LANDS FOR SELECTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14081, 8 June 1909, Page 6

LANDS FOR SELECTION.

JUNE AND JULY 'off ££»INGS. , NATIVE BLOCKS ;NIiTAI^!IOTORUA.i|| Applications will ciosfi;'.air the Crown Lands Office, Auckland? 7 on -,?nae : 23, for ; • an area of 1199 acres,' comprised in section 7, Block X.. *hd seciioir 10a. Block :?-'$ XL, in Tantari. Seltlemeoi. West Taupo County, Maungatautari »nrv«j - district. This land is to be opened '■&*■ th& renewable lease, and the capita!; ; ytj&<v is »J» sessed at £1810, with a ha!? yearly ren- ■ || tal of £55 17s M, Ob the~sri» there ';;j are 42 acres of standing bush, 4£ acres of . grass, ' some side land surface,,', sown, 36 : ;|g| acres of felled bush, and the- i*sianc« is 'lm third-class land, pumicv ift&K. pastoral /| country, etc. ■-- ,'...'. .- .'.'.vf • >-'-'-7fjr.-. . ■ - • i-'S A miscellaneous lot- of ssei-iftas. will be, ?S opened on July .14, oft" renswtibls • lease. ;.- Theee comprise" sections ii« ite {datamata, , Teasdale and Phuner -SeitJ«n!Uents, and there will also be 'eosie \ntA opened itt fi3£ Tauraisga County, pari?!* -i*; Te Papa. J Miscellaneous - sect-iocs ; is- - Mangonui County {PnnakJrero .; survey district), . • Hokianga County {OpssaaEita survey digtrict), town |sctioi;s at Russell, and Kawakawa,,: and two sec,tioas at RangaI toa, near -Tsiißiapiaui,'- arc also to ?■ be • opened on .Jul? 14. ' ;r ■ • ";"'; The Maori Council i« to offer native .and I aggregating 3355, stasis for lease at public ■:, | suction at Boionsanjt June 30. This land j is" being opened under the Thermal Springs ! District Act, anu is included in the Whare- , v , ! nui,• Puketawhefd, and Owhatiura South ! Blocks in Botorua County, Tarawera - survey district, feeing the Rotorua, Te ;f> I Puke, Matata, and Wliakatane Road. Th& , j section* are numbered from 1 to 61, and the i majority are in five-acre lots, other?; ran- ~ j sing flam 18 to 160 acres, and six sections I j running from 200 to 800 acres. It is all 1 second-class land, and the soil is of a 'ijrhi loamy nature on pumice formation, covered with fern and patches of manuka. The altitude is from 20tt to 700 ft above Lake Roto- /. red, and the leases are for 25 years, with the right of renewal for a further term of \ 25 years. .. , , , Compensation for improvements is payable by tho native owners, not exceeding:, £150 in the case cf the five-acre lots and not exceeding £2 per acre in the other lots, providing that compensation does not ex-'-;[.-ceed £1000 in any case. The upset annual rental varies from £2 to £4 in "the case 6i • the five-acre lots and from £6 to * £26 far {i;, the larger sections.