JAN. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 137

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th December, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Thursday, 11th February, 1897.

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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.

Seaward Bush { | 34 | III. | 5 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 10 0
Township | 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 District | 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 Hundred (Loanend Village) | 74 | VIII. | 18 3 3 | 2 0 | 0 18 9

Open flat land, fair soil. Distance from Woodlands, about three miles. Limit of holdings in this village, 20 acres.

Invercargill Hundred (Ackers Village) | 114 | XX. | 15 3 1 | 2 1 | 0 16 7
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 hereon 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 hereon 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 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.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land in the County of Ashburton for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned rural land will be offered for sale by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 14th April, 1897, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

WESTERFIELD SURVEY DISTRICT.—COUNTY OF ASHBURTON.

Locality and Description of Land.—The reserve is situated between the north and south branches of the Ashburton River, about seven miles from the Westerfield Railway-station, and comprises land of varying quality, part being low-lying, sandy, and shingly, chiefly adapted for grazing, and part good arable terrace land.

The land is subject to a grant of easement through it to the Ashburton County, as set forth in certificate of title, Vol. xv., folio 162.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void. Possession will be given on the 1st May, 1897, and the transfer of the title shall be at the cost of the purchaser.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

First-class Land in Pareora Settlement, Waimate County, open for Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Christchurch, 1st December, 1896.

THE under-mentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 27th January, 1897.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 10 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.