LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT

Otago Witness, Issue 3524, 27 September 1921, Page 9

LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT

Sections 13, 14. and 15, Inchclulha, education reserves, forming a property of 185 acres 33 perches (upset rental £142 per annum, valuation for improvements £903 l'lis), are to be offered by auction at the Lands Office shortly on a term of 21 years’ lease, with perpetual right of renewal. There is a school adjoining and a dairy factory about two miles away. Flans and full particulars of the following properties outside the Otago land district may be seen at the local Lands Office: Canterbury: Applications closing at Christchurch on the 29th inst.—Section 34375. block VIII, Waitaki, 313 acres, optional tenure, situated 2$ miles from Morven; section 34376, blocks XI and XII, W aitaki, 232 acres, situated 2i miles from Glenavy. Open to the general public, with preference to discharged soldiers. Nelson: Applications closing at Nelson on October 3.—flight sections, consisting of areas of second-class land, from 520 acres to 880 acres, Tutaki Settlement, adjoining Braeburn, one of the most successful settlements in the Nelson district. Access by road from Murchison (18 miles). Renewable lease, with preference to discharged soldiers Eight sections ranging- from 542 to 1265 acres, Matakitaki Settlement. High country, suitable for pastoral and grazing purposes with a certain amount of dairying land. Renewable lease, preference to discharged soldiers. Thirteen sections, areas ranging from 149 acres to 1424 acres, secondclass land, Maruia Settlement. Access by way either of Murchison (3.3 miles) or Reefton (40 miles). Good for sheep and cattle, and successfully worked by its former owners (Walker Bros.) as a cattle and sheep ran. Renewable lease, preference to discharged soldiers. Wellington: Applications closing at Wellington on September 27.- Several sections at, different places on the Wanganui River (Retaruke survey district), areas ranging from 214 to 729 acres, second-class land, exempt from rent and rates for four years. For sale or lease to discharged soldiers. North of Auckland: Applications closing ar Auckland on October 3.—Three small areas of first-class land suitable for fruitgrowing, at Paremoremu (Waitemata County). ‘'ale or lease to discharged soldiers. Four sections, second-class land, 18 acres to 470 acres, Mongonui. Bav of Islands. Whangarei, and Otamatea. ' Sale or lease to discharged soldiers. One section of 70 acres, first-class land. Otamatea, County, three miles from Raupo (swamp land), ifale or renewable lease to discharged soldiers, applications closing on October 31. Also a number of sections in different parts of the Bay of Islands County, including two large ones, 618 acre- and 469 acres. Four holdings in Hobson County, areas ranging from 104 to 141 acres.