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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

The above land, designated the Stony River Block, is situated mostly on both sides of the mail coach road, about fifteen miles south-west of New Plymouth, and between Stony (Hangatahua) and Waiweranui Rivers. 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 allowed for in any valuation in excess of £5 for every acre of rural land.

The lease will contain an arbitration clause to enable, at the end of the term, the value of improvements to be determined for which an outgoing lessee should be paid by an incoming lessee. It will also provide that, in the event of there being no accepted tenderer for the new lease, the old lessee shall have the option of accepting a fresh lease for the same period and on the same conditions as his first lease, at a rental to be fixed by arbitration, minus the value of the improvements, which is also to be fixed by arbitration.

CONDITIONS AS TO TENDERS.

Tenderers may offer for any number of sections, but no tender will be accepted for more than 640 acres in the aggregate. Such sections must, however, be contiguous.

After the declaration of tenders any sections not tendered for will be open for application at the upset rent. The first applicant to be declared the lessee, but if there should be two or more applicants at the same time for any lease the right to the lease shall be decided by lot.

A deposit of one half-year’s rent must be made at the time of tendering, the amount to be calculated on the highest amount offered by any tenderer for an aggregate area of 640 acres or any less quantity; but no deposit will be required for any quantity of land tendered for beyond the 640 acres.

Coloured lithographic plans of the above sections are on view at the several Land Offices throughout the colony.

THOMAS MACKAY,
Reserves Trustee.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

ANNE ALLISON KELLY, Wife of John Kelly, of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, Settler, claiming as Devisee under the will of JAMES ALLISON, late of Newmarket, Blacksmith, deceased, having applied to be registered as Proprietor of an estate for life in all that parcel of land situated in the Parish of Waitemata, and being parts of Lots 34 and 35 of a subdivision of Allotment 25A of Section 3, Suburbs of Auckland, and being part of the land comprised in Vol. viii., folio 77, of the Register-book, notice is hereby given that the applicant will be registered accordingly, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the twenty-fourth day of March next.

Dated this 13th day of February, 1884, at the Land Transfer Office, Auckland.

THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

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JAMES SENIOR, of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, Mine Manager, claiming estate or interest as Devisee under the will of JAMES ALLISON, late of Newmarket, Blacksmith, deceased, having applied to be registered of an estate for life in all that parcel of land situated in the Parish of Waitemata, being parts of Lots 35 and 36 of a subdivision of Allotment 25A of Section 3, Suburbs of Auckland, being part of the land comprised in Vol. viii., folio 77, of the Register-book, notice is hereby given that the applicant will be registered accordingly, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the twenty-fourth day of March next.

Dated this 15th day of February, 1884, at the Land Transfer Office, Auckland.

THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1870,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same in each case on or before the 22nd day of March next.

ALEXANDER HUTCHISON.—Lots 1, 2, 3, 40, and 41 of the resubdivision of Lots 109 and others of the subdivision of Allotment 72 of small lots, near the Village of Onehunga. Unoccupied. 1593.

EDWIN ALFRED PLUMLEY.—Lot 10 and part of Lot 9 of a subdivision of Allotment 12 of Section 8 of the Suburbs of Auckland, containing 2 acres and 2½ perches. In the occupation of Mr. Stephen E. Hughes, jun. 2065.

JAMES McNAMARA.—Lot 7 and part of Lot 9 of the Parish of Wairoa, containing 225 acres 3 roods 37 perches. In Applicant’s occupation. 2136.

THOMAS HENRY WHITE.—Lot 112 of the subdivision into lots of part of Allotment 5A of Section 7 of the Suburbs of Auckland. In Applicant’s occupation. 2185.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 14th day of February, 1884, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that a statutory declaration of the loss of certificate of title, in favour of JOHN BRIERLY, for all that piece of land containing 3 roods, more or less, and being part of Allotment 1 of Section 35 of the Village of Onehunga, the whole of the land included in Vol. xi., folio 99, of the Register-book, having been filed in this office, and application having been made for the issue of a provisional certificate for the same, it is my intention to issue such certificate unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 8th day of March next.

Dated at the Land Transfer Office, Auckland, this 13th February, 1884.

THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

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SIR GEORGE MAURICE O’RORKE, Knight, and JOHN BUCHANAN, Insurance Agent, both of Auckland, Devisees under the will of RICHARD ANNESLEY EYRE, late of Auckland, deceased, having applied to be registered as Proprietors of an estate in fee-simple in all that parcel of land situated in the Parish of Waikari, in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 38 acres, more or less, and being south-western portion of Allotment 20 of the said parish, the whole of the land comprised in Vol. i., folio 4, of the Register-book, notice is hereby given that the applicants will be registered accordingly, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 24th day of March next.

Dated at the Land Transfer Office, Auckland, this 15th day of February, 1884.

THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

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