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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the Mangawhariki Stream. The elevation is about 1,200 ft.
above sea-level. Weighted for improvements, comprising
4 acres felled and grassed, at £1 15s.—£7.

TERMS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated hereon 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 land shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the 21st day of June, 1899.

3. The rentals 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 of the 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 will become
   due on 1st January, 1900.

8. 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 of any other
   person whomsoever. No married woman shall be eligible
   as a selector; but this provision shall not apply to any mar-
   ried woman who may become a transferee under a will or
   by virtue of an intestacy.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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.

Four Lots in Richardson Village, Patea County, for Lease
by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the under-men-
tioned lots will be offered by public auction, at the
Public Hall, Waverley, on Thursday, the 15th June, 1899.
If any lots be not sold on the above date, they will remain
open for selection at the upset rentals, and for the terms
stated below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Richardson Village.

Term: Fourteen years.

These lots are situated in Richardson Village, which is
about eight miles distant by good dray-road from Waverley
and Waitotara Townships, and about two miles from Momo-
haki Creamery. The lots comprise flat land, generally
speaking; II. and IX. have been grassed, and it is expected
that VII. and VIII. will be in grass when offered. The soil
is loam, resting on a sandstone formation. There is no
water on these lots, except on IX., on which there is a
spring. The general quality of the land is good.

The following improvements have been effected, and
are included in capital values on which rentals are based:
Lot II., 7½ chains fencing and 8 chains of hedge, £10 2s. 6d.;
Lot VII., 16 chains fencing, £8; Lot VIII., 7 chains fencing,
£3 10s.; and Lot IX., 22 chains fencing, £11.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered,
   together with lease-fee of £1 1s., must be paid on the fall
   of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the 1st of July, 1899.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time
   resume possession of the land comprised in the lease by
   giving twelve months’ notice to the lessee thereof of his
   intention to do so.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either
   for any improvements that may be placed on the land, or on
   account of the aforesaid resumption, nor for any other
   cause.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or
   otherwise dispose of the land comprised in this lease,
   except with the written consent of the Commissioner of
   Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up without
   the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands
   first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and
   he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of
   gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his
   lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or
   cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other
   noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commis-
   sioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee
   shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease
   within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to
   be fulfilled.

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

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th May, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the green kauri timber on Crown
land close to the southern boundary of the Owai Block,
Helena Bay, and within Block I., Opuawhanga Survey Dis-
trict, comprising 96 trees, and containing about 350,000
superficial feet, will be offered for sale by public auction, at
this office, on Friday, the 7th day of July, 1899, at 11 o’clock
a.m. Upset price, £175.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to
be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the
hammer, the balance within six months thereafter. Timber
to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Bay of Islands County, Auckland, for Sale
by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th May, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green
kauri timber will be offered for sale by public auc-
tion, at this office, on Friday, the 23rd day of June, 1899, at
11 a.m.

About 190,000 sup. ft., standing on Section 6, Block I.,
Hukerenui Survey District: Upset price, £95. Situated
about two miles from Towai Post-office and eight miles from
Kawakawa.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of purchase-money to be
paid in cash or by marked cheque on fall of the hammer,
and the balance within three months thereafter.
Timber to be removed within one year from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.