1888 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 85

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
THE under-mentioned Invercargill, 28th September, 1896.
selection on leased Crown lands will be open for
and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 26th Novem-
ber, 1896.
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 the following day, at 11 a.m., at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

Lease in Perpetuity:
Rent, 4 per Cent.
Half-
Rent
per Acre. yearly
Rent.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Fernhill Village

2
1
0
22
5
2-4
3
5

3
2
0
22
3
2-4
3
5

4
2
0
22
3
2-4
3
5

5
2
0
22
3
2-4
3
5

6
2
0
22
3
2-4
3
5

7
2
0
22
3
2-4
3
5

Fernhill Village is situated about thirty-two miles from
Invercargill, on the Invercargill-Kingston Railway. The
sections are bush land, near McLean's crossing; flat, and
of fair quality. Limit of holding in this village, 20 acres.

Hokoni

Croyden Village

7
60

9
0
13
1
4-9
6
4

Croyden Village is situated about four miles from Gore
Railway-station, on the Invercargill-Dunedin line, and is
undulating bush land. Water can be obtained on all the
sections. Limit of holding in this village, one allotment.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The lands enumerated above 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").
2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection
   shall be Thursday, the 26th November, 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 1 of the said Act; and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Inver-
   cargill; and leases will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part 1 aforesaid.
5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupa-
   tion, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
   scribed in Schedule C to the said Act.
6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent,
   together with the lease-fee and registration-fee, immediately
   upon the application being 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.
8. Improvements shall be as provided in Part III. of the said Act.

NOTICE is hereby given Auckland, 12th October, 1896.
and under-mentioned small The provisions of section 144, and all other provisions of
grazing-run will be open for lease on application, on The said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall
apply accordingly to leases under these regulations. The
and after Wednesday, the 2nd day of December, 1896, at provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
the rental noted. In the event of more than one application Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accord-
being received on the same day priority of selection will be ingly to lessees under these regulations.
9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land
decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.
held by him under these regulations, except under and sub-
ject to the provisions of Part 1 of the said Act.
10. No lessee shall hold more than the limit stated above,
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 whatsoever. No married woman
shall be eligible as a selector; but this provision shall not
apply to any married woman 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 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.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Auckland, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Run No. 8 of Section 174, Auckland University College
Endowment.

£26 7s. 6d. for 612 acres; annual rent, £15 16s.; subject to
Nearly all open fern land, with patches of mixed forest; inc.
well watered, and situated about two miles from Whata.

The valuation for improvements must be deposited by the
applicant immediately on being notified that his application has been successful.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.