Nov. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3157

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on
Wednesday, 18th December, 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 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Te Kuiti Borough.—Te Kuiti Native Township.

SECTIONS 15 and 17, Block XI: Area, 1 acre 2 roods
28.6 perches. Capital value, £200; half-yearly rent, £5.

Weighted with £460 for improvements, comprising dwelling,
washhouse, and store-room (in poor condition), garage and
cow-byme, fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after
payment of a deposit of £45, the balance (£415) may be
secured to the State Advances Corporation on a ten-year or
fifteen-year table mortgage, providing for quarterly payments
of £13 Is. 6d. gross, reducible to £12 Ils. Id. net on a
ten-year table, or £9 13s. 4d. gross, reducible to £9 3s. net
on a fifteen-year table, basing the interest on the present rate
of 4½ per cent. reducible to 4¼ per cent. for prompt payment.
The mortgagor is to covenant to carry out from his own
resources the following work to the Corporation's satisfaction
within six months—(1) Renewal of all spouting and down-
pipes on dwelling and washhouse ; (2) Renewal of defective
veranda floor-boards and posts with heart kauri ; (3) Repair
of base boards and providing base ventilation with heart
rimu ; (4) Renewal of defective weatherboards and cover
boards ; (5) Renewal of front steps ; and (6) Repainting of
dwelling and washhouse with two coats and roof with one
coat approved paints. Mortgagor to pay costs of preparation
and registration of mortgage, £4 5s.

This is a residential property situated on Awakino Road,
three-quarters of a mile from Te Kuiti Post-office and one
mile and a half from the Te Kuiti School. Access is by tar-
sealed road from Te Kuiti Post-office. Town water-supply is
available.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 7/581/45; D.O. D.P. 2519.)

Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are open for selection on renewable lease under the
Land Act, 1924 ; and applications will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up till noon
on Monday, 9th December, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wed-
nesday, 11th December, 1940, 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 documentary evidence
of their farming experience and 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 weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Hunua Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for three years.)

SECTIONS 59, 74, 76, 19, and part Section 13, Block VI :
Area, 89 acres 3 roods 25 perches. Capital value, £100 ;
half-yearly rent, £2.

Weighted with £80 (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising fencing, buildings, falling and grassing.

The property is situated at Kakahi, half a mile from the
Kakahi School, Post-office, and Railway-station. The soil
is light to medium loam resting on rock papa formation ;
country is steep in parts but lies well to the sun. Ragwort
and blackberry have a good hold. Suitable as a grazing
proposition for a settler in the district.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands..

(H.O. 26/6448 ; D.O. O.R.P. 1104, O.R.P. 1327.)

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property
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, Invercargill, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, 3rd
December, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thurs-
day, 5th December, 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 documentary evidence of
their farming experience and their 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 improve-
ments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Southland County.—Block X, Waipahi Survey District, and
Block VI, Waikaka Survey District.—Crichton Park
Settlement.

SECTION 38 : Area, 396 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £1,200 ;
half-yearly rent, £30.

Weighted with £770 for improvements, comprising grassing
and cultivation, 408 chains of fencing, cottage comprising
2-roomed hut 15 ft. by 12 ft. with lean-to kitchen, and sum-
porch, stable, and chaff-house. This sum is payable in cash,
or, after payment of a deposit of £455, the balance (£315) may
be repaid over a period of twenty-one years by half-yearly
instalments of principal and interest combined of £12 5s.

The property is situated two miles from Pukerau Post-office,
Railway-station, and Dairy Factory, and eight miles from
McNab Saleyards. Access is by ten miles of good road from
Gore of which eight miles is tar-sealed highway and two miles
gravel. The land is suitable for mixed farming. The area
is undulating to hilly, of which approximately 230 acres have
been cultivated, the balance being tussock ridges and faces too
steep or rocky to cultivate, but carrying good rough grazing
in parts. The soil is of poor to medium quality loam resting
on fairly stiff clay formation, watered by running streams.
Elevation, 320 ft. to 800 ft.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.

THOS. CAGNEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

(H.O. 26/18077 ; D.O. STL/S 45, X/6.)