AUGUST 2.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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provisions of "The West Coast Settlement Reserves Act,
1881," and the regulations issued thereunder.
The tenders, accompanied by the statutory declaration and
deposit of six months' rent at the rate tendered, in accordance
with the regulations, must be lodged with the Reserves
Trustee, at the Courthouse, Hawera, not later than 4 o'clock
p.m., on Monday, the 3rd day of September, to be opened by
the Reserves Trustee, at Hawera, on Tuesday, the 4th day
of September, at 11 o'clock a.m., when the highest tenderer
for each lease (if the tenders shall equal or exceed the upset
fixed annual rental per acre) will be declared the lessee.
Plans and schedules of the sections, and copies of the
regulations under which leases will be sold and issued, also
forms of tender and declaration respectively, can be obtained
at the District Land Offices, New Plymouth, Patea, and
Hawera, or at any of the other land offices in the colony;
also at the Office of the Collector of Customs, Wanganui, and
at the Post Offices, Thames, Wanganui, Reefton, Westport,
Greymouth, Ashburton, and Oamaru, on and after the 31st
July instant.

SCHEDULE.

The above land, designated the Kapuni Block, is situated
near Okaiawa Township, and consists of open as well as
fairly level bush-country. It is well opened up with roads.
The soil is good and well watered.

The above land, designated the Kaupokonui Block, is
situated near Manaia Township on the one side and Otakeho
Township on the other. It is well opened up with roads.
The soil is of nearly similar quality to that of the Kapuni
Block above mentioned.

| | OPUNAKE SURVEY DISTRICT. |
| X. | 1 | A. R. P. | s. d. |
| | 2 | 139 0 0 | 2 0 |
| | 3 | 152 0 0 | 2 0 |
| | 4 | 201 0 0 | 2 6 |
| | 5 | 145 0 0 | 2 6 |
| | 6 | 88 0 0 | 2 6 |
| | 7 | 72 0 0 | 2 6 |
| | 8 | 50 0 0 | 3 0 |
| | 9 | 50 0 0 | 3 0 |
| | 10 | 50 0 0 | 4 0 |
| | 11 | 146 0 0 | 4 0 |
| | 12 | 337 0 0 | 1 6 |
| | 13 | 139 0 0 | 1 6 |
| | 14 | 126 0 0 | 1 6 |
| | 15 | 151 0 0 | 2 0 |
| | 16 | 98 0 0 | 2 6 |
| | 17 | 76 0 0 | 2 6 |
| | 18 | 75 0 0 | 2 6 |
| | 19 | 51 0 0 | 3 0 |
| | 20 | 21 0 0 | 3 0 |
| | 21 | 20 0 0 | 3 6 |
| | 22 | 14 0 0 | 3 6 |
| | 23 | 10 0 0 | 4 0 |
| | 24 | 10 0 0 | 4 0 |
| | 25 | 10 0 0 | 4 0 |
| | 26 | 10 0 0 | 4 0 |
| | 27 | 20 0 0 | 4 0 |
| | 28 | 15 0 0 | 3 6 |
| | 29 | 20 0 0 | 5 0 |
| | 30 | 20 0 0 | 5 0 |
| | 31 | 13 0 0 | 5 0 |
| | | 12 0 0 | 5 0 |

The above land, designated the Opunake South Block, is
situated near the township. It is well opened up with roads,
and consists of open as well as fairly level bush-country;
soil good and well-watered.

CONDITIONS AS TO OCCUPATION AND IMPROVEMENTS.
The maximum quantity any lessee can hold is 640 acres of
rural land.
Each lessee shall, within two years from the date of his
lease, bring into cultivation not less than one-tenth of the
land leased by him, and within four years of the said date,
not less than one-fifth of the said land, and within six years
from the date of his lease, in addition to the cultivation of
one-fifth of the land, shall place on such land substantial
improvements of a permanent character to the value of £1
for every acre of such land.
Improvements to be suitable to and consistent with the
extent and character of the holdings, and none shall be