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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 80

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.

Section. Block. District. Area.
852 X. Castlepoint .. 68 0 0

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

No. of Survey District. Area: Rent per Total
Run. About Acre. Rent per
Annum.

51 Rewa .. .. .. 1,430 0 1 5 19 2
52 Rewa .. .. .. 3,150 0 1 13 2 6
53 Rewa .. .. .. 1,200 0 1 5 0 0
55 Rewa and Kaiwhata .. 1,700 0 1 7 1 8

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land for Application in the Mangaramarama Village-home-
stead 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-home-
stead 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.

Section. Block. District. Area. Annual
Rent per
Acre.

87 I. Makuri .. 12 0 0 0 2 6

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.

Lot. Block. Area. Rent per Acre Half-yearly
per Annum. Rental.

1 VIII. 50 0 0 0 1 44 1 15 0
2 " 50 0 0 0 1 44 1 15 0
3 " 50 0 0 0 1 44 1 15 0
4 VIII., XII. 50 0 0 0 1 44 1 15 0
5 XII. 50 0 0 0 1 44 1 15 0

These sections front the Mayfield-Hinds Road, near May-
field, 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.