Sept. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1695

Village-homestead Allotments for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
village-homestead allotments will be open for selec-
tion on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on and after Wed-
nesday, the 13th October, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

| Section. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity. | |
| | | Rent | Half-yearly |
| | | per Acre. | Rent. |

HOROWHENUA COUNTY.

Levin Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 45 | 5 2 0 | 14 0 | 1 18 6 |

Weighted with £134 for improvements.
This section is situated on the main street of Levin
Township, close to the Post-office, school, and the main busi-
ness part of the town. It consists of fair soil on a shingle
formation, and is open land.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.

Makuri Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 152 | 9 3 0 | 2 3·6 | 0 11 3 |

Weighted with £73 5s. for improvements.
This section is situated at Makuri, about 20 chains from
the main road, this distance not yet having been formed
into a road. The soil is good, on a limestone formation,
although there is no flat land on the section.

Pahiatua Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 15 | 5 1 27 | 4 9·6 | 0 13 1 |

Weighted with £69 19s. for improvements. There is a
liability of £1 17s. 8d. on this section due to the Pahiatua
County Council for rates.
This section is situated about a mile from Mangatainoka
Township, where there is a post-office, school, butter-fac-
tory, &c., and is approached by a good metalled road. The
land consists of alluvial soil, is level, and in grass, although
fern and thistle are now getting into it.

Upper Makuri Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 1 | 10 3 15 | 2 9·6 | 0 15 3 |

This section is situated in the Upper Makuri Village,
distant from Makuri Township about three miles and a half,
from which place there is a good metalled road to within 30
chains of the section. The soil is alluvial, on a shingle and
limestone formation. The land is level, and covered with
bush. There are a few large trees, consisting of white-pine,
rimu, &c., the balance of the timber being light, with very
little undergrowth. The land is watered by the Makuri
Stream.

KIWITEA COUNTY.

Welford Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 1, 3, and 4 | 22 3 4 | 2 9·6 | 1 11 11 |

Weighted with £2 10s. for improvements.
These sections are situated in a settled district, and are
distant from Hunterville, on a formed dray-road, about
twelve miles; from Feilding, by a metalled coach-road via
West Waitapu, about twenty miles; and from Waituna West
Post- and Telegraph-office and school about three miles.
The land, although broken, has a good soil on a gravel and
papa formation, covered with timber consisting chiefly of
rimu, rata, hinau, and the usual undergrowth. An area of
2½ acres has been felled, but not sown with grass-seed. The
section is well watered.

Rewa Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 6 | 9 2 7 | 3 9·6 | 0 18 2 |

This section is situated in a thriving district, and is dis-
tant from Hunterville about ten miles by a formed dray-
road, and from Feilding, by a formed and mostly metalled
coach-road, about twenty miles. The land is level, with
good soil on a gravel formation, and is heavily timbered,
chiefly with rimu, matai, kahikatea, and the usual under-
growth. The section is watered by a running stream.

RANGITIKEI COUNTY.

Mangaweka Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 28 | 6 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 12 0 |

Weighted with £52 5s. 6d. for improvements.
This section is situated on the main road at Mangaweka.
It is level, has a soil on a gravel formation, and is watered
by a running stream. The bush is all felled, but, owing to
the burn not being good, the land is poorly grassed.

Pukeori Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 18, 19, 20, 21, & 22 | 6 2 27 | 3 7·2 | 0 12 1 |
| 10, 15, and 16 .. | 4 2 2 | 3 4·8 | 0 7 9 |
| 2, 4, 6, and 8 .. | 5 0 35 | 3 2·4 | 0 8 5 |

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT—continued.

| Section. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity. | |
| | | Rent | Half-yearly |
| | | per Acre. | Rent. |

Sections 18 to 22 are situated five miles and a half from
Hunterville, on the Watershed Road, and three miles and a
half from the Mangaonoho Railway-station. The soil is
good, being partly a drainable swamp, on a papa formation.
The section is level, is watered by a running stream, and is
timbered chiefly with rimu, tawa, &c., with the usual
undergrowth.

Sections 10, 15, and 16 are situated five miles and a half
from Hunterville, near the junction of the Murimutu and
Watershed Roads, and are distant three miles and a half
from Mangaonoho Railway-station, by a formed dray-road.
The soil is good, on a papa formation. There is about an
acre of level land suitable for building, &c.

Sections 2, 4, 6, and 8 are situated five miles and a half
from Hunterville, near the junction of the Murimutu and
Watershed Roads, and about three miles and a half from
Mangaonoho Railway-station, by a formed dray-road. The
land, although hilly, has a good soil on a papa formation.
It is covered with timber, consisting of rimu, tawa, birch,
&c., and the usual undergrowth.

Makohine Village Settlement.

| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 1 | 9 2 19 | 3 2·4 | 0 15 5 |

This section is situated about seven miles from Hunter-
ville, by a good metalled road, and one mile and a half from
the Mangaonoho Railway-station. The land is level and
well watered, and the soil is good, on a papa formation. It
is covered with timber, consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, &c.,
and the usual undergrowth.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated hereon are first-class lands, and
   are divided into 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 land shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the 13th day of October, 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 pro-
   vided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Wellington; and leases will be issued in accordance with
   the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
   pation, 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. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent,
   together with the lease- and registration-fee and the valua-
   tion for improvements, 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. The next payment of rent will
   become due on the 1st July, 1898.

8. No lessee shall apply for or hold more than one allot-
   ment, 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.

9. 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.

10. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land
    held by him under these regulations, except under and sub-
    ject to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.

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 pro-
    vision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
    other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
    case.

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