Jan. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 33

| No. of | Locality. | Area. | Upset Annual |
| Run. | | | Value. |
| | | Acres. | £ s. d. |
| N3 | Between Eyre and Waimaka- | 9,194 | 30 0 0 |
| | riri | | |
| N58 | Woodstock | 2,450 | 10 0 0 |
| N61 | West Eyreton | 2,800 | 25 0 0 |
| N63 | West of River Hunter, near | 5,000 | 10 0 0 |
| | Lake Hawea | | |

Plans may be seen at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, and the principal railway stations and post offices in the Canterbury Land District, on and after the 5th January, 1885.

WALTER KITSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Runs open for Application, Land District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 22nd December, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned runs, which were offered for sale by public auction on the 17th November last, and not sold, will be open for application at the Land Office, Christchurch, on and after Monday, the 26th January, 1885, at the auction upset annual rentals stated in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

| No. of | Locality. | Area. | Upset Annual |
| Run. | | | Rental. |
| | | Acres. | £ s. d. |
| N9 | Bealey and Waimakariri | 2,160 | 9 0 0 |
| N10 | South side of Upper Waima- | 6,980 | 14 15 10 |
| | kariri | | |
| N14 | Head waters, Rangitata | 5,000 | 10 8 4 |
| N15 | " " | 10,000 | 41 13 4 |
| N43 | Island, Wanaka " | 99 | 1 10 0 |

Plans may be seen at the Christchurch and Timaru Land Offices.

WALTER KITSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auckland Land District.

"THE LAND ACT, 1877."—HOMESTEAD SYSTEM.

Conditions of Occupation.

THE area allowed to be selected by each person of the age of eighteen years or upwards shall be, of first-class lands, 50 acres, or of second-class lands, 75 acres; and for persons under eighteen years of age, of first-class lands, 20 acres or of second-class lands, 30 acres: Provided that the total quantity to be selected by any one family or number of persons occupying the one household shall not exceed 200 acres of first-class, or 300 acres of second-class, lands.

2. Within three months after the selection has been approved by the Board, the selector shall commence to reside on his selection, and shall continue to reside continuously thereon for five years from the date of such approval as aforesaid.

3. Within eighteen months after such approval the selector shall erect on his selection a permanent dwelling-house of wood or other materials, which shall be specified in regulations to be issued in reference to homestead-system selections.

4. In each year there shall be brought under cultivation one-fifteenth of the area of such selection if open land, and one twenty-fifth if bush land, so that at the end of the term of five years one-third of the selection of open land, or one-fifth of bush land, shall be under cultivation.

5. Non-performance of any of the foregoing stipulations shall render the selection void, and the right of the selector therein and to all improvements thereon shall be forfeited.

6. At the end of the said period of five years a grant or grants shall issue for the land selected; provided the selector shall not have forfeited his right thereto in manner aforesaid.

Survey Regulations.

| | £ s. d. | | £ s. d. |
| Under 30 acres .. | .. 6 0 0 | | |
| From 30 to 50 acres inclusive | 0 3 6 | (per acre,) | 6 0 0 |
| " 50 to 100 " | " 0 3 0 | but not | 8 15 0 |
| " 100 to 200 " | " 0 2 6 | less than | 15 0 0 |
| " 200 to 300 " | " 0 2 0 | " | 25 0 0 |

Surveys shall be made by surveyors authorized by the Surveyor-General, and in accordance with instructions to Settlement Surveyors issued or which may be issued by him; and these rates further imply that all boundary-lines are to be cut and marked on the ground.

Crown Lands for Sale, Napier.

KUMEROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.—FOR SALE FOR CASH.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 10th December, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereunder have been set apart for sale for cash, on village-settlement conditions, and that Wednesday, the 14th January, 1885, has been appointed the day on which applications will be received at this office.

In event of more than one application being received for any section, the right to purchase it will be decided at this office at 4 p.m. on the same day.

Plans and further particulars can be obtained on application.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
VILLAGE OF KUMEROA.

| Block. | Section. | Area. | Upset Price |
| | | | per Allotment. |
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| I. | 4 | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| | 2 | 0 3 1 | 9 0 0 |
| III. | 3 | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| | 7 | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| | 9 | 1 0 0 | 10 0 0 |
| IV. | 2 | 0 2 17 | 5 0 0 |
| | 3 | 1 0 0 | 10 0 0 |
| VI. | 6 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| | 8 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| | 10 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| VII. | 4 | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| | 2 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| | 4 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| | 6 | 0 2 0 | 6 0 0 |
| | 13 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| VIII. | 15 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| | 3 | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| | 5 | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| | 6 | 1 0 0 | 8 0 0 |
| | 7 | 1 0 0 | 7 0 0 |
| | 9 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| | 11 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |
| | 13 | 0 2 0 | 5 0 0 |

Small-Farm Allotments for Cash.

| II. | 2 | 1 2 33 | 14 0 0 |
| | 3 | 2 0 0 | 14 0 0 |
| III. | 5 | 2 0 0 | 14 0 0 |
| VII. | 1 | 1 1 1 | 10 0 0 |
| | 7 | 1 2 0 | 12 0 0 |
| | 10 | 1 2 0 | 12 0 0 |

Description: The sections now offered for sale consist of level open land. A school has been erected in the village. The surrounding lands in the Puketoi blocks have been taken up on the deferred-payment system.

Land for Sale on Deferred Payment and for Cash, Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be sold, as follows:—

DEFERRED-PAYMENT LAND,
Situate on the North Bank of the River Waitaki. Will be open for application, at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on Monday, the 2nd March, 1885:—

| No. of Reserve. | Section. | Area. | Price per Acre. |
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 191 | 14 | 300 0 0 | 2 0 0 |
| " | 16 | 300 0 0 | 2 0 0 |
| " | 18 | 300 0 0 | 2 0 0 |
| " | 20 | 194 0 0 | 2 0 0 |
| 642 and 1644 | 110 | 177 2 23 | 2 10 0 |
| " | 112 | 170 3 9 | 1 15 0 |
| " | 113 | 78 3 26 | 1 15 0 |