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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

DESCRIPTION OF SECTIONS.

The sections in Blocks XII., XV., and XVI., Tiriraukawa,
form part of the Otairi Block, about seven and twenty-three
miles north of Hunterville and Marton respectively, on or
adjacent to the Marton-Murimotu Road and the track made
by the Public Works Department from Pokiroa to the
Rangitikei River. The country is generally of a hilly broken
character, with flats and undulating land on some of the
sections; the soil on the flats is generally fair or good, but
on the hills it varies from poor to fair quality; the forest
comprises generally birch on the hills, rata, rimu, kahikatea,
&c., on the flats, and the ordinary undergrowth of scrub;
there is some totara on Section 9 of Block XVI. Except
where fronting the Rangitikei and Porewa, the sections are
only watered by small streams, which are not permanent.
The Marton-Te Awamutu North Island Trunk Railway has
been surveyed through the eastern portion of the block.
When cleared and grassed, the sections would be classed
generally as fair pastoral lands.

The sections in Blocks III., IV., and VII., Apiti, form a
portion of the Otamakapua Block, adjacent to the Pemberton
Special Settlement, about twenty-seven to thirty-six miles
from Feilding; access is by the Kimbolton Road extension,
which is opened for horse-traffic to Rangiwahia within about
two miles of the sections. The area comprises generally
hilly country, with flats on Sections 10 and 43; the soil
varies from fair to very good; the forest consists of rimu,
matai, maire, tawhero, &c., and usual undergrowth; the
sections are intersected by small streams. The country,
though of considerable elevation above sea-level, would,
when cleared, be classed as good pastoral land.

The small runs in the Ngamatea and Mangawhero Districts
are part of the Maungakaretu Block, and are situated about
eight miles from Mangamahu and about thirty-six miles from
Wanganui, fronting upon Hale's, Wanganui-Murimotu Road.
The block comprises hills and spurs, with flats in the
Wangaehu Valley, some of which are of large extent; the
soil is generally good, and of a loamy character; the area is
covered chiefly with mixed scrub, such as karamu, konini,
koromiko, akeake, and rangiora, with patches of mixed forest-
trees, such as rata, rimu, &c.; there are totara-trees in
places. The runs are generally well watered. The cost of
clearing would, on the whole, be light, and the lands, when
cleared, would make capital grazing country.

CONDITIONS.

Deferred-payment 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.

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 improve-
ments 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 him-
self 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 Village Settlement.

The total price of the purchase-money and also the Crown-
grant fee of £1 to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month after
the date of the Gazette containing this notice.
• 6096. CAROLINE ANNE OLDFIELD.—19 acres 3 roods
8 perches, Rural Section 501, Borough of Lyttelton. Occu-
pied by Applicant.
6108. FANNY MARIA BROCK.—100 acres, Rural Sec-
tions 5914 and 5915, Block X., Rolleston Survey District.
Occupied by Applicant.
6120. WILLIAM KENNAWAY, WALTER KENNA-
WAY, and LAWRENCE JAMES KENNAWAY.—2 acres
1 rood 8 perches, parts Rural Sections 2659 and 10247, Block
IV., Pareora Survey District. Occupied by Anne Murphy.
6123. GEORGE BATES.—29 perches, part Rural Section
175, Town District of Linwood. Occupied by Applicant.
6124. JAMES LEWIN.—3 roods 6 perches, Town Section
228, Lyttelton, and part Rural Section 247, Borough of
Lyttelton. Occupied by Applicant.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 15th day of October, 1887, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.
J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-
after described will be brought under the provisions
of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat forbidding
the same be lodged at this office within one calendar month
from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.
Applicant: MARTIN SUTHERLAND, of Inglewood,
Storeman. Area: 2 roods 2 perches. Description: Sections
1071 and 1072, Town of New Plymouth. Occupied by
Christopher Carter, of New Plymouth, Grocer.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 12th day of October, 1887, at the Lands
Registry Office, New Plymouth.
W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat
be lodged forbidding the same in each case on or before the
23rd day of November next.
WILLIAM PUGH.—North-east portion of Allotment 22
of the Parish of Waikomiti, containing 8 acres 2 roods 38
perches. Unoccupied. 2669.
SUSAN ROBERTSON.—Section D and part of Section C
of the subdivision of Allotment 9 of Section 3 of the
Suburbs of Auckland, containing 2 roods 7·3 perches. In
occupation of Messrs. Hardy and Kelso, John Gilmour, and
David Robertson. 2670.
JAMES THOMPSON.—Lot 9 of Section 10 of the
Village of Otahuhu, containing 1 acre. Unoccupied. 2672.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 12th day of October, 1887, at the Lands
Registry Office, Auckland.
THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.
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