APRIL 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 667

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Kaitieke Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for one year.*)

SECTION 35, Block IV: Area, 125 acres. Capital value, £310 †; half-yearly rent, £6 4s.

• The rental exemption for one (1) year is subject to the selector effecting improvements to the value of £100 during the exemption period.

† Capital value includes the sum of £85 for improvements, belonging to the Crown, comprising felling and grassing. Weighted with £500 for improvements, comprising dwelling, two sheds, fencing, and part felling, clearing, and grassing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £100, the balance of £400 may be secured by thirty-five year table-mortgage to the State Advances Corporation, half-yearly instalments £11 11s. 8d. (£10 11s. 8d. net), interest 4½ per cent. reducible to 4¾ per cent for prompt payment. The costs of the mortgage amount to £3 7s., to be borne by applicant.

The property is situated on the Taumarunui-Raurimu Main Highway, two miles from Owhango Post-office and School, and eight miles from Piriaha Dairy Factory. The area is flat to easy undulating, broken by swampy gullies. Soil is pumice on pumaceous formation, well watered. About 90 acres are felled and grassed and 12 acres are stumped.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

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

(H.O. 26/20183 ; D.O. R.L. 245.)

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Land in Canterbury Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th 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, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Friday, 10th May, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 14th 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 the conclusion of the ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, lease fee, and amount of weighting for improvements.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Paparua County.—Rolleston Survey District.

(Exempt from payment of rent for one year.†)

RURAL SECTIONS 12299, 21550, 15932, 18479, 26008, and 32629, Block XV: Area, 167 acres 0 roods 9 perches. Capital value, £1,000*; half-yearly rent, £20.

• Capital value includes the sum of £130 for improvements, belonging to the Crown, comprising 209 chains fencing, clearing, and plantations.

Weighted with £25 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising woolshed and yards.

This property has a frontage to Newtons Road and is distant about two miles from Sandy Knolls Railway-station, two miles and a half from West Melton School, and sixteen miles from Addington Saleyards. The block is subdivided into six paddocks and comprises light to medium plains land, all flat and ploughable, watered by county races, and is suitable for sheep grazing and growing greenfeed, rape, and turnips. The property is not self-supporting and is only suitable to be worked in with other land in the district.

† After payment of the prescribed deposit an exemption from the payment of rent for one year will be granted, provided that improvements to an equivalent value are effected to the satisfaction of the Land Board.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

N. C. KENSINGTON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/12907 ; D.O. R.L./R. 36.)

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Town Lands in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 27th March, 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, Hokitika, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 13th May, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, 15th 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.

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.

Note.—These sections are offered in terms of section 153 of the Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any mineral under the surface shall pertain to the lessees whose rights shall be to the surface soil only.

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SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.

Westland County.—Westland Mining District.—Town of Matainui.

SECTION 6: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 12s. 6d.

Section 12: Area 1 rood 9·6 perches. Capital value, £17 10s.; half-yearly rent, 8s. 9d.

Section 13: Area 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 14: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 17: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £17 10s.; half-yearly rent, 8s. 9d.

Section 18: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £17 10s.; half-yearly rent, 8s. 9d.

Section 24: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 25: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 26: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 27: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 28: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 29: Area, 1 rood 10 perches. Capital value, £20; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Section 30: Area, 1 rood 9·6 perches. Capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 12s. 6d.

These sections are adjacent to the Matainui Post-office, on the Main South Highway, distance seventy miles from Hokitika. The town is the centre for the Wataroa farming district. They comprise practically level land, firm, dry, and suitable for building-sites. Some of the streets in the town have already been formed and the formation of the others is now in hand.

(H.O. 25/984 ; D.O. 14/15/152.)