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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Whangarei County.—Whangarei Survey District.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

SECTION 13, Block XI: Area, 851 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Capital value, £1,115*. Deposit on deferred payments, £55. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £33 9s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £22 6s.

• Improvements to the value of £480 are included in the capital value and comprise 75 acres cleared and surface sown but reverting, 165 chains road fence, 240 chains subdivisional fence, and 165 chains boundary fence.

Weighted with £755 for improvements, comprising 300 acres bush felled, burned, and in fair pasture, 25 acres cleared and surface sown, dwelling (very poor), dairy-shed and yards (poor), and implement-shed. This sum is payable in cash, or after payment of a deposit of not less than £200 the balance may be secured by (1) a loading of £195 payable over a period of twenty years by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £7 16s. 6d., and (2) a first mortgage to the State Advances Corporation for the sum of £360 payable over a term of twenty years by quarterly instalments of £6 18s. 11d. including interest. Cost of preparation and registration of mortgage amounting to £3 7s. is payable by selector.

Section is situated on a metalled by-road off the Whangarei-Parua Bay Road, eighteen miles from Whangarei Railway-station and three miles from Taranui School. All rough to broken country, soil being clay on sandstone and blue rock formation; well watered by several good streams. About 400 acres have been felled and grassed but 100 acres have run out and are reverting to second growth. Some ragwort and other noxious weeds are in evidence. The property is suitable for mixed farming.

Special condition.—The selector must not cut or remove any timber on the property without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/3949 ; D.O. M.L. 2277.)

Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 31st January, 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 4 o’clock p.m., on Friday, 10th March, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 14th March, 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Ashburton County.—Alford Survey District.

Lot 1, D.P. 3162, part R.S. 16707 and 20812, Block XII: Area, 160 acres 2 roods 23 perches. Capital value, £350*. Deposit on deferred payments, £20. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £10 14s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £7.

• Included in the capital value is the sum of £50 for improvements, comprising fencing, which remains the property of the Crown.

Weighted with £50 for improvements, comprising boundary and subdivisional fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or after payment of a deposit of £10 the balance may be repaid over a period of ten years by half-yearly instalments of £2 11s. 10d.

This property is situated two miles and a half from Springburn, two miles from Buccleuch Railway-station and sixteen miles from Methven Saleyards. Access is by metalled road from Springburn. The land is watered by creeks, with soil light to medium resting on clay and shingle. The property which is subdivided into three paddocks is suitable for cattle grazing for seven to eight months of the year. Approximately 80 acres is ploughable.

NOTE.—As this property is uneconomic on its own the Land Board will consider applications only from those persons who already hold land in the locality. Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/13423 ; D.O. R.L.R./43.)

Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 31st January, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 6th March, 1939.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 9th March, 1939, at 10 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 improvement loading.

The section is situated within the Otago Mining District and 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.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Wallace County.—Waiau Survey District.—Otago Mining District.

SECTION 15, Block XIII: Area, 2 acres 1 rood. Capital value £20.* Half-yearly rent, 8s.

• Included in the capital value is the sum of £7 for improvements, comprising felling and grassing, which remain the property of the Crown.

Weighted with £10 9s. (payable in cash), for improvements, comprising road and boundary fencing.

This property is situated two and a half miles from Tuatapere Post-office, opposite Piko Piko Railway-station, by good gravelled road. Separated from the Orauea Stream by the river-bank reserve. About one-quarter acre in bush, balance in fair surface sown grass. The soil is good; permanently watered by spring. The area is too small as a separate holding but it would work in well with adjoining land.

Full particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

T. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 51656 ; D.O. 24/60.)