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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

Lands in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1899.

THE under-mentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 30th August, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PAPARANGI SETTLEMENT.—BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Section 19A is situated on the Aurora Road, facing generally northwards. The access is from Johnsonville Railway-station, about half a mile distant by a good dray-road. The area comprises rounded open grass spurs, with basins and flats suitable for homestead and gardens. The soil is of good quality, resting on clay and rocky formation, watered by springs, and is well adapted for cultivation and grazing. This should also have a value as a business site. The elevation is about 500 ft. above sea-level, and the improvements comprise 9 chains fencing along south boundary, valued at £3 7s. 6d.

Section 21 is situated on the Porirua Road, facing generally north-west, and is well sheltered. The access is from Johnsonville Railway-station, which is about half a mile distant by a good metalled dray-road. The area comprises open undulating grass land, with a good building-site. The soil is of good quality, resting on clay-and-sandstone formation, and is well adapted for cultivation and grazing. It is also a business site. The section is only partially watered by springs, which are possibly deficient in summer. The elevation is about 400 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise fence along frontage and south boundary, valued at £3 15s.

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

Village-homestead Allotment, Levin, open for Selection.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 20th September, 1899.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington. If the section be not applied for on the 20th September, 1899, it will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD ALLOTMENT, LEVIN VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Section 45: Area, 5 acres 2 roods. Rent per acre, 9s. 8·64d.; half-yearly rental, £1 7s. 3d. Weighted with £90 for improvements.

This section is situated on the main street of Levin Township, close to the Post-office, school, and the main business portion of the town. It consists of fair soil on a shingle formation, and is open land.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and a village-homestead allotment, 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 20th day of September, 1899.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for a lease 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, Wellington; and a lease 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. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease- and registration-fee, and the valuation for improvements (if any), 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. No lessee shall apply for or 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 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 accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

10. 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.

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.

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

Lands in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection, in terms of section 159 of “The Land Act, 1892,” for lease in perpetuity, on and after Wednesday, 20th September, 1899.

If more than one application be 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., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—NORTH-EAST PUKETOI BLOCK.

Second-class Land.

Section 51 is weighted with £27 for improvements; Section 52 with £95 for improvements.

Sections 51 and 52, Block XVI., Makuri, are situated on the Makairo Road, and are distant about six miles from Makairo Post-office and School. The access is from Pahiatua or Woodville, via Makairo, which are about twenty miles distant, sixteen miles being dray-road, and the remainder formed bridle-track. The approach to each section is somewhat difficult, owing to the land rising steeply from the road. The sections comprise hilly and undulating land with easy ridges and spurs. The soil is of fair quality, resting on shale or rotten-rock formation. The forest is medium in density and size, and comprises rata, rimu, birch, konini, with a thick undergrowth of whitewood, kawakawa, supplejack, &c. The sections are at present watered by small creeks in gullies. The elevation ranges from 2,000 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level.

The improvements on Section 51 comprise 15 acres grassed: and on Section 52, 30 acres grassed, 8 acres felled only, sheep-yards; whare, 14 ft. by 10 ft. by 6 ft., split, iron roof, &c.; and cultivations.

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