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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

Land in Merrivale Estate, Southland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office.
Invercargill, 10th January, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 23rd March, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
WALLACE COUNTY.—MERRIVALE ESTATE.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Description and Locality of Section.

Open, undulating; limestone formation; permanent water; fifteen miles from Otatau; two miles and three-quarters from dairy-factory reserve and school-site; altitude, 350 ft. to 450 ft. Improvements existing at date of purchase of the estate: 13 chains wire fence and gorse hedge on main road, and 73 chains subdivision fences; value, £21. No cash payment will be required for these improvements; the section, however, is burdened with £14 valuation for fencing erected by the former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th December, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 23rd day of February, 1899.

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

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ACKERS VILLAGE, INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.

Village-homestead Allotments.

These sections are part of abandoned sawmill area, the timber remaining being fit only for firewood. The soil is good black loam, with a little sand in some places. Distance from Invercargill, about eight miles, by fairly good road. Limit of holdings in this village, 50 acres.

Conditions of Lease.

1. The lands enumerated above 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 23rd day of February, 1899.

3. The rentals stated above shall be the price at which the lands 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 of 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 prescribed above, 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.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in the Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 4th January, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 27th day of February, 1899, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Run 98 (Class I.), Waitaki County: Area, 7,500 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £110. Situated at the source of the Kauroo River, about nine miles west of Maheno.

Run 209 (Class I.), Waitaki County: Area, 5,200 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £50. Situated on the north branch of the Waianakarua River, about four miles west of Herbert.

Sections 9 and 10, Block VI., Waikouaiti District (Class I.), Waikouaiti County: Area, 530 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £20. Situated about seven miles north-west of Merton, within a mile of the north branch of the Waikouaiti River.

Section 69, Block IV., Table Hill District (Class I.), Bruce County: Area, 202 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £2 10s. 6d. Situated about one mile and a half north-east of Manuka Railway-station, on the Lawrence–Milton line.

Sections 7 and 8, and part of Section 3, Block III., Cairnhill District, and parts of Sections 3 and 4, Block VIII., Teviot Survey District (grouped) (Class I.), Vincent and Tuapeka Counties: Area, 5,989 acres; term, 11 years; upset annual rental, £74 17s. 3d. Situated between the Clutha River and the summit of the Old Man Range, about nine miles north of Roxburgh.

Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8, and parts of Sections 2 and 3, Block V.; part of Section 12, Block IX.; Section 2 and part of Sections 3 and 4, Block VIII.; and Section 46, Block II., Teviot District and part of Whitecomb District (grouped) (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 12,278 acres; term, 11 years; upset annual rental, £153 9s. 6d. Situated between the Clutha River and the summit of the Old Man Range, about five miles north of Roxburgh.

Run 465 (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 2,320 acres; term, 14 years; upset annual rental, £3. Situated near the head of the Matukituki River, about twenty-five miles from Pembroke.

Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1900.

Valuations for improvements in respect of the above runs must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession.

Such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount of the average annual rental paid under the expired or expiring license, during the term thereof, and five times such amount in cases where the annual rental does not exceed £50.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license-fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.