Jan. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 145

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land to be offered for Selection on Perpetual Lease in the Hastwell Village Homestead Special Settlement.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands enumerated hereunder will be open for application as a village homestead special settlement on perpetual lease, at this office, on and after Monday, the 14th February, 1887, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the 1st September, 1886, and made under the 163rd section of “The Land Act, 1885.”

SCHEDULE.

The Hastwell Village Homestead Special Settlement is situated on the main coach-road from Masterton to Eketa-huna, and adjacent to the Wi Waka section of the Wellington-Napier Railway, which is now in course of construction. It is about two miles from Mangamahoe, the present terminus of the railway, nine miles from Eketahuna, and twenty-one from Masterton. The area varies from flat to undulating, and, with the exception of a 20-acre clearing, is covered with dense bush, consisting of rimu, tawa, rata, tawhero, kahikatea, maire, miro, hinau, &c., some of which is suitable for saw-mill purposes. The soil varies from fair to good.

Forms of application and plans can be obtained at the principal post offices, Forty-mile Bush, and at this office, where full particulars can be obtained.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System, under Section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885.”—Provincial District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 3rd January, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned section is open for lease for a term of thirty years, with the right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years, and that applications will be received on Friday, the 4th February, 1887, for the said lease, at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, and also by Mr. March, at the Railway Station, Orari, on Thursday, the 3rd February. The applications received by Mr. March will bear the same date as those received at the Land Office, Christchurch :—

GERALDINE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Under section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885,” only one allotment can be held by one person. Every application shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration, the amount of the first six months’ rent, and a fee of £1 10s. Should there be more than one application on the same day for this section, the right to occupy shall be determined by lot. Maps may be seen and forms can be obtained at the Crown Lands Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands on Perpetual Lease as Village Homestead Special Settlements, under Section 163 of “The Land Act, 1885,” and the Regulations issued by the Governor under the Authority of the said Section, and published in “Gazette” No. 45, 2nd September, 1886.—Land District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 4th January, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections are open for lease for a term of thirty years, with the right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years, and that applications will be received on Friday, the 4th February, 1887, for the said leases, at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, and also by Mr. March, at the Railway Station, Orari, on Thursday, the 3rd February. The applications received by Mr. March will bear the same date as those received at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru :—

RESERVE 389, TOWNSHIP OF ORARI.

Block. | Section. | Area. || Block. | Section. | Area.
--- | --- | --- || --- | --- | ---
| | A. R. P. || | | A. R. P.
IX. | 1 | 5 0 0 || XI. | 3 | 5 0 0
| 2 | 5 0 0 || | 4 | 4 3 33
| 3 | 5 0 0 || | 5 | 5 1 38
| 4 | 4 3 35 || | 6 | 5 0 0
| 5 | 4 3 35 || XII. | 1 | 5 0 28
| 6 | 5 0 0 || | 2 | 5 0 28
| 7 | 5 0 0 || XXIII. | 5 | 9 0 21
| 8 | 5 0 0 || | 6 | 6 2 6
XI. | 1 | 5 0 0 || | 7 | 4 3 0
| 2 | 5 0 0 ||