Feb. 13] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 207

Abstract of Railways Working Account

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 4TH JANUARY, 1947

1ST APRIL, 1946, TO 4TH JANUARY, 1947

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1946 .. £ 74,466,731

Wheat, Oats, and Barley.—Estimated Yields

Census and Statistics Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1947.

THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat, oats, and barley for the season 1946–47 have been compiled from reports furnished by officers of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are now published for general information:—

The above estimates may be compared with last season’s actual average yields, which were: Wheat, 33·77 bushels; oats, 48·83 bushels; and barley, 38·49 bushels.

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the season 1946–47 should be approximately 5,000,000 bushels, as against an ascertained yield of 5,439,041 bushels for the season 1945–46.

The area from which oats were threshed for the five seasons ending with 1945–46 averaged 26 per cent. of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain would be approximately 2,000,000 bushels, as against a yield of 2,796,877 bushels for the season 1945–46.

On a similar assumption in regard to barley, the total yield of grain would be approximately 2,000,000 bushels, as against 1,872,316 bushels for the season 1945–46.

G. E. WOOD, Government Statistician.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES

Town Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease

Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th February, 1947.

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 Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, 21st March, 1947.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Tuesday, 25th March, 1947, 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.

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Discharged servicemen, or wives or widows of servicemen or discharged servicemen, have preference over all other classes of applicants.

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.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN LAND

Te Aroha Borough.—Te Aroha Township.—Hauraki Mining District

SECTION 15, Block LX: Area, 1 rood 6·9 perches. Capital value, £65; half-yearly rent, £1 12s. 6d.

This is a level section severed by small stream, leaving approximately one-third of the area isolated. The frontage is to Hubbard Street, approximately half a mile from main shopping centre of Te Aroha Township. Access is by metalled and tar-sealed road.

NOTE.—This section is offered in terms of section 153 of the Land Act, 1924, which provides that no right to any mineral under the surface shall pertain to the lessee, whose rights shall be to the surface soil only.

(H.O. 9/1910; D.O. M.L. 4458.)

Hamilton City.—Hamilton West Town Belt

Lot 3 of Allotment 16: Area, 1 rood. Capital value, £250; half-yearly rent, £6 5s.

This section is situated on the eastern side of the Ohaupo Road (Pembroke Street), within three-quarters of a mile of the Hamilton Post-office on Public Hospital bus route. The land has an easterly aspect, and slopes from the front boundary. All the city amenities are available.

(H.O. 9/1472; D.O. 3/1646.)

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for sale for cash under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 24th March, 1947.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 26th March, 1947, 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.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicant is required to pay the purchase-price and title fee (£1) immediately at conclusion of ballot.