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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Reserves 950, 951, and 952 are situated in the Waimate
Township.

CONDITIONS.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the
   number of lots which one person may acquire, and no
   declaration is required. Residence and improvements are
   not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the
   lessees, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on
   account of improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any
   other cause.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The leases shall be for the terms specified in the
   schedule, but shall be subject to termination by twelve
   months' notice in the event of the land being required by
   Government.

4. The lands are let for grazing purposes, and lessees will
   not be permitted to break up or crop any of the same with-
   out the written permission of the Land Board first had and
   obtained.

5. Upon the fall of the hammer every lessee shall pay a
   lease-fee of £1 1s., together with a half-year's rent in the
   case of reserves whose annual rental exceeds £5, and one
   year's rent in the case of reserves whose annual rental is
   below £5.

6. The lessee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse,
   broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his lease,
   and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be
   removed all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds
   or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land com-
   prised in the lease, and shall prevent their increase or
   spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer
   appointed by him to inspect the ground.

Further particulars may be obtained on application at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Lands in the Cheviot Estate open for
Selection.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned vil-
lage-homestead allotments, situate in the Cheviot
Estate, will be open for selection upon the terms and condi-
tions stated hereunder on and after Wednesday, 6th March,
1895.

SCHEDULE.

CHEVIOT COUNTY.
First-class Land.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Cash Price. | Lease in Perpetuity.
| | | Per Acre. | Total Price. | Rent Per Acre. | Half-yearly Rent.

HOMEVIEW VILLAGE.
Lowry Peaks Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
16 | XII. | 5 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 12 0 | 1 10 0
About 200ft. above sea-level; flat agricultural land, 12in.
to 18in. black soil; good English grass; bounded in parts by
plantation and quick hedge; no water visible.

Cheviot Survey District.

31 | VII. | 5 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 12 0 | 1 10 0
38 | " | 5 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 12 0 | 1 10 0
About 200ft. above sea-level; flat agricultural land, 9in.
to 15in. of rich soil, in good English grass. Section 31 has
a small permanent spring.

5 | VII. | 40 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 5 0 | 5 0 0
Well-grassed downs, three-fourths easily ploughable; black
soil, with clay subsoil, broken by gully; good surface-sown
English grasses; about one mile from homestead.

PORT ROBINSON VILLAGE.
Cheviot Survey District.

14 | XI. | 24 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 240 0 0 | 10 0 | 6 0 0
All open, broken, agricultural and pastoral land; soil, very
good sandy loam, well watered; about 10 acres in English
grass, balance good tussock and English grass; accessible
by good road, three-quarters of a mile from Port Robinson.

DOMETT VILLAGE.
Lowry Peaks Survey District.

25 | XVI. | 57 0 0 | 8 0 0 | 456 0 0 | 8 0 | 11 8 0
Twenty acres rich swampy flat, uncultivated; remainder
good flat, in stubble; gravel bottom.

27 | XVI. | 33 0 15 | 7 0 0 | 231 13 2 | 7 0 | 5 15 10
Five acres rich swampy flat, in stubble; rest good flat,
gravel bottom.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands to be dealt with under these conditions 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"), and "The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893."

2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the 6th day of March, 1895.

3. The rental stated opposite each allotment of land shall
   be the price at which such land shall be open for selection.

4. Every applicant shall make the declaration prescribed,
   and shall, immediately after the application has been ap-
   proved, or declared successful at the ballot, pay a sum equal
   to one half-year's rent of the land applied for. Such pay-
   ment shall be in discharge of the half-year's rent due on the
   1st day of January or July following the day of application.
   He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the preparation of
   the lease and the registration thereof.

5. When applications are made on the same day for the
   same land, or part of the same land, then the order of selec-
   tion shall be decided by ballot.

6. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
   pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and shall make the declaration prescribed.

7. Each applicant shall also undertake to pay the first
   half-year's rent, together with the lease and registration fee
   of £1 1s., immediately upon being declared the successful
   applicant.

8. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
   1st days of January and July in each year.

9. The lessee must reside on the land selected within one
   year from the date of selection, and thereafter such residence
   shall be continuous for a period of ten years. The Land
   Board may dispense with residence if the lessee reside and
   continue to reside on lands contiguous to the lands held
   under lease.

10. The lessee shall put on the land comprised in his lease
    substantial improvements as under:—

(a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, to a
value equal to 2½ per cent. of the price of the land;

(b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, to a
value equal to another 2½ per cent. of the price of
the land;

(c.) And within six years from the date of his lease, to a
value equal to another 2½ per cent. of the price of
the land;

and in addition thereto shall, within six years from the date
of his lease, put substantial improvements of a permanent
character to the value of £1 for every acre of land.

Improvements existing on the land at the time of lease
shall be deemed to be improvements made under this clause.

Substantial improvements of a permanent character mean
and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of 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, or in any way improving the
character or fertility of the soil, and include the erection of
any building.

11. The Government reserves a right of erecting telegraph
    or telephone lines over the lands during the term of lease,
    and a right of ingress and egress to such lines when erected.

12. A right to search for and take gravel for making or
    maintaining roads from any of the lands disposed of is
    reserved; payment to be made for surface damage only.

13. The lessee must once a year properly cut and trim all
    live fences now on the land, or which may be planted upon
    the land during the term, and stub all gorse not growing as
    fences, and also stub all broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious
    plants.

14. The lessee must take alternately white and root crops;
    and on the removal of the third crop the land must be sown
    down with good cultivated permanent grasses and clovers,
    and be allowed to remain as pasture for at least two years
    from the harvesting of last crop before being again cropped.

15. The lessee must not cut the cultivated grass for hay or
    seed the first year of the course.

16. At all times during the lease the land must be so
    farmed that not less than one-third of the farm be main-
    tained in permanent pasture. But the conditions as to crop-
    ping shall not apply to sections of five acres or under.

17. The lessee must not burn any straw grown upon the
    land.

18. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from
    weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and water-
    courses which now are or may be upon the land; and the
    Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have the power at any
    time to enter upon and make any drain through the land
    that he may deem necessary.

19. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any
    of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the
    trimming of live fences, and stubbing gorse, broom, and
    sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and
    keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses,