2072
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Village-homestead Allotments.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Southland County.

Seaward Bush .. | 34 | III. | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0
.. | 35 | " | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0
Bush land, nearly level, low-lying in places; capable of yielding good crops when cleared, and good grass even when surface-sown. Distance, one mile from Clifton Railway-station. Limit of holdings in this village, 10 acres,

Wallace County.

Longwood .. | 8 | VII. | 31 0 24 | 1 7·2 | 1 5 0
Bush land, adjacent to Wakapatu Railway-station, on the Riverton-Orepuki line; land is of fair quality. Limit of holdings in this village, 50 acres.

Southland County.

Hokonui (Centre | 728 | .. | 28 3 26 | 1 2·4 | 0 17 4
Bush Village)
Bush land, flat, soil fair. It is situated about one mile and a half from Centre Bush Railway-station, on the Invercargill-Kingston line. Limit of holdings in this village, one section.

Invercargill Hun- | 74 | VIII. | 18 3 3 | 2 0 | 0 18 9
dred (Loanend
Village)
Open flat land, fair soil. Distance from Woodlands, about three miles. Limit of holdings in this village, 20 acres.

Invercargill Hun- | 114 | XX. | 15 3 1 | 2 1 | 0 16 7
dred (Ackers
Village)
Ditto .. | 115 | " | 15 3 1 | 2 1 | 0 16 7
" .. | 116 | " | 15 3 1 | 2 1 | 0 16 7
Ackers Village is situated in Otatara Bush, some seven miles from Invercargill by road; land flat and of fair quality, covered with mixed bush; tapped for most part by gravelled road. Limit of holdings in this village, 50 acres.

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 11th February, 1897.

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 to 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.

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 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 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 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.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Building-sites for Sale by Public Tender in Terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that tenders for the leases of the under-mentioned allotments will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 21st of December, 1896. Plans and form of lease can be seen at this office. The term of the leases will be fourteen years. No allowance whatever shall be payable on account of improvements effected by the lessee. A deposit of a half-year’s rent at the rate tendered, and £1 1s. lease-fee, must be enclosed with each tender. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

SCHEDULE.
ALLOTMENTS IN SECTION 268, BLOCK I., MOUTERE.

These allotments are situated at the mouth of the Manawatu River, about three miles from Foxton, and are known as the “Foxton Health Resort.”

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

Pastoral Run, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Department of Lands and Survey,
District Office, Invercargill, 19th October, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral land will be submitted to public auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 24th day of December, 1896, at 11 a.m.

Valuation for fencing, 180 chains, £27.
This run is situated about one mile and a half from Athol Township by main road. The country is high and broken, of slate formation, and fairly grassed with white tussock, mostly well watered. Height above sea-level ranges from 900ft. to 3,300ft.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

Purchasers must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the first half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer. The valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensee will be let into possession.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.