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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Sale of Sections in the Villages of West Waitapu and Welford.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” that the suburban sections in the Villages of West Waitapu and Welford, enumerated in the accompanying Schedule, will be offered for sale for cash, by public auction, at Feilding, on Saturday, the 5th March, 1892, at 10 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
SUBURBAN SECTIONS.

This village is situated at the junction of Williamson’s and Waituna Roads. The sections are nearly all level, a small portion of the area of each being undulating. The soil throughout is good, on different formation, consisting of gravel, sandstone, and clay. The timber consists of tawa, rimu, rata, kotukutuku, karamea, &c., with the usual undergrowth. The village as a whole is fairly well watered by streams running through it. The access is by a formed road, via Waituna and Sinclair’s Roads, from Feilding, and is distant therefrom about fifteen and a half miles.

Village of Welford.

| 7 | 4 2 32 | 18 16 0 |
| 8 | 2 3 23 | 8 13 8 |

This village is situated at the junction of the Tapuae and Paroronga Roads, in the West Waitapu Block, and consists of level and hilly land. The soil is generally good. Portions of all the sections except No. 1 have been cleared. The timber on the balance is of the usual mixed character, consisting of rata, hinau, mairi, tawa, rimu, &c., and the usual undergrowth. The access is from Feilding, via Makino, Sinclair, and Mackay’s Roads, and Waitapu Village, the distance from Feilding being about eighteen miles.

Plans may be seen at the principal post-offices in the district, and at this office, where full particulars can also be obtained.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited.

There are no limitations or restrictions incumbent upon purchasers of town lands for cash.

All sections unsold at the auction will be withdrawn until further notice.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve for Lease.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that the leases of the under-mentioned sections will be offered at public auction, at Feilding, on Saturday, the 5th March, 1892, at 10 a.m.

Plans and form of lease can be seen and particulars obtained at this office.

The terms of the leases will be as stated opposite each section.

No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessees.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent and £1 11s. lease-fee must be deposited on the fall of the hammer.

SCHEDULE.

Section 52, Block XI., District of Apiti; area, 66 acres; upset rental per acre per annum, 1s. 6d.; term of lease, ten years.

Section 41A, Block XI., District of Apiti; area, 45 acres 2 roods; upset rental per acre per annum, 1s. 3d.; term of lease, ten years.

These sections are situated in the Feilding Special Settlement Block, on the left bank of the Oroua River, about ten miles from the Township of Birmingham, in a north-easterly direction.

Section 52 mainly consists of a river flat of good soil, covered with rimu and kahikatea. The lower portion of the section is subject to floods.

Section 41A is covered with heavy mixed bush, and the soil is good. The section has an easy slope towards the south, and there is no water on it in summer.

Section 1326, Township of Bunnythorpe; area, 1 acre 1 rood 14 perches; upset rental per lot, 10s.; term of lease, from year to year.

This section is situated about three-quarters of a mile from the Bunnythorpe Railway-station, and within a short distance of the main road between Feilding and Palmerston North. The section is quite flat, and the greater portion of it is grassed, although the whole of the bush has not been felled.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands open for Application under Village-homestead Special Settlement Conditions in the Poukiore Village Settlement.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be open for application, under the village-homestead regulations of the 27th February, 1891, on Friday, the 11th March, 1892. Applications must be made on the proper forms, and will be received at this office, and also at Hunter-ville; 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 Hunter-ville by post. If a ballot be found necessary it will take place at Hunter-ville, on Saturday, the 12th March, at 10 a.m. Application-forms and full particulars can be obtained at this office.

These lands are 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.

SCHEDULE.
POUKIORE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

This village is situated in the Porewa Valley, about five and a half miles from Hunter-ville, on the Murimoto Road, the land being either level or easy sloping ground, whilst the soil is good to first class. The bush is of the usual mixed character—tawa, rata, hinau, rimu, &c.

CONDITIONS OF SETTLEMENT.

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.