Feb. 10] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 119

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election to administer Estates

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth :—

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 31st January, 1944. W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES

Land in the North Auckland Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 8th February, 1944.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the North Auckland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/4382.)

Land in the Auckland Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 8th February, 1944.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 22/3671.)

Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Optional Tenures

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th February, 1944.

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 Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 28th February, 1944.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Tuesday, 29th February, 1944, 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 for inspection when examined 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 will be 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 amount in reduction of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND

Ohinemuri County.—Katikati Survey District

Sections 27 and 32, Block IV : Area, 502 acres 0 roods 37 perches. Capital value, £255. Deposit on deferred payments, £15 : Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments (term : 34½ years), £7 16s. Renewable lease : Half-yearly rent, £5 2s.

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Weighted with £1,488 for improvements, comprising dwelling of four rooms, wool-shed, cow-byre, and lean-to, with concrete yard, hut, ram pump, piping, and 800 gallon tank, half-share in 150 chains boundary-fencing, 70 chains road-fencing, and 278 chains subdivisional fencing, 100 acres bush felled, burned, and grassed, 50 acres cultivated and grassed. This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £250, a first mortgage may be given to the Crown for £1,000 under the provisions of section 7 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 (term, 36½ years), repayable by equal half-yearly instalments of principal and interest of £30 each, and a second mortgage to the former lessee for the balance of £238 for ten years, payable by annual payments of £24 with interest on the outstanding principal of 5 per cent. per annum. The selector has the right to purchase for cash the chattels on the property at the valuation of £186 3s.

The land is situated fronting Woodlands Road, eleven miles from Waihi, seven miles from Waimata Railway-station and School. Access is by metalled road from Waihi, the last few miles being rough and in poor order; cream collected. Watered by streams, ram pump installed supplying dwelling and cow-shed. Soil is light loam on clay formation. Few steep gullies, but mainly undulating to easy hill land 200–700 ft. above sea-level. Originally 200 acres under bush, the balance being open fern country. Subdivided into nine paddocks; some blackberry and ragwort. 50 acres have been cultivated and grassed from fern and is only medium pasture. 100 acres bush land felled and grassed tending to revert, and 25 acres bush land felled and grassed and now reverted to second growth. 86 acres still in bush and 241 acres of fern country. In present condition the property is capable of carrying about forty-five dairy cows.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/3671 ; D.O. O.R.P. 5544.)