Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1193

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 in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, forfeit his interest in the land selected.

Declaration to be made by Applicant.

I, __, of __, in the __ Land District, and Colony of New Zealand, __, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1885," am applying for a lease of Section __, Block __, __ District.
3. That I am applying for such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and for the purpose of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.
4. That I am not the owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person or persons, of any lands anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole one acre.
5. That I have not, within seven years from the date hereof, surrendered a lease with perpetual right of renewal.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

(Signature.)

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 18, before me, __, Justice of the Peace.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Census, 1891.—Production of Butter and Cheese. Agricultural Machines used.

THE following results of the census taken in April last, relating to production of butter, cheese, and numbers of agricultural machines used, are published for general information.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 16th October, 1891.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Provincial Districts.
Weight of Annual Production of:

• Butter (lb.)
• Cheese (lb.)
  Number of:
• Threshing Machines (Steam, Water, Horse)
• Reaping Machines
• Steam Ploughs
• Steam Harrows

Auckland
Taranaki
Hawke's Bay
Wellington
Marlborough
Nelson
Westland
Canterbury
Otago
Chatham Islands

Totals, 1891
Totals, 1886
Totals, 1881

• The statement of the annual production of butter can only be regarded as an estimate, for although the quantities given are compiled from the returns in the household schedules, yet, as the majority of small farmers do not keep an account of all butter made, their returns cannot be considered to be closely accurate. The butter made in factories has been returned at 1,969,759lb.

† This quantity includes 4,038,720lb. made in cheese factories.