May 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1021

PAYMENTS.

£ s. d.
Repaid depositors .. .. .. 9,228 8 3
Interest credited to depositors .. .. 648 17 11
Charges Account .. .. .. 228 2 6
Invested on mortgage .. .. 1,100 0 0
Cash in National Bank .. .. 664 13 9
Deposits in National Bank.. .. 6,273 2 3
Paid sundries .. .. .. 5 19 8
Cash on hand .. .. .. 499 3 1
£18,648 7 5

THOMAS BRODRICK, Manager.

We do hereby certify that we have examined the above statement of the receipts and payments of the Invercargill Savings-bank, and that, to the best of our belief, it contains a true and correct statement of all the transactions of the bank during the year, and that the balance in the bank and cash on hand amounts to £7,436 19s. 1d.

ROBT. TAPPER,
JOSEPH STOCK,
P. L. GILKISON,
J. WALKER BAIN,
D. L. MATHESON,} Trustees.
J. T. MARTIN,
M. INSTONE,
HENRY WILSON,
FRED. W. WADE,}
R. F. CUTHBERTSON, F.I.A.N.Z.,
J. L. McDONALD,
Auditors.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Southland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 22nd May, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Thursday, the 13th July, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.
First-class Land.

BEAUMONT ESTATE.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
Waiau .. | 4 | XXIII. | 362 1 27 | 3 4·5 | 30 11 7
All ploughable; about 150 acres river-flat in grass and turnips last winter; soil good, but shingly in places; 45 chains river-frontage; balance contains about 70 acres swamp partly drained, remainder low ridges of a strong clay soil, covered with red- and white-tussock; permanent water. Has stockyard valued at £10; and also 71½ chains of good fencing on southern boundary, value £28 12s.; 90 chains on main road, value £31 10s.; and about 44 chains of division-fences, value £13 4s.: total value of improvements, £83 6s. No cash-payment will be required for these improvements. Eight miles from Nightcaps. Altitude, from 580 ft. to 600 ft.

MERRIVALE ESTATE.

Waiau .. | 51 | X. | 23 0 20 | 8 0·6 | 4 13 1
Open, undulating; gravel formation; well watered. Fourteen miles from Otautau, adjoining dairy-factory reserve and school-site. Improvements existing at date of purchase of the estate, 18 chains fencing on eastern boundary, value £8 3s. No cash-payment will be required for these improvements; the section, however, is burdened with £9 5s., valuation for fencing erected by former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd May, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the under-mentioned pastoral run will be submitted to public auction at this office on Thursday, the 6th day of July, 1899, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.
Pastoral Land under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on the day of sale. The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer. Valuation for improvements (fencing), amounting to £315 8s., must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before possession is given.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments, Southland, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 22nd May, 1899.

THE under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 13th July, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—ACKERS VILLAGE.
First-class Land.

Ackers Village is situated in Otatara Bush, some seven miles from Invercargill by road. Land flat and of fair quality, covered with mixed bush; tapped for most part by gravelled road. Limit, 50 acres.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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 13th day of July, 1899.
3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land 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