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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

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 first-class land,
and 10s. per acre on second-class 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 em-
bankments 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.

9. 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.

10. The lessee must take alternately white crops and
    green or root crops; and on the removal of the third crop
    the land must be sown down with good permanent culti-
    vated 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.

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

12. At all times during the lease the land must be so
    farmed that not less than one-third of the farm shall be
    maintained in permanent pasture.

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

14. 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
    Land Board shall have the power at any time to enter upon
    and make any drain through the land that it may deem
    necessary.

15. 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.

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

17. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and as-
    sessments during the term.

18. The Government reserves a right of ingress and egress
    to the telegraph-line which passes through some of the lands
    to be disposed of.

19. A right to search for and take gravel for making or
    maintaining roads from any of the lands disposed of is re-
    served. Payment to be made for surface damage only.

20. The lease shall contain a clause providing that the
    lessee shall hold the land comprised in his lease subject to
    the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892," and "The Cheviot
    Estate Disposition Act, 1893," unless otherwise provided by
    these regulations.

DECLARATION ON APPLYING FOR A 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 form-
   ing 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 of first-class land.

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 189 ,
before me--C.D., a Justice of the Peace in and for the
Colony of New Zealand.

• 320 acres in the case of a married woman.

VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD ALLOTMENTS.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Capital Value. | Rent per Acre. | Half-yearly Rent.
| | | Per Acre. | Total Value. | |

Mackenzie Suburban Sections, Lowry Peaks Survey District.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Mackenzie Suburban Sections, Cheviot Survey District.
About 200ft. above sea-level; flat agricultural land, 12in.
to 18in. black soil; good English grass; bounded in parts by
plantation and quick-hedge.

38 | VII. | 5 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 12 0 | 1 10 0
Flat agricultural land, 9in. to 15in. rich soil; in good
English grass; 200ft. above sea-level. There is a gravel-pit
on the front part of the section.

Note.—Settlers in the Mackenzie Suburban Village-home-
stead Settlement may apply for and acquire more than one
allotment, provided that the total area held by any one per-
son does not exceed 20 acres.

Caverhill Village, Cheviot Survey District.
15 | VII. | 50 0 0 | 6 0 0 | 300 0 0 | 6 0 | 7 10 0
Section 15 comprises rich deep alluvial flats, swamps, and
ploughable downs, more or less broken by gullies; the downs
and dry land have been broken up, and laid down in culti-
vated grasses; the flats are at present partly subject to over-
flow; the swamps can be drained. There is a good iron
fence along the western boundary.

Port Robinson Village, Cheviot Survey District.
4 | XI. | 22 0 0 | 10 0 0 | 220 0 0 | 10 0 | 5 10 0
Agricultural land, good soil, sandy loam; sunny eastern
aspect, overlooking the ocean; good English and native
grasses; not well watered; all ploughable, about half the
area is steep; accessible by good road, one mile from Port
Robinson. The section is weighted with a sum of £9, being
value of boundary-fencing, hut, and other small improve-
ments, which sum must be paid on allotment.

The successful applicants shall be responsible for and
shall refund to the adjacent owners half the cost of all
boundary-fences not previously paid for.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE OF VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD LANDS.

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 11th day of September, 1895.

3. The rental stated opposite each allotment shall be the
   price at which it 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 applica-
   tion. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the prepa-
   ration 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;