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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

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.

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 Hunterville, on Saturday, the 12th March, 1892, at 10 a.m.

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

The term of the lease will be seven years.

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

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

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 207, Township of Hunterville; area, 1 acre; upset rent per annum. 10s.; term of lease, seven years.

This section is situated on the Ongo Road, in the Township of Hunterville, which is about sixteen miles from Marton, on the Murimotu Road, and the projected North Island Main Trunk Railway, and the trains now run past the township. Part of the section is in grass and the rest covered with manuka scrub, and it is partly flooded after heavy rain. A temporary fence has been put up round the section, except on the front, where a stab fence is erected; and there is a drain through the section for about two and a half chains. The quality of the land in Hunterville is generally very good.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Forfeited Deferred-payment Land.

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

IT is hereby notified, in terms of the Land Acts, that the under-mentioned section will be offered at auction, for selection on deferred payments, at Hunterville, on Saturday, the 12th March, 1892, at 10 a.m.

Particulars can be obtained at this office, and at the principal post-offices in the district.

A deposit of one-twentieth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license-fee, must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the selector shall make the statutory declaration required under the deferred-payment system.

If there is no bid at the auction the section will be withdrawn till further notice.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 46, Block VII., Ongo District; area, 100 acres; upset price, £1 per acre.

The above is a section in the Sandon Small-farm Block, which is situated on the left bank of the Rangitikei River, about six miles from Hunterville in an easterly direction.

The section consists of undulating broken land, and there is a gorge running through part of it.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Forfeited Deferred-payment Land.

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

IT is hereby notified, in terms of the Land Acts, that the under-mentioned section will be offered at auction, for selection on deferred payments, at Feilding, on Saturday, the 5th March, 1892, at 10 a.m.

Particulars can be obtained at this office, and at the principal post-offices in the district.

A deposit of one-twentieth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license-fee, must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the selector shall make the statutory declaration required under the deferred-payment system.

If there is no bid at the auction the section will be withdrawn till further notice.

SCHEDULE.

SECTION 39, Block X., Pohangina District; area, 101 acres; upset price, £1 per acre.

This section is situated in the Awahou-Pohangina Special Settlement Block, east of the Pohangina River, about eleven miles from Ashurst.

The section consists generally of hilly land of fair quality.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands open for Application under Village-homestead Special Settlement Conditions in the West Waitapu and Welford Village Settlements.

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 4th March, 1892. Applications must be made on the proper forms, and will be received at this office, and also at Feilding. 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 Feilding by post. If a ballot be found necessary it will take place at Feilding, on Saturday, the 5th March, at 9 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.

WEST WAITAPU VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

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 miles and a half.

WELFORD VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

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.

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.

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.