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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands. Applicants are required to produce documentary evidence of their financial position and farming experience.

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.

Gisborne Land District.—First-class Land.—Settlement Land.

Wairoa County.—Opoiti Survey District.—Clydebank Settlement.

Section 5, Block XIV: Area, 704 acres 2 roods. Capital value, £1,660.* Half-yearly rent, £41 10s.

*Capital value includes the sum of £340 for improvements belonging to the Crown, comprising half-share 189 chains boundary fencing and part value of the felling and grassing.

Weighted with £2,565 for improvements comprising dwelling 32 ft. by 30 ft., washhouse, and man’s room, woolshed, cowshed, shed, plantations, fencing, felling and grassing. This sum is payable in cash, or after payment of a deposit of £250 the balance may be secured on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation for a term of thirty-five years with interest at the rate of 4½ per cent. reducible to 4¼ per cent. for prompt payment; the first half-yearly instalment under such mortgage will be £67 1s. 5d. gross and £61 5s. 8d. net. The mortgage will contain a special covenant providing for the application to the property of not less than 15 tons of phosphatic manures annually to the satisfaction of the Corporation, also a special covenant for the control and eradication of blackberry. Costs of preparation of mortgage, £9 1s., are payable by the selector.

This property is situated on the Mangapoiki road about six miles from Frasertown by good metalled road, about one mile from school, and about ten miles from Wairoa Dairy Factory, Saleyards, and Freezing-works. The land is well watered and is subdivided into nine paddocks. It comprises mostly easy hill country of which approximately 260 acres is in bush and 444 acres in scrub and grass. Manuka is showing in parts and blackberry is noticeable on the back paddocks. Buildings and fences are in fair condition.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/8490; D.O. R.L.S. 300.)

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

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 6th January, 1941.

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 Tuesday, 11th February, 1941.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 13th February, 1941, 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 documentary evidence of their financial position and farming experience.

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.—Settlement Land.—Second-class Land.

Waipawa County.—Waipukurau Survey District.—Lindsay Settlement.

Section 10, Block XI: Area, 10 acres. Capital value, £200. Half-yearly rent, £5.

Weighted with £470 for improvements. This sum is payable in cash, or after payment of a deposit of £100, the balance may remain on table mortgage to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand for a term of twenty years, with interest at the rate of 4½ per cent. reducible to 4¼ per cent. for prompt payment. Instalments comprising principal and interest combined are payable half-yearly. The mortgagor will require to install a satisfactory water-supply and improve the buildings on the property within one year from the date of selection, and also supply not less than 1 ton of suitable phosphatic manure annually to the satisfaction of the Corporation. Costs of preparation of the mortgage, £3 7s., will be payable by the selector.

The property is suitable for a small farm to supplement a worker’s income, and is situated on the main highway, one mile and a half from Waipawa Post-office, Railway-station and School, and four miles from the Waipukurau Saleyards. The section comprises approximately 3 acres of flat land, the balance being easy hilly slopes. Soil is loam, on a clay formation; watered by river.

The electric installation is defective, and the selector will need to attend to the rewiring of the dwelling.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/20447; D.O. L.S. 437.)

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

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 6th January, 1941.

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, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 11th February, 1941.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 13th February, 1941, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

Hawke’s Bay Land District.—Suburban Lands.

Hawke’s Bay County.—Te Awanga Township Extension No. 4.

These sections are situated adjacent to the Township of Te Awanga and within two miles and a half from Haumoana Post-office, six miles from Clive Railway-station, and about thirteen and eleven miles respectively from Napier and Hastings. They are flat and shingly and well suited for beach-cottage sites.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

F. R. BURNLEY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 25/428; D.O. 14/5.)