Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1151

Small Grazing-runs in the Kaiwhata Block open for Selection.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act, 1885," Part VII., that leases of the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open to application at this office on and after Thursday, the 19th November, 1891, at the annual rental stated opposite each run.

Particulars of the conditions of sale can be obtained at this office, and from the original lithographs exhibited at the time of sale, and which may be seen at the principal post-offices in the district.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land for Application in the Mangaramarama Village-homestead Settlement.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned section of land in the Mangaramarama Village-homestead Settlement will be offered to application at this office on Thursday, the 19th November, 1891, under the village-homestead conditions of the 27th February, 1891, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th March, 1891.

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. Alleged ignorance of the conditions will not, after this notice, be accepted as an excuse for persons putting in applications who hold other lands.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Castlepoint Harbour Reserve.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1891.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," that tenders will be received at this office for the lease of the under-mentioned section.

Tenders will close at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday, the 19th November, 1891.

The term of the lease will be seven years. No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessee.

A plan and conditions of lease can be seen at the Post-office, Castlepoint, and also at this office, where full particulars can be obtained.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Application as Village Homesteads, Land District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 24th September, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be open for application under the village-homestead system on Thursday, the 12th November, 1891. Applications must be made on the proper forms, and must be made in person or sent through the post to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch. Application-forms and full particulars can be obtained at this office, and from the local Land Officer, Timaru.

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. Alleged ignorance of the conditions will not, after this notice, be accepted as an excuse for persons putting in applications who hold other lands.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.-SHEPHERD'S BUSH SURVEY DISTRICT. SUBDIVISION OF RURAL SECTION 36297, NEAR MAYFIELD.

These sections front the Mayfield-Hinds Road, near Mayfield, contiguous to the water-race, and comprise light stony land.

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.

No lease shall be issued until after the payment of the first half-year's rent.

Settlers shall not subdivide or sublet their holdings; but, with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the district, they may transfer them, provided that all the conditions of these regulations have been fulfilled to date of application to transfer, and the two years' arrears of rent paid in full.

Each settler or transferee will be required to occupy his selection as his home, and to make substantial improvements.

The erection of a dwelling-house must be completed within six months of the date of selection, and each settler must reside on his section within that time. In bush-lands this may be deferred until one month after the first burn, but no longer.

In bush-lands each settler must begin bush-felling immediately.

Those settlers who may desire an advance of £10 will obtain payment from the Steward, on his certificate that a dwelling-house of at least that value has been erected on the land.

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.

Married men will have preference as selectors.

No married women are eligible as selectors.

When more applications than one are made on the same day for the same land, the right to occupy the land applied for shall, subject to married men having the preference, be determined by lot amongst the applicants.

Any settler who shall fail to comply with these regulations