
lease : Half-yearly rent, £1 12s.
Weighted with £150 for improvements, comprising approximately 100 chains road and subdivisional fencing and half-
share in approximately 240 chains boundary fencing, about
100 acres pasture and two-roomed corrugated-iron whare.
This sum is payable in cash, or after payment of a deposit of
£20, the balance may be repaid by half-yearly instalments
of £8 6s. 10d., over a period of ten years, payable half-yearly
in advance on the 1st day of January and July.
A grazing property situated in the Waiotahi Valley, about
twelve miles from Opotiki by good metalled road. It comprises fairly steep country well watered, about 120 acres
being still in standing bush. This property is considered to
be unsuitable as a separate farming unit.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/18221 ; D.O. M.L. 963.)

Education Reserve in Gisborne Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 21st June, 1939.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
education reserve will be offered for lease by public
auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne,
at 2 o'clock p.m. on Friday, 28th July, 1939, under the
provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the
Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Uawa County.—Tolaga Bay Suburbs.

SECTIONS 1, 2, and 3, Block I : Area, 12 acres. Upset
annual rent, £7 10s.
Improvements comprising 12 chains road fencing, half-
share 30 chains boundary fencing, grassing, and well remain
the property of the Crown and their value (£85) is included in
the rental value of the land.

This property is situated on the East Coast Main Highway
in the Tolaga Bay Township. About 4 acres wet flats in
grass, 4 acres hilly in grass, balance steep and broken ; watered
by well. Blackberry is prevalent especially on the hillside.
Term of lease : Twenty-one years, with perpetual right
of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on
fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies'
Leases Act, 1908.
Form of lease may be perused and any further particulars
required may be obtained at the office of the undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 20/1036 ; D.O. E.R. 351.)