Jan. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 141

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,
    it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to
    have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same
    from the lessee.

20. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in
    good order and repair.

21. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and
    assessments during the term.

22. 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.

23. No lessee in the Homeview Village shall hold more
    than one lot, except in cases where the lots do not exceed
    20 acres, when the lessee may hold an area not exceeding
    20 acres; and in the Domett Village no lessee shall hold
    more than 100 acres: and such area shall be held for his sole
    use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other
    person whomsoever.

24. 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 pro-
    vision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
    other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
    case.

DECLARATION ON APPLYING FOR A VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD
LEASE UNDER "THE LAND ACT, 1892," AND "THE
CHEVIOT ESTATE DISPOSITION ACT, 1893."

I, A.B., , 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 a lease of land
   forming part of the Cheviot Estate.
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, including the lands now applied for, I am not the
   owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by
   myself or jointly with any other person or persons, of any
   lands anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole 640
   acres (in case of a married woman, 320 acres) of first-class
   land.

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."
(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 189 ,
before me—C.D., a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony
of New Zealand.

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

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.

Village of Marshall:

• Sections: 12,13,14; 26,27

• Block: ..

• Area: 6 A. 3 R. 4 P.

• Rent per Acre: 2s. 4d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 8s. 1d.

• Sections: 16,17,28; 29,30

• Block: ..

• Area: 4 A. 3 R. 11 P.

• Rent per Acre: 2s. 4d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 5s. 10d.

• Sections: 20,21,22; 23

• Block: ..

• Area: 4 A. 3 R. 21 P.

• Rent per Acre: 2s. 4d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 5s. 11d.

• Sections: 39,40,41; 42,43

• Block: ..

• Area: 6 A. 2 R. 2 P.

• Rent per Acre: 2s. 4d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 7s. 9d.

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.

Village of West Waitapu:

• Section: 24
• Block: ..
• Area: 2 A. 0 R. 0 P.
• Rent per Acre: 4s. 0d.
• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 4s. 0d.

Village of Ditto:

• Section: *25
• Block: ..
• Area: 3 A. 0 R. 20 P.
• Rent per Acre: 3s. 9d.
• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 5s. 11d.

*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.

Village of Welford:

• Sections: 1,3,4

• Block: ..

• Area: 22 A. 3 R. 4 P.

• Rent per Acre: 2s. 9d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 1£ 11s. 11d.

• Section: 6

• Block: ..

• Area: 5 A. 0 R. 34 P.

• Rent per Acre: 4s. 0d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 10s. 5d.

• Section: 7

• Block: ..

• Area: 4 A. 2 R. 32 P.

• Rent per Acre: 4s. 0d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 9s. 5d.

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.

Village of Poukiore:

• Sections: 2,4,6,8

• Block: ..

• Area: 5 A. 0 R. 35 P.

• Rent per Acre: 3s. 7d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 9s. 5d.

• Sections: 10,15,16

• Block: ..

• Area: 4 A. 2 R. 2 P.

• Rent per Acre: 3s. 7d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 8s. 2d.

• Sections: 18,19,20; 21,22

• Block: ..

• Area: 6 A. 2 R. 27 P.

• Rent per Acre: 3s. 7d.

• Half-yearly Rent: 0£ 12s. 0d.

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.