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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

By Balance, 1st January, 1895 .. .. 1,074 4 4
Interest received on mortgages and fixed deposit .. £869 16 9
Rents received .. .. 176 6 9
Interest and rent due and accrued .. .. 484 1 9
1,530 5 3
Less Due and accrued, 1894 £505 15 3
Interest paid in advance 8 4 9
Written off Interest Account 4 10 0
518 10 0
1,011 15 3
£2,085 19 7

A. A. SCAIFE, Manager and Accountant.
AMBROSE E. MOORE,
R. B. JACKSON,
} Auditors.
H. EDWARDS, Vice-Chairman.
P. COOKE,
J. WILSON,
HEMINGWAY FIRTH,
THOMAS FIELD,
J. HOLLOWAY,
JOHN SHARP,
} Trustees.

Crown Lands Notices.

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 12th March, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednesday, the 6th day of May, 1896.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Village-homestead Allotments.

Bush land, low-lying, flat, good soil, capable of yielding good crops when cleared, and good grass when surface-sown. Distance, three to four miles from Invercargill. Intersected by the Seaward Bush Railway. Limit of holdings in this village, 10 acres.

Longwood .. | 54 | V. | 9 3 11 | 2 0 | 0 7 10
" .. | 55 | " | 10 0 0 | 2 0 | 0 8 0
" .. | 56 | " | 12 0 5 | 2 0 | 0 9 7

Bush land, soil fair, parts low-lying, adjacent to Wakapatu Railway-station. Limit of holdings in this village, 50 acres.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

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 6th day of May, 1896.

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, Invercargill; 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 prescribed in Schedule C of the said Act.

6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease and registration fee, 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 will become due on 1st January, 1897.

8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in each lease shall 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 apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land held by him under these regulations, except under and subject to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.

10. No lessee shall hold more than the limit stated in the First Schedule, including that already held, and all allotments shall be held for his or her 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.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations, 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.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments, Wellington, open for Selection upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1896.

THE under-mentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 18th March, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

This section is weighted with £12 10s. for improvements. It is situated on the main road and railway-line, about a mile and a half south of Levin. The soil is good, on a clay-and-shingle formation, and the land is perfectly level. The timber has been felled at a cost of £12 10s.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MANGARAMARAMA VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SETTLEMENT.

| 83 | 11 2 16 | 4 9·6 | 1 7 10 |
| 84 | 16 3 32 | 4 0 | 1 13 11 |

Section 83 is weighted with £7 14s. for improvements. These sections are situated about two miles distant from Mangatainoka, and comprise rich alluvial land, perfectly level, portions being subject to floods. On Section 83 four acres have been partly grassed, and on Section 84 four acres have been felled only; the remainder of each section being covered with heavy mixed timber.

KIWITEA COUNTY.—KAREWAREWA VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SETTLEMENT EXTENSION.

| 23A | 100 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 3 5 0 |
| 23B | 100 0 0 | 1 3·6 | 3 5 0 |

These sections are situated in the Marton No. 1 Farm-homestead Settlement Block, distant about four miles from the Township of Rangiwahia, and are approached by a dray-road which is now under construction, and which will shortly be completed. The soil is good, on a papa formation, and covered with mixed bush, consisting chiefly of pines, maire, and hinau, with some totara, and undergrowth of rangiora, kotukatuka, houi, &c. There are about twenty acres flat in