Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2279

Crown Lands Notices.

Village-homestead Lands, Southland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on and after Wednesday, 30th January, 1901.

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. If the lands be not applied for on the 30th January, 1901, they will remain open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Seaward Bush Siding. Land all cleared, soil fair. Burdened with £63 valuation for improvements, consisting of house, clearing, and fencing. Limit of holding in Block II., 10 acres.

| 18 | III. | 5 0 0 | 2 0 | 0 5 0 |

Situated one mile from Seaward Bush Siding. Bush land. Limit of holding in Block III., 20 acres.

Waimatua Village Settlement.—Invercargill Hundred.

| 3, 4 | XXIII. | 9 2 26 | 1 7·2 | 0 7 9 |
| 5 | " | 11 2 11| 1 7·2 | 0 9 3 |
| 6 | " | 11 2 2 | 1 7·2 | 0 9 3 |
| 16 | " | 14 1 16| 1 7·2 | 0 11 6 |

Situated at Waimatua Siding. Land level; soil good; bush light, fit for firewood only. Sections 3 and 4 (grouped) are burdened with £15, valuation for hut and fencing. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

Centre Bush Village.—Hokonui Survey District.

| 729 | .. | 31 0 21| 1 2·4 | 0 18 8 |

Situated two miles and a half from Centre Bush Railway-siding. Bush land; soil inferior. Burdened with £5, valuation for clearing. Limit of holding, 60 acres.

Makarewa Township.

| 14 | V. | 13 3 0 | 3 2·4 | 1 2 0 |

Situated about six miles from Invercargill. Bush land; soil fair. Limit of holding, 20 acres.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waikawa Village Settlement.—Waikawa Survey District.

| 40, 41 | VII. | 53 2 35| 0 7·2 | 0 16 2 |

Situated three miles from Waikawa Township. Land partly open and partly bush-clad; soil inferior. Burdened with valuation for improvements, consisting of grassed land, stumping and ploughing and fencing, £55.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated herein are divided into 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 lands shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 30th day of January, 1901.

3. The rentals stated herein shall be the prices at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases 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, Invercargill; and leases 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. Each 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. 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.

9. 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.

10. No lessee shall hold more than the limit stated above, and all allotments 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.

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.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Limehills Township, Southland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th December, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale for cash by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 6th March, 1901, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—LIMEHILLS TOWNSHIP.
Village Land.

Block I. is burdened with £40, valuation for buildings. Sections 1 to 6 and 15, Block XXX., are burdened with £40, valuation for buildings.

One-fifth of the purchase-money, together with valuation for improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee of £1, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.