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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2]

Lands in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th January, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on optional tenures 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 Monday, 19th February, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 21st February, 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 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 and mortgage fees, and deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LANDS, Whangarei County.—Whangarei Survey District.

Section 13, Block XI: Area, 851 acres 2 roods 16 perches. Capital value, £450. Deposit on deferred payments, £25. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £13 16s. 3d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £9.

Weighted with £1,050 for improvements, comprising 300 acres bush felled, burned, and in fair pasture, 25 acres cleared and surface sown, dwelling (very poor), and implement shed. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £200, the balance may be secured by (1) a loading of £490 repayable over a period of twenty years by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £19 2s. 5d., and (2) by a first mortgage to the State Advances Corporation for the sum of £370, payable over a term of twenty years by quarterly instalments of principal and interest combined amounting to £7 2s. 9d. Costs in connection with the mortgage will be payable by the selector.

This 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. The property comprises all rough to broken country, the 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 are run out and is reverting to second growth. Ragwort and other noxious weeds are in evidence. 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.

(H.O. 26/3949; D.O. M.L. 2347.)

Otahuhu Borough.—Otahuhu Survey District.

Section 4, Block VI; Area, 4 acres 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £255. Deposit on deferred payments, £15. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £7 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 2s.

Weighted with £46 10s. (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising a shed 31 ft. by 14 ft., 13 chains boundary fencing, 7 chains road fencing, and 4 acres cultivated.

This property is approximately one mile and a half from the Otahuhu Railway-station by metalled road, and half a mile from the bus stop and post-office, and three-quarters of a mile from school. The land is all flat, cleared, and in very fair grass, and the soil is volcanic resting on clay. There is some gorse showing. The property is suitable for a residence-site or for an orchard or market-garden. Borough water-supply is available. Subject to right-of-way in favour of Otahuhu Borough Council.

(H.O. 26/14420; D.O. M.L. 2321.)

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 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 till noon on Monday, 26th February, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 28th February, 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 and mortgage fees, and deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND, Kaitieke County.—Hunua Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.)

Section 26, Block X: Area, 108 acres. Capital value, £310*; half-yearly rent, £6 4s.

*Capital value includes the sum of £250 for Crown’s improvements, consisting of felling and grassing, part interest in dwelling, and in fencing.

Weighted with £228 for improvements, comprising cow-byre and separator-room, shed, plantations, and part interest in dwelling and fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £78, the balance of £150 to remain on table mortgage to the State Advances Corporation, for a term of thirty years, interest 4½ per cent. reducible to 4¼ per cent. for prompt payment: the half-yearly instalment being £4 13s. (gross). The mortgage and registration fees amount to £2 15s.

This property is situated on Otaupai Road, three miles from Owahango Post-office, and access is by metalled road. The soil which is well watered consists of pumice flats resting on clay formation, while the hills are of light loam. The section is subdivided into three paddocks and is badly infested with ragwort. Suitable for grazing.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

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

(H.O. 26/10721; D.O. I.F.O.R.P. 347.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 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, Wellington, up to noon on Monday, 26th February, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 28th February, 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.