MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 981

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 Mangaweka, 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.

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Rural Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 6th June, 1900.

If more than one application be received 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, Napier.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Land.

Description and Locality of Land.

Broken land, with deep gullies; about 25 acres clear land; fair soil; timber chiefly rimu and matai, with dense under-scrub. About two miles from Pohui.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.