Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 347

Village-homestead Lands, Wellington, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1895.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will
be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, and at the
Argyle Hall, Hunterville, on Monday, 11th March, 1895.

If more than one application be received for the same
section on the same day, then the order of selection shall
be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the
Argyle Hall, Hunterville.

SCHEDULE.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.

The Village of Marshall is situated at Curl's Clearing, in
the Otamakapua Block, about thirty-two miles from Feild-
ing and eight miles from the projected Marton-Te Awamutu
Railway; the road has been partly formed to within two
miles of the village. The area comprises flat and undulating
open land of fair quality, well watered by the Kiwitea;
ample provision has been made for reserves for public pur-
poses, including school, recreation, public buildings, and
cemetery. The elevation of the land is about 1,300ft. above
the sea-level. The climate is favourable for agricultural
and pastoral pursuits. As the position is central to a large
area of country, the sections are suitable for occupation by
a working-man or small settler.

West Wai- |24 |.. |2 0 0|4 0 |0 4 0|
tapu | | | | | |
Ditto |*25 |.. |3 0 20|3 9·6|0 5 11|

*Weighted with £5 10s. for improvements.

The Village of West Waitapu 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 is good throughout, on different for-
mation, 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 |.. |1, 3, 4|.. |22 3 4|2 9·6|1 11 11|
" |.. |6 |.. |5 0 34|4 0 |0 10 5 |
" |.. |7 |.. |4 2 32|4 0 |0 9 5 |

The Village of Welford is situated at the junction of the
Tapuae and Paroranga Roads, in the West Waitapu Block,
and consists of level and hilly country. The soil is gene-
rally good. Portions of all the sections have been cleared.
The timber consists of rata, hinau, maire, 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.

Poukiore |.. |2,4,6,8 |.. |5 0 35|3 7·2|0 9 5 |
" |.. |10,15,16|.. |4 2 2 |3 7·2|0 8 2 |
" |.. |{18,19,20,|.. |6 2 27|3 7·2|0 12 0|
| | 21, 22 | | | | |

The Village of Poukiore is situated in the Porewa Valley,
about five miles and a half from Hunterville, on the Muri-
motu 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.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and
   are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on lease
   in perpetuity under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892"
   (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act").

2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection
   shall be Monday, the eleventh day of March, 1895.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the
   land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as
   provided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applica-
   tions shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Wellington, and at Hunterville, and leases will be issued in
   accordance with the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
   pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration hereby
   prescribed.

6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent,
   together with the lease and registration fee and the valua-
   tion for improvements (if any), immediately the application
   has been approved or declared successful at the ballot.

7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
   1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in
   section 157 of the said Act; and the first half-year's rent is
   payable as before provided. The next payment of rent will
   become due on the 1st January, 1896.

8. No person shall apply for or hold more than one allot-
   ment, and such allotment shall be held for his sole use and
   benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person
   whomsoever. No married woman shall be eligible as a
   selector; but this provision shall not apply to any married
   woman who may become a transferee under a will or by
   virtue of an intestacy.

9. The lessee must reside on the land leased within one
   year from the date of lease, and thereafter such residence
   shall be continuous.

10. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
    each lease shall, subject to clause No. 9, be as provided in
    Part III. of the said Act. The provisions of section 144, and
    all other provisions of the said Act with respect to substantial
    improvements, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these
    regulations. The provisions of section 141, and all other
    provisions of the said Act in respect of compulsory residence,
    shall, subject to clause No. 9, apply accordingly to lessees
    under these regulations.

Substantial improvements of a permanent character mean
and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of bush,
gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or scrub, cultivation, planting
gardens, fencing, draining, making roads, sinking wells or
water-tanks, constructing water-races, sheep-dips, making
embankments or protective works of any kind, in any way
improving the character or fertility of the soil, or the erec-
tion of any non-movable building.

11. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land
    held by him under these regulations, except under and sub-
    ject to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.

12. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
    shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regula-
    tions, and to the applications and leases to be made and
    issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created,
    and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are
    thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision
    of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other
    provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY APPLICANT.

I, , of , 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, 1892," am applying for the purchase of a
   lease of Section , Village Settlement.
3. That I am acquiring such lease solely for my own use
   and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or
   benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.
4. That I am not the owner, or lessee, or occupier, directly
   or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other
   person or persons, of any lands anywhere in the colony ex-
   ceeding in the whole one acre.
5. That I have not, within one year from the date hereof,
   surrendered a lease with perpetual right of renewal or lease
   in perpetuity of the lands for a lease whereof I am now
   applying.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving 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."

A.B.

Declared at , this day of , 18 , before
me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of
New Zealand.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Auckland, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 28th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease, on application at
this office, on and after Wednesday, the 27th day of March,
1895, at the annual rentals noted below.

Raglan County, Parish of Karamu.
(Subdivisions of Section 174, Auckland University College
Endowment.)

Run No. 1, 1,214 acres; annual rent, £30 7s.
Run No. 2, 1,329 acres; annual rent, £45 14s. 6d.
Run No. 4, 1,296 acres; annual rent, £32 8s.