Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

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 improve-
ments, if any, must be deposited on the fall of the hammer,
and the selector shall make the statutory declaration re-
quired 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All sections unsold at the auction will be withdrawn till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 Wa-
verley 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 XIII., 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, maioe, konini, rangiora, with rata,
&c., and occasional totara trees. The soil is good through-
out, the formation being limestone or papa. Mount Mar-
chant 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-Poha-
ngina 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 Wed-
nesday, 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 Roma-
hapa, the present nearest railway-station, about twenty-two
miles.

Taukupu Village, Tautuku District.

Sections 1 to 11, Block IV.; unsurveyed; areas averag-
ing 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 ma-
terials, 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 deter-
mined 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 Vil-
lage-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 sys-
tem 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 Pahia-
tua 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 pro-
secuted for making a false declaration, and any section ob-
tained thereby is, in accordance with the conditions, forfeited.
Alleged ignorance of the conditions will not, after this notice,
be accepted as an excuse for persons putting in applications
who hold other lands.