2752

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 101

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the North Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 10th November, 1942.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeit by resolution of the North Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

(L. and S. 19245.)

A. H. NORDMEYER,

For the Minister of Lands.

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

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 2nd November, 1942.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section 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, 7th December, 1942.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, 9th December, 1942, 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.—Maungataniwha Survey District.—Omahuta Block.

SECTION 15, Block XV: Area, 247 acres. Capital value, £575. Deposit on deferred payments, £25: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £17 17s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £11 10s.

Weighted with £640 for improvements, comprising dwelling (poor), washhouse, six-bail cow-shed, engine and separator room, concrete floor and yard, boundary and subdivisional fencing, clearing, cultivation, and grassing. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £40, the balance may be paid over a term of twenty-five and a half years by half-yearly instalments of £21, principal and interest, secured by mortgage.

The section is part of the Omahuta Block on the Omahuta Access Road, six miles from Omahuta Post-office, two miles from School, and twenty-four miles from Okaihau Railway-station; cream collected. Access is by metal road four miles from Main North Road. Good clay soil on sandstone and limestone. Flat, undulating, easy hill rising to fairly steep at the back. Watered by springs and the Otukere Stream. Some 160 acres bush felled and grassed, fair to good, and 87 acres in natural state. Sub-divided into four paddocks. The section is suitable for dairying, and the estimated ultimate carrying capacity is sixty cows plus other stock.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 34/222; D.O. R.L. 1703.)

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 10th November, 1942.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property 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, Christchurch, up to 4 p.m. on Monday, 7th December, 1942.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 8th December, 1942, at 10.30 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 the conclusion of the ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year's rent, lease fee, and deposit in reduction of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS SETTLEMENT LAND.

Selwyn County.—Selwyn Survey District.—Fyvie Settlement.

SECTION 3, Block VI, and Section 5, Block X: Area, 674 acres 0 roods 2 perches. Capital value, £2,100*; half-yearly rent, £52 10s.

Weighted with £1,012 18s. for improvements, comprising dwelling of six rooms, scullery, storeroom, and bathroom; wool-shed and implement-shed; motor-shed; garage, granary, and cow-byre; storeroom, chaffhouse, implement-shed, and stable; iron whare (lined); and pigsty with concrete floor; 365 chains fencing; 262 acres subterranean clover; dip, yards, and shelter-belts; and 108 chains of water-race. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £262 18s., the balance may be payable over a period of thirty years by half-yearly instalments of £24 5s. There is also payable a sum not exceeding £135 to cover the expenditure incurred by the Department in cultivation and providing winter feed.

The property is situated about thirty-one miles south of Christchurch, between the Selwyn and Rakaia Rivers, within two miles and a half of Bankside Railway-station, five miles from Rakaia, and seven miles and a half from Bankside by good roads. The soil is light and stony in patches, all flat and ploughable, suitably subdivided for working of property; well watered by County Council races. The land will grow excellent grass and turnips. The present occupier has been a good farmer and has maintained the land in good heart, and has established a large area of subterranean clover which has been instrumental in increasing the carrying-capacity. The property is eminently suitable for sheep-farming and fattening of lambs.

*Improvements, which are the property of the Crown and included in the capital value for rental purposes, are as follows:—

Section 3.

135 chains boundary-fence (gorse bank and wire) £ s. d. at 8s. (half value) ... ... ... 27 0 0

71 chains road-boundary fence (gorse bank and wire) at 8s. ... ... ... 28 8 0

46 chains road-boundary fence (six wires and barb and standards) at 12s. ... ... ... 27 12 0

... ... ... 83 0 0

Section 5.

87 chains boundary-fence (gorse bank and wire) £ s. d. and wire) at 8s. (half value) .. 17 8 0

72 chains boundary-fence (six wires and standards) at 10s. (half value) 18 0 0

147 chains road-boundary fence (gorse bank and wire) at 8s. ... ... 58 16 0

46 chains road-boundary fence (six wires and barb) at 12s. ... ... 27 12 0

... ... ... 121 16 0

... ... ... 204 16 0

NOTE.—Date of possession: 1st January, 1943.

For any further particulars required apply to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

N. C. KENSINGTON,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/1450/1530; D.O. R.L. 99 and 101.)