858
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Conditions: Every applicant shall, with his application,
enclose a perpetual-lease declaration, together with six
months' rent and £1 10s. for lease and registration. If more
persons than one apply for the same allotment on the same
day, the right to occupy the same shall be determined by lot
amongst the applicants. No person shall be permitted to
acquire the fee-simple of any land set apart for perpetual
lease under the provisions of section 161 of "The Land Act,
1885." Renewals of leases of allotments set apart as afore-
said shall be made as in other cases of perpetual leases, and
shall be disposed of by public tender at a valuation of the
fee-simple of the lands to be leased, exclusive of improve-
ments thereon.

TOWN AND RURAL LANDS FOR SALE FOR CASH.

The under-mentioned sections will be offered at auction,
at the Land Office, Gisborne, on Wednesday, the 29th
August, at 2.30 p.m.:

Town Lands.

Rural Lands.

Terms and Conditions: One-fourth of purchase-money to
be paid on fall of the hammer, the remainder within one
month from date of sale, with Crown-grant fees.

The under-mentioned lands will be offered at auction, at
the Old Provincial Council Chambers, Napier, on Tuesday,
the 28th August, 1888:

For Cash.

On Deferred Payment.—Forfeited Sections, Waipawa Special
Settlement.

Pastoral Run for License for Twenty-one Years.

Terms and Conditions: The purchaser will be required to
pay on the fall of the hammer half a year's rent to the
28th February, 1889, and thereafter in equal half-yearly
payments in advance on the 1st March and 1st September
in each year. A fee of £1 1s. for the license must also be
paid at the same time.

For further particulars apply to the Land Officer, Gisborne,
and to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1888.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale
or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887," either for cash, on deferred

payments, or on perpetual lease, at the option of the selector,
on and after Wednesday, the 5th September, 1888.

A selector may purchase for cash, on deferred payments, or
perpetual lease an area not exceeding 2,000 acres of second-
class land at the prices stated. If the selector wishes to
acquire any section on deferred payments, an addition of
one-fourth to the cash price of the section will be made; i.e.,
where the price of the section is 15s. per acre for cash, the
price will be 18s. 9d. per acre on deferred payments. If the
selector wishes to take up a section on perpetual lease, the
annual rental will be 5 per cent. on the cash price of the
section; i.e., where the price is 15s. per acre, the rental will
be 9d. per annum.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Survey District of Mikimiki.

Description of Land: These sections comprise generally
hilly, forest, and scrub, with birch, and open and flat land
in parts; the soil in some of the valleys is fairly good, but in
many parts stony; the area is generally fairly well watered.
The block is situated in the Kiriwakapapa Valley, at the
back of Campbell's and Harris's farms, in the Upper Waipoua
District, about twelve miles from Masterton.

CONDITIONS.

Cash.

Terms of Payment: One-fifth of the purchase-money for
any land shall be deposited with the written application, and
the balance thereof, together with the Crown-grant fee,
within thirty days.

Disqualification: Any person owning such an area of free-
hold land in this land district which, when added to his
application, would exceed 2,000 acres of second-class land,
or who is unable to make the declaration contained in clause
11 of "The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887," is debarred
under this system.

Perpetual Lease.

Any person of seventeen years of age and upwards may
become a lessee under this system. In the event of any
person applying for two or more leases the deposit of a sum
equal to one half-year's rent of the application 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 applying for two or more leases of surveyed
sections, such as he may in the aggregate become the lessee
of under the Act, namely, in the case where the lands com-
prised 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.

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
2,000 acres of second-class land anywhere in the colony.

Deferred Payments.

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.

Disqualifications: All persons who are unable to make the
declaration required by section 113 of "The Land Act, 1885," and section 14 of "The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,"