168 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE [No. 8

Wheat, Oats, and Barley.—Estimated Yields

Census and Statistics Department,
Wellington, 12th February, 1948.

THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat, oats, and barley for the season 1947–48 have been compiled from reports furnished by officers of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are now published for general information:—

District. Wheat. Oats. Barley.
Bushels per Bushels per Bushels per
Acre. Acre. Acre.
North Island .. 36 36 44
Marlborough .. 32 27 42
Nelson .. 30 31 31
Canterbury .. 35 38 36
Otago .. 41 50 40
Southland .. 60 70 45
Average (estimated) for — — —
the Dominion .. 37 47 38

The above estimates may be compared with last season’s actual average yields, which were: Wheat, 37·96 bushels; oats, 48·58 bushels; and barley, 38·21 bushels.

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the season 1947–48 should be approximately 4,500,000 bushels, as against an ascertained yield of 5,368,120 bushels for the season 1946–47.

The area from which oats were threshed for the three seasons ending with 1946–47 averaged 32 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 2,600,000 bushels, as against a yield of 2,686,211 bushels for the season 1946–47.

On a similar assumption in regard to barley, the total yield of grain would be approximately 2,500,000 bushels, as against 2,026,786 bushels for the season 1946–47.

G. E. WOOD, Government Statistician.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES

Land in North Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1948.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned property is open for selection on renewable lease 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 Wednesday, 10th March, 1948.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Tuesday, 16th March, 1948, 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 fee, and payment on account of weighting for improvements.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND

Bay of Islands County.—Motatau Survey District

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

SECTION 1, Block XIII: Area, 433 acres. Capital value, £190; half-yearly rent, £3 16s.

Weighted with £270 for improvements, comprising dwelling, fencing (145 chains boundary and 190 chains internal), 183 acres bush felled and grassed.

This sum is payable in cash, or, after payment of a deposit of £10, the balance may be repaid on 25½-year table by half-yearly instalments of £9 2s.

• Exemption from payment of rent is conditional on permanent improvements to the value of £7 12s. being effected annually during the concession period in addition to the usual improvements required by the Land Act, 1924.

Section is nineteen miles from Kaikohe by metalled road to within 5 chains of the section. Land is undulating to steep clay land of poor to fair quality. 183 acres is grassed but reverting, 20 acres is light bush, and 200 acres is old kauri workings. The elevation ranges from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

BASIL KING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 34/266; D.O. R.L. 1566 and M.L. 2764.)

Village Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th February, 1948.

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 District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 11 o’clock a.m. on Monday, 22nd March, 1948.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Tuesday, 23rd March, 1948, at 11 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, and lease fee.

SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—VILLAGE LAND

Atuaroa Village.—Borough of Te Puke

SECTIONS 1, 2, and 4, Block VI: Area, 3 roods 0·01 perches. Capital value, £75; half-yearly rent, £1 17s. 6d.

These sections front No. 3 Road, Te Puke, about three-quarters of a mile from Te Puke Post-office, and are suitable for residential purposes.

Any further information required may be obtained from the undersigned.

L. J. POFF,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 22/2241; D.O. 14/1.)

Land in Wellington Land District for Selection

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1948.

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 District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 18th March, 1948.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 24th March, 1948, 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 immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent, broken-period rent, and lease fee.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—THIRD-CLASS LAND

Kaitieke County.—Hunua Survey District

SECTION 97, Block VI: Area, 81 acres. Capital value, £85. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £1 14s. Deposit on deferred payments, £5: Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments (term: ten years), £5 5s. 1d.

Situated on a formed pumice road one mile and a half east of Kakahi Town and five miles from Piriaka Dairy Factory.

Section comprises 81 acres of slightly broken pumice country covered with manuka and a little Native grass. Soil is pumice resting on pumaceous formation. There are no fences. The section is not naturally watered but could be easily pumped from stream in south-east corner. General quality of section is poor. Altitude, 700 ft. above sea-level.

It is not an economic unit, and could be best utilized by working it in conjunction with other land.

After being completely cleared, ploughed, and regrassed its ultimate carrying capacity would be thirty cows and replacements.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

D. A. PATERSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(H.O. 9/3557; D.O. 3/379.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES

Land in the Nelson Land District acquired for a State Forest

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 6th February, 1948.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the Forests Act, 1921–22, for the purposes of a permanent State forest.

SCHEDULE

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—NELSON CONSERVANCY

ALL that area in the Nelson Land District, Waimea County, containing by admeasurement 81 acres 2 roods 15 perches, more or less, being Section 68, District of Moutere Hills, situated in Block IV, Wai-iti Survey District, and being the balance of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 22, folio 294 (Nelson Registry). As the same is more particularly delineated on plan No. 102/16, deposited in the Head Office of the State Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

N. J. DOLAMORE, Assistant Director of Forestry.

(F.S. 9/4/71.)