JAN. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 111

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 im-
mediately.
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 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.
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 believ-
   ing 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.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserves for Lease.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1891.

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 the County
Council Offices, Pahiatua, on Friday, the 5th February, 1892,
at 2 p.m.
Plan and form of lease can be seen and particulars
obtained at this office.
The term of the leases will be seven years.
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 24, Block VII., Mangahao District; area, 9 acres
2 roods; upset rental per acre per annum, 1s.
The above section is situated in the Woodville-Manga-
tainoka Block, at the confluence of the Mangatainoka and
Makakahi Rivers, adjoining the Township of Scarborough,
which is distant from Pahiatua about two miles by a formed
road.
Section 26, Block IV., Mangahao District; area, 7 acres
3 roods 33 perches; upset rental per acre per annum, 1s.
This section is situated in the Mangatainoka Village
Settlement, about five miles south of Woodville, fronting on
the main road from Masterton; also having a frontage
to the Mangatainoka River. This section comprises flat
land of fairly good quality, and is covered with mixed bush.

J. H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land for Settlement, Land District of Wellington.

Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1891.

THE following land is being opened for ordinary selection
under "The Land Act, 1887," and will be opened
early in March :—

5 miles from Eketahuna, Mount Baker Block .. 5,500
21 miles from Pahiatua, North Puketoi Block .. 10,000
6½ miles from Birmingham, Oroua-Coal Creek Block 6,000
14 miles from Pipiriki, Waimarino Block .. 14,000
Total .. .. .. 35,500

To be followed by 40,000 acres now under survey between
the Puketois and the East Coast.

The following village-settlement lands will be offered for
sale in March :—

| Locality. | No. of | Size: Acres. | Price per Acre. |
| Village Settlement. | Allotmts. | | |
| On West Coast— | | | |
| Pukioke.. | 8 | 2 to 5 | .. |
| Welford .. | 5 | 5 to 9 | .. |
| West Waitapu | 7 | 1 to 3 | .. |

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserves 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 ob-
tained 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 Settle-
ment 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.