Dec. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2281

Village-homestead Land, Ashburton District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednesday, 7th February, 1900.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHBURTON COUNTY.—ASHBURTON SURVEY DISTRICT.—RESERVE 1769.

Village-homestead Allotment.—First-class Surveyed Land.

This section is situated in the Chertsey Village Settlement, fronting on the Main South Road, about a quarter of a mile north-eastward from the Chertsey Railway-station, and comprises open, level, plain land of fair light quality. The section has improvements on it to the value of £29, of which £9 must be paid by the successful applicant on approval of his application, and the balance may, if desired, remain as a charge upon the land for a period not exceeding five years, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in advance, at the same time as the half-yearly payments of rent.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. THE land enumerated hereon 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 7th day of February, 1900.

3. The rental stated hereon 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, Christchurch; 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 to the said Act.

6. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent and the valuation for improvements (if desired, £20 of the value of the improvements may remain as a charge upon the land for a period not exceeding five years, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum), together with the lease- and registration-fee, immediately upon being declared the successful applicant.

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 accordingly 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 or 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 lease 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.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, 7th November, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 25th January, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Situated about thirteen miles from Gore by good road; position good, at junction of two roads. Land light, somewhat gravelly; broken with old lignite workings. Weighted with £54, valuation for improvements, consisting of house, fencing, &c.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.