MAY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 925

Land in Elsthorpe Village, Hawke's Bay, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 18th April, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection upon lease in perpetuity on Wednesday, the 6th June, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—PATANGATA COUNTY.—ELS-THORPE VILLAGE.

First-class Land.

This section is situated on the main road from Kaikora to the coast, is a good residence-site, and is about fourteen miles from the former place.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on and after Tuesday, 29th May, 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, Wellington. If the section be not applied for on the 29th May, 1900, it will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—NGAMATEA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £226 2s. 6d. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Maungakaretu District, on the western slopes of the watershed between Whangaehu River and Mangamahu Stream. The access is from Manga-weka, which is about seventeen miles distant, via the Whangaehu Valley Road, which is formed for dray traffic for about ten miles, and a bridle-track to within about a mile from the section, the rest is not formed. The section comprises hilly and undulating land with occasional small flats. Nearly the whole area has been laid down in good grass; only a few clumps of shelter-bush are left. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa-and-sandstone formation. The section is well watered by small streams. The elevation ranges from about 1,300 ft. above sea-level. The general quality of the section is good. The improvements comprise—Felling and grassing, 97 acres at £1 12s. 6d. per acre, £157 12s. 6d.; stumping, &c., £7; fencing, £45; buildings (slab whare and outbuildings), £16 10s.: total, £226 2s. 6d.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land enumerated herein 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 29th May, 1900.

3. The rental stated herein shall be the price 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, 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 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 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 land 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.

Reserves in Canterbury for Lease by Written Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th March, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 12 noon on Wednesday, 16th May, 1900, for the leases of the under-mentioned reserves.

In the event of no tender being received at the time named for any of the lots, they will remain open for lease on application at the upset rentals and for the terms as stated herein.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Reserves Nos. 77 and 77A are situated on the slopes of German Bay Hill, about a mile and a half north-westerly from the Town of Akaroa, and comprise good hilly grazing-land.

Reserve No. 2166, situated at the entrance of Akaroa Harbour, is known as the Akaroa Lighthouse Reserve, and comprises steep hilly land of good pastoral quality. The lessee of this reserve will be required to maintain the lighthouse-paddock fence, and to preserve from destruction the native bush on the reserve, and will be allowed to plough and lay down in grass an area of 30 acres on the reserve. A right of road from the lighthouse to the roads leading to Akaroa is reserved across the land leased.

Lot 4, Block I., Reserve No. 959, is situated on the south