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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 11

Note.—Prospective selectors should know that the last
4 chains of the access road to this property is unformed, and
that it is necessary to cross a ford in order to get to the section.
The Crown cannot undertake to improve this existing access
in any way.

This property is situated at Takawhiro, nineteen miles
from Kaikohe Post-office, and five miles from the Awarua
Native School. Access is by metal road. Soil is fair clay
resting on sandstone; watered by several permanent
streams. Property which is undulating and easy rising
country, subdivided into six paddocks, is suitable for grazing
sheep and cattle.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 34/266; D.O. M.L. 2341.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 7th February, 1940.

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, New Plymouth, up to 4 o'clock p.m., on
Monday, 18th March, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on
Wednesday, 20th March, 1940; 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.

SCHEDULE.

ARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Taranaki County.—Paritutu Survey District.—Huatoki
Settlement.

SECTION 18s : Area, 5 acres 1 rood 38 perches. Capital value,
£200; half-yearly rent, £5.

Weighted with £65 (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising three-roomed whare, shed, 5 chains hedges, 14
chains fencing, garden and orchard, 3½ acres clearing.

This is a suburban property situated on the Huatoki Road,
three miles and a quarter from the New Plymouth Post-office and one mile and a half from Vogeltown School.
Access is by good metalled road. Approximately 3½ acres is
fair flat land, the balance is in native bush. The area is
suitable for a residential-site, and a few cows could be run
to augment the selector's income.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 32/603; D.O. D.P. 180.)

Town Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 7th February, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
properties are 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, 18th March, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on
Wednesday, 20th March, 1940, 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.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of
the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant
for each section 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.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.

Stratford County.—Huiroa Township.

SECTIONS 2, 8, 10, and 12, Block V : Area, 2 acres 0 roods
11 perches. Capital value £15 ; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
weighted with £20 16s. 6d. (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising felling, grassing, stumping, 5½ chains
fencing, and 5 chains drains.

Sections 1, 2, 3, and 8, Block VI : Area, 2 acres 0 roods
38 perches. Capital value, £15 ; half-yearly rent, 7s. 6d.
Weighted with £12 5s. (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising felling, grassing, stumping, and 6½ chains of
fencing.

These properties are situated in Huiroa Township, fifteen
miles from Stratford by tar-sealed and metalled road. Part
of the land is level and part undulating. The whole area has
been felled and grassed, and the land is of fair quality loam
on clay formation; watered by creeks.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 9/2282 ; D.O. XIV/17.)

Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th February, 1940.

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, Invercargill, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on
Tuesday, 12th March, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday,
14th March, 1940, 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 ae 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Wallace County.—Jacobs River Hundred.

SECTION 4, Block XXII : Area, 384 acres 3 roods 23 perches.
Capital value, £395 ; half-yearly rent, £7 18s.

Weighted with £250 7s. 6d. for improvements, comprising
felling, grassing, and fencing. This sum is payable in cash,
or, after payment of 7s.6d. in cash, the balance may be secured
on mortgages as under:

State Advances Corporation.—£130 on thirty-year term;
interest at 4⅝ per cent. subject to rebate: half-yearly
instalment, £4 0s. 8d.

Lands and Survey Department (Development Loan).—£120
on twenty-year term; interest, 5 per cent. subject to rebate:
half-yearly instalment, £4 15s. 8d.

This section is situated about three miles and a half from
Fairfax Railway-station, Dairy Factory, and School, access
being by good metalled road. The land, which for the most
part comprises soil of light quality, is mainly undulating
to hilly bush country, well watered, but a fair proportion
is flat to undulating suitable for cultivating. The area has
gone back considerably and gorse is spreading but the
section offers fair prospects to an energetic settler prepared
to undertake considerable development.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.

THOS. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 34/115 ; D.O. 10/6 ; D.P. 37.)