FEB. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 307

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS
SETTLEMENT LAND.

Whangarei County.—Tauraroa Settlement.

Sections 6s, 7s, 8s, and 12s: Area, 426 acres 1 rood 39
perches. Capital value, £585; half-yearly rent, £14 12s. 6d.
Weighted with £615 for improvements, comprising 286
acres clearing and grassing, 135 chains road fencing, 92 chains
boundary fencing, and 75 chains internal fencing. This sum
is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £65, the
balance may be repaid over a period of twenty-five years and a
half by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest
amounting to £19 5s.

This property is situated on Tauraroa Settlement Road,
two miles from Tauraroa Post-office, School, and Railway-
station, and six miles from Maungakaramea Saleyards.
Access is by metal road from Tauraroa. It comprises
undulating to hilly land, more than half of which is ploughable.
The soil is fair to poor clay resting on sandstone and limestone
formation; watered by springs and the Tauraroa Stream.
Property is subdivided into three paddocks and is suitable
for dairying and grazing. There is a little blackberry in
evidence.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the
undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 32/403 ; D.O. I.D.P. 343.)

Education Reserve in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 20th February, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
Education Reserve will be offered for lease by public
auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier,
at 2 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 11th April, 1940, under the
provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the
Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.

Borough of Napier.—Town of Napier.

Section 190: Area, 1 rood. Upset half-yearly rent, £14.
Weighted with £50 (payable in cash) for improvements,
comprising a shop and workroom, and two small cottages,
each rented by a tenant. All buildings are of wood and iron.
This is a level section with a 66-ft. frontage on Carlyle
Street, and a depth of 162 ft. Situated close to the centre
of the town.

Form of lease and plan of the section may be perused
and full particulars obtained at the office of the undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 20/936 ; D.O. E.R. 270.)

Town Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection
on Renewable Lease.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th February, 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
North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland,
up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 12th April, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at
the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, on Wednesday, 17th April, 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.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the
examination of applicants, and the successful applicants are
required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit
comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, and
lease fee.

SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.
Auckland City Council.—Town of Orakei.

These sections comprise part of the Town of Orakei—
popularly known as the Orakei Garden Suburb—and are
within easy distance of Orakei Railway-station and, by the
Waterfront Road, within ten minutes by bus from Queen
Street. This town has been laid out on modern town-
planning lines and contains numerous reserves for the benefit
of residents. Most of the sections now under offer are level
to gently sloping, all in grass. From some of these sections
commanding views are obtained of Waitemata Harbour
and Hauraki Gulf. All sections have frontages to formed
and metalled roads while some have tar-sealed footpaths.
Water, sewerage, gas, and electricity are available. Sections
already disposed of are rapidly being built on and some of
the finest homes built on modern ideas are already erected.

Any further information required may be obtained from
the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 22/43/9 ; D.O. 3/1514.)

Town Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on
Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th February, 1940.

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, Wellington, up to noon
on Tuesday, 26th March, 1940.