1566

PRACTICAL PART.

Candidates. Passed. Per Cent.

Auckland .. .. .. 9 1 11
Christchurch .. .. 2 Nil ..
Dunedin .. .. 2 2 100
Gisborne .. .. 1 1 100
Greymouth .. .. 2 2 100
Hamilton .. .. 3 3 100
Hawera .. .. 1 Nil ..
Invercargill .. .. 3 2 67
Timaru .. .. 1 Nil ..
Wellington .. .. 6 4 67
Whakatane .. .. 1 1 100
Whangarei .. .. 2 2 100

Totals .. .. .. 33 18 55

The highest marks obtained were 100 in the written part and 93 in the practical part; the maximum marks obtainable being 100 in each case.

The examination results for the above centres are as follows :-

PASSED IN WRITTEN PART.

Auckland.-McDonald, W. I.; Rose, R. Dunedin.-Duncan, K. G. Gisborne.-Cronin, D. W.; Sanders, I. A. Greymouth.-Leitch, R. C. Hamilton.-Beaton, W. A.; Brown, T.; Robinson, K. L.; Walker, R. H. Invercargill.-Egerton, P. E.; Turner, K.; Wyeth, A. A. Masterton.-Hardie, T. G. Nelson.-Ellis, C.; Scott, D. J. Palmerston North.-Balfour, W. D. Timaru.-Locke, C. W. Wellington.-McMahon, J. P.; Maunder, J. R.; Scammell, S. J. Whangarei.-McGlone, D. H.

PASSED IN PRACTICAL PART.

Auckland.-McDonald, W. I. Dunedin.-Duncan, K. G.; Faulkner, J. P. Gisborne.-Sanders, I A. Greymouth.-Hartley, R.; Leitch, R. C. Hamilton.-Beaton, W. A.; Robinson, K. L.; Walker, R. H. Invercargill.-Turner, K.; Wyeth, A. A. Wellington.-Cooper, R. C.; de la Cour, C.; Russell, S. J.; Scammell, S. J. Whakatane.-Hicks, J. D. Whangarei.-McGlone, D. H.; Rice, J.

Dated this 3rd day of June, 1941.

P. H. GWYNN, Registrar.

(26/200/A.)

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Gisborne Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 5th June, 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 District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o'clock p.m., on Wednesday, 9th July, 1941.

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

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.-THIRD-CLASS LAND.

Waikohu County.--Ngatapa Survey District.

SECTION 6, Block VI: Area, 1,251 acres. Capital value, £800. Deposit on deferred payments, £40: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments (term : 34½ years), £24 14s. Renewable lease : half-yearly rent, £16.

Weighted with £4,685 for improvements, comprising dwelling, wool-shed and yards, shearer's quarters, cow-shed and yards, garage, man's room, plantations ; 1,150 acres felling and grassing, roads, and 1,071 chains fencing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £300, the balance may be secured on mortgage to the State Advances Corporation for a term of thirty-five years with interest at the rate ruling as at date of selection, present rate 4½ per cent. reducible to 4½ per cent. The mortgage to contain special covenants regarding top-dressing, fencing, and the painting of dwellinghouse.

A grazing property situated about ten miles from Rakauroa Post-office and Railway-station by metalled road. About 100 acres ploughable, balance of area comprises easy hill country broken by a precipitous gorge. The section is subdivided into fifteen paddocks, and about 800 acres is in good pasture.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

H. L. PRIMROSE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. XI/82 ; D.O. R.L. 225.)

Settlement Land in Otago Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 5th June, 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, Dunedin, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 7th July, 1941.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 9th July, 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, lease fee, and deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.-FIRST-CLASS SETTLEMENT LAND.

Waitaki County.--Otepopo Survey District.--Clareview Settlement.

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

SECTION 1A : Area, 131 acres 1 rood 35 perches. Capital value, £1,010; half-yearly rent, £25 5s.

Weighted with £220 for improvements, comprising four-roomed dwelling, fowl-house, cow-byrne and barn, wells, windmill, and troughs. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £50, the balance (£170) is repayable over a term of twenty years by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest £6 13s. 6d.

The section is situated four miles from the Otepopo Post-office, School, and Railway-station. Access is by good metalled road. The area comprises low undulating ridges, practically all ploughable. The soil is of fair quality resting on clay formation. The property, which is suitable for mixed farming, is at present in a neglected state, gorse having been allowed to spread, and is considered more suitable for use in conjunction with other land than for occupation as a separate holding. Subdivisional fencing is now valueless.

*Rent exemption is conditional upon the lessee eradicating gorse and farming the land to the satisfaction of the Land Board. The growing of cereal crops will not be permitted during the period of the exemption.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. E. SHAW,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 32/982 ; D.O.R.L.S. 196.)