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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.

9. 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 lessees under these regulations. The
   provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
   Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accord-
   ingly to lessees under these regulations.

10. 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.

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.

Lands in Marlborough for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 26th July, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for lease by public auction for a term of
fourteen years, at the Courthouse, Kaikoura, on Wednesday,
the 13th day of September, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Mount Fyffe Survey District.

Section 60, Block V., 41a. 0r. 0p. ; upset annual rent, £2 1s.
,, 61, ,, 56a. 0r. 0p. ; £2 16s.
,, 62, ,, 10a. 0r. 0p. ; £3.
,, 64, ,, 8a. 3r. 25p. ; £2 14s.
,, 65, ,, 10a. 0r. 0p. ; £2 10s.
,, 66, ,, 10a. 0r. 0p. ; £2 10s.
,, 67, ,, 10a. 0r. 0p. ; £2.
,, 68, ,, 10a. 1r. 22p. ; £1 11s.
,, 69, ,, 15a. 0r. 0p. ; £1 6s.
,, 70, ,, 17a. 2r. 0p. ; £1 6s.

Puhipuhi Survey District.

(Reserve with accommodation-house, Waipapa.)

Sections 16 and 17, Block V. : 738 acres ; upset annual
rental, £100. Weighted with £150, valuation for improve-
ments.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on
the fall of the hammer.

Special conditions will be inserted in the leases of Sections
60 and 61, Block V., Mount Fyffe, and 16 and 17, Block V.,
Puhipuhi, as to the accommodation of travelling stock ; and
the lessee of the Waipapa Reserve (Sections 16 and 17,
Block V., Puhipuhi) will have to erect a suitable accommo-
dation-house, valuation for which up to £600 will be allowed
at the end of the term, and he will not be allowed to sublet
any portion of the land.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND.

Mount Fyffe Survey District.

Section 60, Block V. : Flat, stony section covered with
fern, tussock, scrub and grass ; permanent water. Six miles
and a quarter from Kaikoura.

Section 61, Block V. : Flat, stony section covered with
fern, tussock, scrub, and grass, with a small patch of ngaio
bush ; permanent water. Six miles from Kaikoura.

Section 62, Block V. : About 4 acres light mixed bush,
4 acres flax and raupo swamp, 2 acres in grass ; splendid
agricultural land when drained ; well watered. Five miles
and a half from Kaikoura.

Section 64, Block V. : About 3 acres light mixed bush,
2 acres in flax and raupo swamp, 3½ acres good flat land
but slightly stony ; well watered. Five miles and a half
from Kaikoura.

Section 65, Block V. : Nearly all flat ; 4 acres clear, bal-
ance light inferior bush ; good soil ; no running water, but it
could be obtained near the surface by sinking. Five miles
and three-quarters from Kaikoura.

Section 66, Block V. : 3½ acres light bush, balance in
grass ; good agricultural land ; water obtainable near sur-
face. Five miles and three-quarters from Kaikoura.

Section 67, Block V. : 1 acre bush, remainder open ; good
agricultural land, suitable for orchard or cropping purposes ;
water could be obtained near surface. Six miles from Kai-
koura.

Section 68, Block V. : Nearly all open land ; the greater
portion is stony land, but could be ploughed and improved ;
water obtainable near surface. There are the remains of an
old house and shed on section. About six miles from Kai-
koura.

Section 69, Block V. : About half section light bush,
balance covered with fern, scrub, and grass ; soil good but
stony ; an apparently permanent stream runs partly through
section. Six miles and a quarter from Kaikoura.

Section 70, Block V. : About 10 acres light bush, balance
grass, tussock, and scrub ; the soil, though stony, is good ;
well watered. Six miles and a half from Kaikoura.

Puhipuhi Survey District.

Sections 16 and 17, Block V. : Flat and undulating coun-
try ; about half covered with English grass, tussock, and
fern—remainder sand. About seventy miles from Blen-
heim, and twenty-five miles from Kaikoura on main road.
There is an accommodation-house on the land, and stables,
blacksmith's shop, and other outbuildings. The land is
fenced into six paddocks.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Otago for Sale by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 21st July, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
sections of Crown lands will be submitted to public
auction for cash, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on
Tuesday, the 5th day of September, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

(Lands of Special Value under Section 118 of "The Land
Act, 1892.")

SECTIONS 198 and 200, Block II., Papakaio District, and
building thereon : Area, 3 roods 15 perches ; upset price, £16.

Terms of Sale.—One fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-
grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part
of the purchase money paid by way of deposit shall be for-
feited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and
void.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at
this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th July, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Mon-
day, the 21st August, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHAKATANE COUNTY.—WHAKA-
TANE SURVEY DISTRICT.—OPOURIAO ESTATE.

First-class Land.

About 20 acres good land and flat alluvial, 17 acres easily
drained swamp, about 70 acres scrub and light bush,
87 acres fern hills, undulating, with steep faces at back.
Section well watered, and fronting main road ; six miles
from Whakatane Township.

Generally flat alluvial land, with frontage to river and
main road ; no bush, soil excellent ; situated eleven miles
and a half from Whakatane Township.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.