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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

Land in Wellington for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land
in the Wellington Land District will be offered for
sale by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 31st January, 1900, at
12 o’clock noon. If not sold on that date, it will remain
open for sale thereafter at upset price.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUTT COUNTY.

Weighted with £18 10s. for improvements.

Description of Sections 56, 48, and part 44, Block V.,
Rimutaka District, 95 acres 2 roods 32 perches, Hutt
County:—
The sections are situated on the western side of White-
man’s Valley Road.
The access is from Silverstream, which is about four
miles distant, via the Whiteman’s Valley Road, which is
formed and metalled.
The sections comprise rough, barren, hilly country, with
about 15 acres of flat land.
The soil is of very poor quality, resting on a sandstone-
and-clay formation. There are about 5 acres of bush,
comprising mostly birch; dead timber, through which the
fire has run, is standing or lying on the remainder of the
sections, fern having sprung up wherever the fire has been.
The sections are well watered by permanent springs.
The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above
sea-level.
The allotment is weighted with £18 10s. for 37 chains of
fencing.

Terms of Sale:—One-fifth of the purchase-money, to-
gether with value of improvements, to be paid on the 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 forfeited,
and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

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

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

Village-homestead Land, Ashburton District, open for Selection
on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th December, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednes-
day, 7th February, 1900.

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, Christchurch.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—ASHBURTON COUNTY.—ASHBUR-
TON SURVEY DISTRICT.—RESERVE 1769.

Village-homestead Allotment.—First class Surveyed Land.

This section is situated in the Chertsey Village Settlement,
fronting on the Main South Road, about a quarter of a mile
north-eastward from the Chertsey Railway-station, and
comprises open, level, plain land of fair light quality. The
section has improvements on it to the value of £29, of which
£9 must be paid by the successful applicant on approval of
his application, and the balance may, if desired, remain as
a charge upon the land for a period not exceeding five years,
bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, payable
half-yearly in advance, at the same time as the half-yearly
payments of rent.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. THE land enumerated hereon is first-class land, and is
   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 7th day of February, 1900.

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, Christ-
   church; and a lease will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
   pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
   scribed in Schedule C to the said Act.

6. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year’s
   rent and the valuation for improvements (if desired, £20 of
   the value of the improvements may remain as a charge upon
   the land for a period not exceeding five years, bearing in-
   terest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum), together with
   the lease- and registration-fee, immediately upon being
   declared the successful applicant.

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. The next payment will become
   due on the 1st January, 1901.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 or 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 land affected by these regula-
    tions, and to the applications and lease 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.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Land, Matapouri Village, Taranaki, open
for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 12th December, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity on and after the 28th
February, 1900.

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, New Plymouth.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—KAPARA SURVEY
DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £9 0s. 6d., valuation for improvements,
which must be paid on approval of application. All level,
well-watered land, cleared and in grass; good soil, on papa
formation. The Waitotara Valley Road is formed for dray
traffic past the section. Distance from Waitotara, about
twenty-nine miles.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.