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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Conditions of occupation may be seen at the Land Office, Tauranga, the Post-office, Matata, and upon application at this office.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid at close of sale, and the balance (with Crown-grant fee, £1) within thirty days 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 henceforth be null and void. In the case of the grazing-run one half-year's rent shall be payable at close of the sale.

Plans of the sections may be seen at the local post-offices and on application at this office.

Land for Sale by Auction for Selection on Deferred Payments, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1891.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of the Land Acts, that the under-mentioned sections will be offered at auction, for selection on deferred payments, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1891, at 11 a.m.

Plans and particulars can be obtained at this office.

A deposit of one-twentieth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license-fee, and the stated value of the improvements, if any, must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the selector shall make the statutory declaration required under the deferred-payment system.

All sections unsold at the auction will be withdrawn till further notice.

SCHEDULE.

OMAHINI DISTRICT.
1 | IV. | 86 0 0 | 1 0 0

This section is situated about nine miles inland of Waverley and Waitotara, and comprises rough broken second-class land, covered with mixed bush.

PUKETOI DISTRICT.
13 | I. | 640 0 0 | 1 11 3
16 | " | 133 0 0 | 1 14 4

These sections, together with those in Block XII., Makuri, and Block I., Puketoi, now being offered under “The Land Act, 1887,” comprise about 3,686 acres, and are part of the South-west Puketoi Block, which is situated south-east of the Township of Pahiatua, and adjoining the Tiraumea-Makuri and Mangaone-Tiraumea Blocks. The access to the sections on the north is by way of the Tiraumea and Toritea Roads, and to the southern sections by way of the Hawera and Tane Roads. The land is covered with forest, including tawa, rata, hinau, rimu, mahoe, konini, rangiora, with rata, &c., and occasional totara trees. The soil is good throughout, the formation being limestone or papa. Mount Marchant is a limestone hill, and the limestone crops out on most of the sections in that vicinity. The sections are watered by small streams, and it is probable that permanent water can be obtained on the high limestone hills from springs and creeks. The land is all well adapted for pastoral purposes.

APITI DISTRICT.
27 | XIII. | 100 0 0 | 1 2 6

This section is situated on the McBeth Road, about three miles west of Birmingham, and comprises hilly land of good quality, covered with mixed bush.

MANGAONE DISTRICT.
5 | III. | 154 2 25 | 1 0 0

Weighted with £17 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated on the Makakahi Road, about one and a half miles north of the Hawera Road, and comprises hilly land of fair quality, covered with mixed bush.

WAIROA DISTRICT.
6 | IX. | 122 2 0 | 1 5 0

Weighted with £4 18s. for fencing, ploughing, and grassing.

This section is situated in the Waitotara District, inland of the Momokaki Gorge, and comprises generally hilly land, intersected by deep gullies. The section was originally taken up, and has been slightly improved.

POHANGINA DISTRICT.
37 | X. | 105 0 0 | 1 0 0
38 | " | 100 0 0 | 1 0 0

These sections are situated at the back of Awahou-Pohangina Special-settlement Block, east of the Pohangina River, about twelve miles from Ashurst, and comprise hilly land of fair quality.

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands open for Application as Village Homesteads.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 19th June, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be open for application as village homesteads, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1891:—

PURAKAUNUI VILLAGE, WOODLAND DISTRICT.

Sections 1 to 10, Block VII., and Sections 1 to 10, Block X.; unsurveyed; areas averaging about 20 acres per section. Rental, 1s. per acre per annum.

Fairly good agricultural land, covered with mixed bush; situated on the main road, Owaka to Tautuku, and distant from the former place about eleven miles, and from Romahapa, the present nearest railway-station, about twenty-two miles.

TAUKUPU VILLAGE, TAUTUKU DISTRICT.

Sections 1 to 11, Block IV.; unsurveyed; areas averaging about 20 acres per section. Rental, 1s. per acre per annum.

Fairly good undulating land, covered with bush, well watered; situated at south side of mouth of Taukupu River, distant from Owaka by road now in course of formation about twenty miles, and from Romahapa, the present nearest railway-station, thirty-two miles.

CONDITIONS.

Term of lease, thirty years; renewable for further periods of twenty-one years.

Rents are payable half-yearly, on the first days of January and July in each year.

No rent need be paid for the first two years. The unpaid rent will, however, be added to the capital value, and rent then paid on such increased value, or the arrears of rent can be paid off at any time.

A fee of 10s. will be charged for registration of lease.

A sum of £10 will be advanced by the Government for building a house, which must be finished in six months after selection, and residence on the land is thereafter compulsory. On bush-lands felling must begin at once.

Each settler shall within two years cultivate one acre, and within four years the half of the remainder, of his selection, and make substantial improvements.

Substantial improvements shall mean—
(1.) Fencing the land with timber or other durable materials, not being a brush fence; or
(2.) Breaking up and laying down the same in English or other cultivated grass; or
(3.) Breaking up and planting or sowing root or other crops therein; and, in case of bush-lands, the felling and clearing of timber and sowing of grass.

Any person who has an interest in any land of more than an acre in extent in the colony is not eligible to select.

No person can hold more than one section.

Where more applications than one are made on the same day for the same section, the right to occupy will be determined by lot amongst the applicants; but subject to married men having preference as selectors.

No married women are eligible as selectors.

Settlers cannot subdivide or sublet their holdings without consent.

Application forms can be obtained at any Land Office, and must be either lodged personally or sent through the post to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Terms and Conditions of Sale of the Mangaramarama Village-homestead Settlement.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be open for application under the village-homestead system on Thursday, the 3rd September, 1891. Applications must be made on the proper forms, and will be received at this office and also at the County Council Offices, Pahiatua. They must be made in person to the Commissioner of Crown Lands or other officer of the department, who will attend there to receive them, but they will not be received at Pahiatua by post. Application-forms and full particulars can be obtained at this office.

This land is being opened for the purpose of providing homestead sites for intending settlers. Holders of other lands exceeding one acre in extent are not eligible as selectors. Any person putting in an application in contravention of the conditions under which the land is opened is liable to be prosecuted for making a false declaration, and any section obtained thereby is, in accordance with the conditions, forfeited.