98
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of
   “ The Land Act, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the pur-
   chaser of a lease of Run No.*
3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use
   and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use of any
   other person or persons whatever.
4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in
   any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such
   lease.
5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of
   the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such run.
6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by
   lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the
   colony, either by myself or jointly with any other person,
   which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease
   of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

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

• Here specify.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Mangaweka Village Homestead Settlement open
for Application.

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

N OTICE 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.

SCHEDULE.

MANGAWEKA VILLAGE HOMESTEAD SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

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 pro-
   vided 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, 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 No. , 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
believing 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.

Cheviot Estate.—Tenders for Purchase of Gates.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th November, 1894.

T ENDERS are invited for the purchase, singly or to-
gether, of twelve gates, the property of the Crown,
situate on the public roads, Cheviot, as shown on plans to be
seen at the Post-office, Cheviot, and at this office. Tenders,
marked outside “ Tender for Gates,” and addressed to the
undersigned, will be received up to noon of 23rd January,
1895.

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