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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 8th May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Tuesday, 26th June, 1900.

SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—CROYDON VILLAGE.
First-class Land.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land enumerated above 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 Tuesday, the 26th day of June, 1900.

3. The rental stated 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, Invercargill; 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, 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 in the Croydon Village Settlement shall hold more than 50 acres, 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 whosoever. 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. 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.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sections in Pohangina Suburbs for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned sections, part of Wanganui Harbour Board Endowment, will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 26th June, 1900, at 12 o'clock noon.

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—POHANGINA COUNTY.
POHANGINA SUBURBS.

Term, seven years.

Section 26 : The section is all flat land, mostly in bush, consisting of tawa, rewarewa, a few rimus, &c.; most of the trees are dead. The soil is of good alluvial deposit, resting on shingle formation. A drain has been cut on the south-west side of the section.

Section 27: The section is all flat land, covered with rushes, raupo, and manuka; part is rather swampy, part fairly dry land in grass. A drain has been cut at the south-west side of the section. This section fronts on to the main road.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with lease-fee of £1 ls., must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government, or by the Wanganui Harbour Board.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

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

Small Grazing-runs, Patea County, Wellington Land District, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 26th June, 1900, at the half-yearly rentals noted below. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington. If the runs be not applied for on or before the 26th June, 1900, they will be open for application thereafter at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA COUNTY.—NUKUMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Pastoral Country.