1878
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Public Reserve in the Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1899, at 12 o’clock noon.

Lease of the Inangahua Junction Accommodation-house Reserve, part Section 28, Square 134, Inangahua Survey District; area, 10 acres and 26 perches; situated at the Inangahua Junction, about twenty-one miles from the Town of Reefton, on the main road from Nelson to the West Coast. The section is cleared, and in grass, with small garden and fruit-trees. The main building, now a licensed hotel, contains thirteen rooms, with outbuildings and stables. Newman Brothers’, coach proprietors, stables are not included in the sale.

Term of lease: Fourteen years, to date from the 1st January, 1900. Upset rental, £5 per annum; weighted with £375, value of improvements. Lessee will be required to provide proper accommodation for travellers and travelling stock, as provided in conditions of lease, which can now be obtained on application. Possession given 1st January, 1900.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease-fee, and the amount of valuation of improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the District Land Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport.

THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve in the Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1899, at 12 o’clock noon:—

The lease of the Owen Junction Accommodation-house Reserve, Section 3, Square 146, Matiri Survey District; area, 43 acres 2 roods; situated sixty-six miles from Nelson on the main road from Nelson to the West Coast, at the junction of the Buller and Owen Rivers.

The section is partially fenced, has been cleared of timber and scrub, and portions are well grassed. Situated on the land is a seven-roomed house, with outbuildings, good four-stall stable, and loose-box.

Term of lease: Fourteen years, to date from the 1st July, 1899. Upset rental, £5 per annum; weighted with £410, value of improvements. Lessee will be required to provide proper accommodation for travellers and travelling stock, as provided in conditions of lease, which can be obtained on application. Possession given fourteen days after date of sale.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease-fee, and the amount of valuation of improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the District Land Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport.

THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Waimarie Settlement, Hawke’s Bay Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 26th September, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, and the Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 16th November, 1899. If more than one application be received for the allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot. If the allotment be not applied for on the 16th November, 1899, it will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne:—

WAIMARIE SETTLEMENT, WAIMATA SURVEY DISTRICT, COOK COUNTY.

First-class Land.

SECTION 12, Block VIII.: Area, 5 acres; half-yearly rental, £2 16s; weighted with £34 for improvements.

Description of Land.—First-class flat land, in grass. The following improvements are now on the land: Dwelling-house and sheds; 1½ acres cleared of rushes, being ploughed and cropped last season and now lying fallow; garden and young orchard with live hedge and ornamental trees; while 8 chains of the boundary-fence have been erected (of which a share belongs to the lessee) and 8 chains of subdivisional fencing.

The Waimarie Settlement is situated ten miles from Gisborne on the main road from that town to Motu and Opotiki, the upper end reaching to within half a mile of the Ormond Village. There is a cheese-factory in the vicinity, but just at present it is not in operation. The main road from Gisborne is of the best, level, and gravelled the whole distance, and at the present time two lines of coaches are running, making communication with the town and port easy, frequent, and inexpensive.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment, Wellington, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 18th October, 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 18th October, 1899, it will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Village-homestead Allotment.—County of Pahiatua.—Pahiatua Village Settlement.—Subdivisions of Section 77, Block XVIII., Mangahao.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £74 3s. 2d. for improvements.

Note.—These sections are one allotment.

This allotment is situated in the Pahiatua Village Settlement, on Cross Road, and is distant about half a mile from creamery, school, and store, and about three-quarters of a mile from Mangatainoka Railway-station, Post-office, &c. The land is flat, with medium soil overlying gravel, and is all grassed.

The lot is weighted with £74 3s. 2d. for improvements, which comprise a small four-roomed cottage, well, grass, and fencing, the latter being old, and out of repair in places.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The land enumerated hereon 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, 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