CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 7th March, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the undermentioned land, having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

(L. and S. 22/950/3.)

F. JONES, For the Minister of Lands.

Land in the Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 12th March, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

(L. and S. 22/950/8.)

FRANK LANGSTONE, Minister of Lands.

Suburban Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 12th March, 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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o'clock a.m., on Monday, 15th April, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 17th April, 1940, at 10.30 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, and lease fee.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBAN LAND.
Franklin County.—Suburbs of Mercer.

ALLOTMENT 30: Area, 5 acres 2 roods 15 perches. Capital value, £130; half-yearly rent, £3 5s.

Situated half a mile from Mercer Railway-station and Post-office, and opposite School, this property comprises hilly land, badly infested with blackberry, but is suitable for grazing. No building-site without excavation, and the water-supply is not permanent.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 6/3/356 ; D.O. M.L. 1775.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th March, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o'clock a.m. on Monday, 29th April, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 1st May, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND.
Rotorua County.—Rotoma Survey District.

SECTION 15, Block VI: Area, 259 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £65. Deposit on deferred payments, £5. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £1 19s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £1 6s.

Weighted with £286 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising dwelling, implement-shed, cow-shed, 80 chains road-boundary fence, half-share 160 chains of boundary fence, 120 chains subdivisional fence, clearing, stumping, and grassing.

This is a grazing proposition situated on Matata-Rotorua Road, four miles from Rotoma Post-office and School, twenty-two miles from Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Factory. Access is by metalled road. Water-supply is pumped from Lake Rotoma into cisterns and troughs. Section is high and comprises easy undulating to part steep land, broken by easy gullies. About 100 acres felled and grassed, badly infested with ragwort and reverting to fern and wineberry, balance in standing bush. Subdivided into four paddocks.

Note.—Part of the water-service beyond the boundary of the property belongs to the previous lessee, and may be purchased for £20.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(H.O. 26/17346 ; D.O. D.S. 555.)