Feb. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 419

Mangaweka, formerly known as Three-log Whare, is situated on the Main North Island Inland Road and railway-line, the latter being opened as far as Mangaonoho, distant about twelve miles.

The township itself is situated at the junction of the road now under construction to Pemberton and the special settlements to the eastward, and will eventually be the main outlet to a very large area on the eastern side of the Rangitikei River.

The land is level (with the exception of that near the railway-line), of good quality, and the whole has originally been heavily timbered. Clearings, buildings, and other improvements have, however, been made in both the town and suburbs, and the sections affected are weighted with the values of these. That portion of the township which yet remains to be felled is now being done at the expense of the Government.

TAIAPE TOWNSHIP.

The sections being offered form a part only of the township, which it is intended to offer later on. It is situated on the main inland road from Hunterville, near the Hautapu River crossing, in the Awarua Block, and will probably form an important centre when the large areas of Crown and Native lands in the Awarua Block become settled upon. The proposed North Island Railway has been surveyed through the township.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money, together with the amount with which the section is weighted for improvements (if any), to be paid at the close of the auction, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited. There are no restrictions or limitations imposed upon purchasers of these sections.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Mangaweka Village Homestead Settlement open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for application on and after Wednesday, the 13th day of March, 1895.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

MANGAWEKA VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. THE lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are divided into 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 Wednesday, the 13th 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 applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington, and at Ohingaiti, and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, 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 valuation 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 allotment, 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 erection of any non-movable building.