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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

Descriptions of Sections.

The sections in Blocks VIII., XI., and XII., Mangaone Survey District, are situated near Alfredton, between the Mangaone settlements and the Ihuraua River, and comprise hilly and flat country of fair and good quality, covered generally with light mixed bush, and on some of the Ihuraua flats with manuka. Most of the sections are well watered. Attention is directed to Sections 213 and 215, which include natural clearings.

The small-farm sections comprise portions of the land originally surveyed as the Township of Alfredton; the southern half consists of flats covered with manuka, flax, &c.; the back part is hilly light bush land; the quality of the soil is fair.

The sections in the Apiti District form part of the Otamakapua Block, situated north of the Birmingham Association Settlement, between the Kiwitea and Oroua Rivers. The bulk of the area is hilly land of good quality, covered generally with rimu, matai, miro, kahikatea, &c., and usual undergrowth, and is as a rule well watered. The Kimbolton Road has been extended to and passes through the block; the Middle and Bluff Roads have been felled and cleared. The distance from Feilding is about twenty-four miles.

The sections in Blocks IX., X., XIII., and XIV., Mangaone Survey District, are situated between Hastwell's Clearing, the Mangaone Settlements, and Eketahuna, eastward of the Masterton-Woodville Main Road. The Wiwaka section of the Masterton-Woodville Railway intersects the block, and is now under construction, the line having already been opened to Mangamahoe, which is about three miles from the block. The country comprises undulating and rough hills with flats in places; the bush consists generally of rata, rimu, tawa, kahikatea, hinau, tawhero, &c., and the usual variety of undergrowth; the soil varies from fair to good, the formation being sandstone, papa, &c. As a rule, the sections are fairly well watered.

The sections in Blocks I., V., and IX., Kopuaranga Survey District, are situated eastward and back from the Kopuaranga Valley, north of Stuckey's Run; a road to the block is under construction from the railway-line at Dorset's. This area comprises broken and undulating hills with flats in some places; the formation is limestone, papa, &c.; the character of the land is generally good, and the forest consists generally of rata, rimu, kahikatea, matai, with a little totara in parts, and the usual underscrub. This block is conveniently situated to Masterton, which is distant from ten to fifteen miles. The sections, with some exceptions, are fairly well watered.

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Conditions.

Deferred Payments.—Rural Sections.

Terms of payment: With the applications for deferred-payment sections one-twentieth of the upset price must be paid in cash, or by bank draft, or marked cheque, also £1 1s. license-fee; the balance of the purchase-money in half-yearly instalments extending over ten years.

Where more applications than one are made on the same day for the same land, the land applied for shall be put up to public competition by tender limited to the applicants. If there be only one tenderer for any allotment he shall be entitled to the land at the upset price, notwithstanding that his tender may have been for a higher price.

Deferred Payments.—Alfredton Small-farm Settlement.

The lands shall be subject to the provisions relating to suburban lands of Part III. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

No person shall be allowed to acquire more than one allotment.

The prices stated in the Schedule hereto shall be the prices at which the lands shall be open for application.

If there should be more than one application for any allotment the right to occupy the same shall be determined by lot amongst the applicants.

Each applicant for a section will be required to make the declaration prescribed by section 113 of “The Land Act, 1885,” and shall at the time of application deposit with the Receiver of Land Revenue for the Wellington Land District one-tenth of the price of the allotment. Such payment shall be deemed to be a discharge of the license-fee for the six months due on the 1st day of January, 1887. The balance of the purchase-money in half-yearly instalments extending over five years.

Perpetual Lease.

Any person of seventeen years of age and upwards may become a lessee under this system. In the event of any person tendering for two or more leases the deposit of a sum equal to one half-year's rent of the tender largest in amount shall be sufficient, together with the sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease and registration thereof, paid either in cash, marked cheque, or bank draft, made payable to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington: Provided that in the case of a person tendering for two or more leases, such as he may in the aggregate become the lessee of under the Act, namely, in the case where the lands comprised in the several leases adjoin each other, in such case the deposit shall be a half-year's rent at the rate tendered for each such lease, and also the sum of £1 10s. in respect of each such lease, the fee for preparation and registration of same.

Any lessee who has fulfilled all conditions of improvements within six years can acquire the freehold of his lease on payment of the capital value, provided the payment is made within twelve years of the commencement of the lease.

NOTE.—Limits of area for each lessee: No lease shall be made to any person owning, nor shall any person be capable of becoming the lessee under a lease, or a sublessee, who owns, any freehold land, or land held under lease or license under the Crown whereby such person shall become either the owner, tenant, or occupier in the whole, either by himself or jointly with any other person or persons, including the lands comprised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres anywhere in the colony.

The numbers of the section and block, with the name of district, must be written on the covers. The letter being on “Public Service only,” and addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, need not be stamped, being free of postage; neither does the declaration require to be stamped.

Small Runs.

The leases will be for an absolute term of twenty-one years, renewable for a further term of twenty-one years, in terms of section 209 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Improvements equal in value to one year's rent must be effected in each year for the first two years; and before the end of the sixth year an additional amount, equal to two years' rent, must also be expended.

Valuations for permanent improvements, as prescribed in sections 210 and 214 of “The Land Act, 1885,” will be paid at the expiry of the leases to the outgoing tenants.

No person can take up more than one run. No person who owns freehold land, or land under lease or license from the Crown which in all would exceed 6,000 acres, or who is incapable of making the declaration prescribed by section 200 of “The Land Act, 1885,” can become a lessee.

Cash.—Rural.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Wellington within two calendar months from date of sale, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land thenceforth will be null and void. Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of the purchases.

Land Sale at Gisborne.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 25th August, 1887.

THE following lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 6th October, 1887, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at time of sale, and the balance within two months thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land shall thenceforward be null and void. Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of purchase.

Maps of the above lands may be seen and further particulars obtained on application at this office, and at the Land Office, Gisborne.

Land Sale at Tauranga.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 25th August, 1887.

THE following lands will be offered for sale, by public auction, at the Land Office, Tauranga, on Thursday, the 6th October next, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon,

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.