Mar. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 399

Suburban Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, 13th 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 District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 8th May, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday, 10th May, 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 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.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SUBURBAN LAND.
Matakaoa County.—Awanui Suburbs.

SECTION 1: Area, 9 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Capital value, £50; half-yearly rent, £1 6s.
Capital value includes the sum of £25 for improvements, belonging to the Crown, comprising felling and grassing.
Weighted with £5 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing.

This section is situated at Port Awanui which is an old township about fifteen miles from Ruatoria. Section which is in paspalum and mixed native grasses, is situated on the sea-coast in a well-sheltered basin.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/7/188; D.O. 8/6.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, 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 District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday, 22nd April, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 24th 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, lease fee, and amount of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE LAND.
Stratford County.—Mangaehu Village.

SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7: Area, 1 acre 1 rood 39 perches. Capital value, £16; half-yearly rent, 8s.
Weighted with £20 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising felling, grassing, stumping, and 9 chains fencing.
This property is situated in the Mangaehu Village on the Mangaotuku Road, fifteen miles from Stratford. The land is practically all flat, and the soil is fair quality loam on clay formation.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

A. F. WATERS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 9/3298; D.O. M.V. 1717.)

Land in Nelson Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, 12th March, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property is open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, 9th April, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Thursday, 11th 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.

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, deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements and proportionate part of insurance on buildings.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Waimau County.—Motueka Survey District.

SECTIONS 56 and 58 (District of Moutere), Block XI; Area, 102 acres. Capital value, £890.† Deposit on deferred payments, £40. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £20 16s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £13 12s.
Area is subject to slight alteration on survey.
†Capital value includes the sum of £400 for improvements, belonging to the Crown, comprising 60 acres of stumping.
Weighted with £520 for improvements, comprising six-roomed dwelling, stable, cow-byre, two tobacco kilns, 64 chains road fencing, 32 chains boundary fencing, and 124 chains internal fencing. The dwelling and stable are in poor repair. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £20, the balance may be repaid over a term of twenty years by half-yearly instalments of £19 18s. 4d., consisting of principal and interest (5 per cent. per annum).

This property is situated at Braeburn, off the Nelson-Motueka Road, seven miles from Motueka Post-office, one mile and a half from Harakeke School, seventeen miles from Appleby Railway-station, and twenty miles from Waimau Dairy Factory and Richmond Saleyards. All flat land, 60 acres being in fully-developed pasture reverting through lack of top-dressing, 22 acres in native grass, gorse, and broom, 12 acres river-bed, 2 acres in Moutere ditch, and 6 acres in native bush. Some 52 acres are ploughable. Erosion is taking place on southern boundary. Soil is clay resting on Moutere gravel formation; watered by the Moutere Stream. Blackberry is prevalent. The property is suitable for mixed farming or dairying.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

P. R. WILKINSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/19097; D.O. R.L.D.S.8. 29.)

Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property is open for selection on optional tenures under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to noon on Monday, 8th April, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 9th 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.

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