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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.

Crown Lands in Auckland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th January, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned allotments of Crown lands will be open for selection upon lease in perpetuity at this office, on Monday, the 27th March, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Section 9, flat alluvial land, excellent soil; frontage to river and main road; eleven miles and a half from Whakatane.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, 14th December, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednesday, 1st March, 1899.

If there be more than one application received for the same section on the same day, then the priority of selection will be decided by ballot, at this office, on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Sections 46 and 16: Broken land, portion covered with fern and portion well grassed; situated adjacent to Taioma Railway-station; these sections are grouped, and offered as one allotment. Sections 47 and 57: Level to undulating and steep rising land; altitude, from 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level; soil fair; partly agricultural; well watered; situated within three-quarters of a mile from Taioma Railway-station. Section 57 is weighted with valuation for improvements, £72 14s.

Maniototo | Maniototo .. | 9 | XVII. | 370 0 0 } | 0 8·4 | 10 12 10 |
" | " .. | 7 | XI. | 238 1 28 } | | |

Open agricultural land; water on Section 7. Situated about one mile from Komako Railway-station. These sections are grouped, and offered as one allotment. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £161 2s.

Taieri | Silver Peak | 12 | I. | 39 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 10 |
" | " | 13 | " | 7 1 3 | 0 6 | 0 1 9 |

Section 12: Open broken section, rising to 975 ft. above sea-level; portion fern land; well watered; accessible by road, one mile from Taioma Railway-station. Section 13: Rather rough land; well watered; situated within half a mile from Taioma Railway-station.

Bruce | Table Hill.. | 21 | III. | 133 1 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 19 11 |
" | " .. | 29 | " | 109 2 20 | 0 3·6 | 0 16 6 |
" | " .. | 49 | " | 75 2 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 11 5 |

Rough hilly faces; well watered. Situated about four miles from Mount Stewart Railway-station.

Lake | Upper Wakatipu | 32 | I. | 95 1 16 | 0 6 | 1 3 9 |
" | " | 33 | " | 49 3 37 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
" | " | 34 | " | 50 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
" | " | 35 | " | 50 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0 |
" | " | 36 | " | 55 1 35 | 0 4·8 | 0 11 0 |

Level land; soil of fair quality. Situated about four miles above the head of Lake Wakatipu. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared—Section 32, £178; Section 33, £9; Section 34, £7 4s.; Section 36, £14 8s.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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