Aug. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1441

This land is covered with bush of no commercial value. Soil good. The distance from Waikawa is about two miles. Limit of holding in this village, 50 acres. This section is burdened with £26 valuation for improvements, consisting of—hut, £5; clearing and grassing, £16; fencing, £5.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

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 1st day of September, 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 provided in Part I. of the said Act, and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill; and a lease 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. The successful 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. The next payment will become due on the 1st July, 1898.

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 the lessee 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 the 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. The lessee shall hold the allotment 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 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.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Small Grazing-runs, Hundalee Survey District, Marlborough, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 3rd August, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease upon application, on and after Wednesday, the 22nd September, 1897, at the half-yearly rental stated.

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SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Kaikoura County.—Hundalee Survey District.

Small Grazing-run No. 86.—All hill; well watered; 200 acres light bush suitable only for firewood. There is a paddock of 110 acres mostly ploughed and in English grass; remainder of section fern and tussock. Three-roomed concrete-and-iron hut; 530 chains of wire-and-standard fence on boundary. Accessible by Waiau–Kaikoura Road, and the Cribb and Kahautara river-beds. Altitude, 450 ft. to 2,300 ft. Distant fifteen miles from Kaikoura.

Small Grazing-run No. 87.—All hills, covered with tussock and fern, part ploughable; well watered and sheltered, with northern aspect. Good ploughable homestead-site of 80 acres. Accessible by Waiau–Kaikoura Road, and Cribb and Kahautara river-beds. Altitude, 400 ft. to 3,000 ft. Distant fourteen miles from Kaikoura.

Small Grazing-run No. 88.—All hills, part ploughable; well watered; northern aspect; soil varies from good to poor and stony; 50-acre paddock ploughed and in English grass (good homestead-site), balance tussock and fern; 100 chains wire-and-standard fencing on south boundary, and 224 chains within the section. Altitude, 400 ft. to 3,000 ft. Distant thirteen miles from Kaikoura.

89 | 2,495 0 0 | 0 6¾ | 35 1 9
92 | 3,270 0 0 | 0 2¼ | 15 6 7
93 | 4,100 0 0 | 0 3¾ | 32 0 8

Small Grazing-run No. 89.—Nearly all hills, part ploughable; well watered; sunny aspect; 240 acres light firewood bush, remainder mostly tussock with patches of fern and grass; good homestead-site, partly level, ploughed and in grass; good wire-fence on south boundary, and 190 chains of internal fencing. Altitude, 350 ft. to 2,500 ft. Distant thirteen miles from Kaikoura.

Small Grazing-run No. 92.—Very rough broken country, all hills; mostly poor stony soil; two-thirds inferior bush, remainder tussock and fern; well watered. Altitude, sea-level to 3,000 ft. 200 chains wire-and-standard fence on boundary, and a rough gully forms natural fence for another mile. Fronts Waiau–Kaikoura Road now being made. A stock-track reserve along Run 87 gives access to the back of the run. Distant twelve miles from Kaikoura, near Omihi landing-place.

Small Grazing-run No. 93.—Mostly rough broken country; well watered; altitude, 50 ft. to 2,700 ft.; half light bush and scrub, remainder tussock and fern. There are some low ridges and spurs near the south-east corner of the run, and a flat terrace forming good homestead-site fronting main road (now being made). Most of the bush land is fair soil, and would grass well if cleared. 370 chains wire-and-standard fence on boundary. There are sheep-yards and paddocks at northern end, and a stock-track from them to main road. Distant sixteen miles from Kaikoura, and three miles from Omihi landing-place.

94 | 1,820 0 0 | 0 3 | 11 7 6
95 | 1,795 0 0 | 0 3¾ | 14 0 6

Small Grazing-run No. 94.—The part of this run fronting on main road consists of low spurs and slopes, very good soil, part bush and part tussock; the remainder poor stony hills, about half of which are bush and half tussock; well watered. Altitude, 40 ft. to 2,800 ft. Distant fifteen miles from Kaikoura and two miles from the Omihi landing-place.

Small Grazing-run No. 95.—This run is on the sea-coast. Two-thirds light bush, which would carry grass well if cleared, remainder from good to very rough and stony tussock hills; well watered. Altitude, sea-level to 2,770 ft. Distant fourteen miles from Kaikoura by main road. The Omihi landing-place is on this run.

96 | 3,930 0 0 | 0 4½ | 36 16 11
97 | 3,420 0 0 | 0 6 | 42 15 0

Small Grazing-run No. 96.—At present 1,435 acres of this run to the west of the Redan is under license to Mr. Bullen for three years from 1st April, 1897, and possession of only 2,495 acres will be given until 1st April, 1900, the half-yearly rental being £22 17s. 9d. until that time. This run fronts the main road. It varies from low ridges with good soil to very rough and stony hilltops. Nearly half bush, most of which is very good land, and would carry grass well if cleared. There is a fairly good homestead-site at the north-east corner, which is sixteen miles and a half from Kaikoura and three miles and a half from the Omihi landing-place. The north-west boundary is fenced by 280 chains wire-fence and by an impassable gully; a part of the east boundary is also fenced. Well watered. Altitude, 200 ft. to 2,900 ft.

Small Grazing-run No. 97.—At present 645 acres of this run to the west of the Redan is under license to Mr. Bullen for three years from 1st April, 1897, and possession of only 2,775 acres will be given until 1st April, 1900, the half-yearly rental being £34 13s. 9d. until that time. Situated on the main road, eighteen miles from Kaikoura, and five miles from Omihi landing-place. The front of the run consists of very good low ridges and slopes, some of which can be ploughed. The hills at the back are poor and stony. 380 chains of wire-fence on boundary, and 90 chains of subdivisional fencing. Altitude, 400 ft. to 2,600 ft. Well watered.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.