JUNE 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1169

Lands in Taranaki forfeited or surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th June, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases and licenses of the
under-mentioned Crown lands having been voluntarily
surrendered by the lessees and licensees, or forfeited by
resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have
thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of "The
Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Tiniroto Village for Lease by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 10th May, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sec-
tions in the Village of Tiniroto will be offered for
lease by public auction, for a term of seven years, at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Friday, the
9th July, 1897.

VILLAGE OF TINIROTO.

Description of Land.—The sections are situated in the
middle of the Tiniroto Village, which is close to the main
road from Gisborne to Wairoa, about forty-two miles south-
west from the former place. The land is undulating fern
country, with fair soil.

Conditions of Lease.—The lease shall be for a term of
seven years. The successful bidder at the auction shall pay
one year's rent on the fall of the hammer, and, in addition,
£1 1s. for the preparation of the lease. No compensation
shall be allowed, nor shall any be claimed, at the termination
of the lease for any improvements effected on the land
during the term of lease.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment, Canterbury, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th May, 1897.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will
be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and
after Wednesday, the 14th July, 1897, at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If more than one application be received on the same day,
then the selection shall be decided by ballot on the following
day at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

GERALDINE COUNTY.—GERALDINE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Surveyed First-class Land.

This section is situated about a mile south of the Orari
Railway-station, between the Main South Road and the
railway-line, and comprises open level land of fair quality.
The section is weighted with a sum of £3 15s., being valua-
tion of boundary fencing, which sum must be paid on
application, in addition to the first half-year's rent and
lease-fee.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and is a
   village-homestead allotment, 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 land shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the 14th day of July, 1897.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the
   land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for a lease shall be made in manner as pro-
   vided in Part I. of the said Act, and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christ-
   church; and a lease will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part I. 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 of the said Act.

6. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year's
   rent, together with the lease and registration-fee, imme-
   diately the application has been approved or declared suc-
   cessful 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
   the 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 a lessee under these regulations. The
   provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
   Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accord-
   ingly to a lessee under these regulations.

9. The lessee shall not 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 one allotment, and
    such allotment 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 land 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.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands