APRIL 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1013

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Masterton on the 13th May, 1941.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 16th April, 1941.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matter mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Masterton on the 13th May, 1941, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

P. H. DUDSON, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 22nd April, 1941.

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 North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 19th May, 1941.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 21st May, 1941, 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 documentary evidence of their farming experience and 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 and mortgage fees, and deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga County.—Whangape Survey District.

SECTION 14 and part Section 7, Block VIII: Area, 377 acres (approx.). Capital value, £300. Deposit on deferred payments, £30. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments (term: 34½ years), £8 15s. 6d. Renewable lease: half-yearly rent, £6.

Weighted with £760 for improvements, comprising dwelling, cowshed, garage, fencing, felling, and grassing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £100, the balance may be secured by instalment mortgage to State Advances Corporation on a thirty-year term—interest, 4⅞ per cent., reducible to 4¼ per cent. for prompt payment—payable by quarterly instalments of £10 4s. 7d. Mortgage costs, £4 5s.

Special Mortgage Covenants: Five tons of approved phosphatic manure to be applied per annum, and within two years of selection to repair the dwelling to Corporation’s satisfaction.

Situated on Rotokakahia Road, two and a half miles from Rotokakahia School and fourteen miles from Broadwood Post-office and Saleyards; access is from Broadwood by metalled road. The property, which is poorly watered, has been grassed, but portion has reverted. Suitable for grazing in conjunction with other land.

NOTE.—Area and valuation subject to alteration on survey.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 26/5846; D.O. M.L. 2383.)

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

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 21st April, 1941.

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, 26th May, 1941.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 28th May, 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, amount of weighting for improvements, and lease fee.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND.

Taumarunui County.—Taumarunui Native Township.

SECTION 8, Block XXVIII: Area, 3 roods 12 perches. Capital value, £65. Half-yearly rent, £1 12s. 6d. Weighted with £5 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising fencing and grassing.

A low-lying section in Makere Street, Matapuna, one and three-quarter miles from Taumarunui Post-office. Water and power available.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 7/581/210; D.O. M.L. 3612.)

Education Reserve in Southland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, 21st April, 1941.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Tuesday, 17th June, 1941, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Town of Lumsden.

SECTIONS 2 and 17, Block IX: Area, 2 roods. Upset annual rental, £2. Weighted with £304 (payable in cash) for improvements, comprising dwelling, outhouses, garage, well and pump, fencing, &c. Sections are within easy distance of post-office and railway-station.

Abstract of Conditions.

1. Possession will be given 1st January, 1942.
2. Six months’ rent at the rate offered and rent for the broken period, lease, and registration fees (£2 2s.), and weighting for improvements must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.
3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right of renewal for further similar terms at rents on fresh valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.
4. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges, and to yield up all improvements in good repair and condition at the expiration of the lease.
6. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.