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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

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

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd September, 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 Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 28th October, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 30th October, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Taumarunui Borough.—Taumarunui Native Township.

SECTION 5, Block III: Area, 1 rood 8 perches. Capital value, £250; half-yearly rent, £6 5s.

Weighted with £10 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising two sheds.

A level section with frontage to Miriama Street; suitable for business or residential site.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 7/581/33; D.O. M.L. 4187.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 3rd September, 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, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 9th October, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday, 11th October, 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 in reduction of weighting for improvements.

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SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LANDS.

Cook County.—Town of Ormond.

SECTION 66: Area 2 acres 1 rood 30 perches. Capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 12s. 6d.

Weighted with £455 for improvements, comprising dwelling, washhouse, garage, fencing and clearing and grassing. Of this sum £25 is payable in cash. The successful applicant, prior to the ballot, must make his or her own arrangements with the present occupier for the repayment of the remaining £430.

This section is situated about half a mile from the Ormond School. Approximately half an acre comprises river-bank, balance is flat but broken by terrace. Lower portion is subject to flooding. The majority of area is in mixed pasture, whilst there is a fair amount of silver poplars and tall fescue on portion.

Section 67: Area, 3 acres 1 rood 30 perches. Capital value, £90; half-yearly rent, £2 5s.

Weighted with £30 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising clearing, grassing and fencing.

This section is situated about a quarter of a mile from the Ormond School. It comprises good quality flat land mostly in English grasses. It is somewhat broken by the Mahunga Stream.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 6/7/166; D.O. X/5.)

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Settlement Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 3rd September, 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, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 11th November, 1940.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 14th November, 1940, at 2.30 o’clock p.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 and mortgage fees, and deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements.

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SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.—SETTLEMENT LAND.

Waipawa County.—Wakarara Survey District.—Gwavas Settlement.

(Exempt from payment of rent for two years.*)

SECTION 2, Block XII: Area, 863 acres. Capital value, £1,270; half-yearly rent, £31 15s.

Weighted with £1,495 for improvements, comprising dwelling, wool-shed, car-shed, fowlhouse, cow-bail, stable and implement-shed, yards, plantation, water-bore, 234 chains boundary fencing, 33 chains road fencing, 100 chains sub-divisional fencing, and 300 acres grassing (deteriorated).

This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £95, the sum of £800 will be secured by a special clause in the lease providing for repayment by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £31 4s. each; the balance of £600 will rank as a second charge in favour of the private mortgagees and is to be secured on mortgage for a term of five years at 5 per cent., with a right of renewal for one further term of five years. All expenses in connection with the mortgage are to be paid by the successful applicant. See note below re remission of the interest portion of the instalments under the loading and mortgage securing the improvements.

Situated on the Kereru-Waipawa Road, approximately five miles from Tikokino Township and School, and seventeen miles from the Waipawa Railway-station by good road, tar-sealed in parts. Approximately twenty-one miles from Waipukurau Dairy Factory and Saleyards. The section comprises approximately 110 acres of flats and undulating hills capable of being ploughed, the remainder is broken, hilly country intersected by three gorges, and has about 150 acres of small farming value. The soil consists of a light loam on a gravel and clay formation, poorly watered by a spring at the back and a bore on the front portion. Altitude from about 300 ft. to 1,000 ft.

• After payment of the prescribed deposit and conditional on the property being improved and existing improvements maintained to the satisfaction of the Land Board, an exemption from payment of rent for two years will be granted and the interest portion of the instalments under the loading and mortgage securing the improvements will be remitted.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/18360; D.O. R.L.S. 254.)