1780
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

2. The day on which the land shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, 18th October, 1899.

3. The rental stated hereon 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 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.

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 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 a lessee 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 a lessee under these regulations.

10. The lessee shall not 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.

Suburban Land at the Village of Havelock, Hawke’s Bay, for Lease by Public Auction.

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

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for lease for a term of ten years, at the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 20th September, 1899, at 11 a.m., at the upset annual rentals noted below.

SCHEDULE.

SUBURBS OF HAVELOCK.

Section 50: Area, 2 acres 2 roods 10 perches; upset annual rental, £5.

Section 52: Area, 2 acres; upset annual rental, £4.

Conditions of Lease.

Each lease will be for a term of ten years, commencing from the 1st day of January, 1900.

Half a year’s rent, and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid by the successful bidder on the fall of the hammer.

No compensation will be allowed for any improvements effected by the lessee during the term of his lease.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 22nd August, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on and after Thursday, the 19th October, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Cook County, Waimata Survey District.

Waimarie Settlement.

First-class alluvial land, in grass. It is fenced all round, with the exception of the boundary against the river. The section has a frontage to the Ford Road, which gives access to the river. Situated within ten miles of Gisborne, and accessible by a gravelled road. The improvements consist of one building, value £25, and 37 chains of new fencing, &c.

Hawke’s Bay County, Heretaunga Survey District.

Tomoana Settlement.

First-class alluvial land, formerly part of the famous Frimley Estate. Situated within a mile of Tomoana Railway-station and Freezing-works. The improvements on the section consist of a well and some fencing.

• Weighted with £42 for improvements.

† Weighted with £24 for improvements.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

First-class Land in the Highbank Settlement open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 22nd August, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 18th October, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

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 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch. If the sections be not applied for on the 18th October, 1899, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

Ashburton County.—Highbank Settlement.—Corwar Survey District.

First-class Land.

Lot 40, in the Highbank Settlement, is situated about five miles easterly from Methven, and about three miles north-easterly from the Cairnbrae Railway-station. It comprises all open flat land, at an elevation of about 900 ft. above sea-level, the soil being of fair depth and good quality, resting on loamy clay subsoil on gravel. A county water-race traverses the section. The land is entirely fenced, and subdivided into four paddocks. The buildings consist of a small house and a stable and store-room, both built of wood, with iron roofs. About 120 acres of the land has been laid down in new grass. The section is weighted with a valuation of £204 for improvements, which sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession of the land.

Lot 12, in the Highbank Village, is situated in the centre of the settlement, about six miles in an easterly direction from Methven, and within a quarter of a mile of the school. It comprises open, level, agricultural land, at an elevation of about 900 ft. above sea-level. The section is weighted with a valuation of £1 2s. 6d. for part boundary-fencing, which sum must be paid by the successful applicant before being admitted to possession of the land.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.