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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser of the lease, and the amount bid shall be the annual rental thereof.

2. The bidding shall be an increase on the upset rental, and shall advance at the rate of not less than 10 per cent.

3. The purchaser shall forthwith deposit the sum of £1 10s. for the cost of survey and preparation of the lease, and also the first year’s rent, being the amount of his bid.

4. Should the purchaser of the lease fail to comply with the third condition hereof, or should any dispute arise, the lease shall be put up again and resold.

5. The lease shall be executed by the purchaser within thirty days from the date of notice that it is ready for execution, or the right to lease shall become forfeited, and any deposit paid on account thereof shall become forfeited also.

6. No person can purchase or hold a lease of more than one section.

7. No married woman, not having obtained a decree of judicial separation or protection order, shall be capable of becoming a lessee, excepting under a will or an intestacy.

SYNOPSIS OF CONDITIONS OF LEASES.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years.

2. Rents payable annually in advance.

3. Leases not to be transferred or holdings subdivided or sublet without the consent of the Minister of Mines.

4. No transfer will be allowed until lessee has been twelve months in legal occupation, and complied with the conditions of his lease.

5. A fee of £1 1s. shall be paid for recording every transfer of any lease.

6. The lessee will be required to occupy his leasehold in a bond fide manner for business purposes or residence within six months from the commencement of the term of lease.

7. Any lessee who shall fail to comply with any of the conditions of lease in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Warden of the district, forfeit his interest in the said lease and his right to hold the land thereunder.

ROBERT S. HAWKINS,
Warden.

Land in Wellington open for Selection on Perpetual Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned section will be open for selection on perpetual lease, in terms of section 159 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on and after Thursday, 19th July, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MAKURI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £147 10s. for improvements and £54 7s. 4d. for survey-fees.

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

Crown Land in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, 19th July, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MAKURI SURVEY DISTRICT.—NORTH-EAST PUKETOI BLOCK.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £75 for improvements.

Section 52, Block XVI., Makuri, is situated on the Makairo Road, and is distant about six miles from Makairo Post-office and School. The access is from Pahiatua or Woodville, via Makairo, which are about twenty miles distant, sixteen miles being dray-road, and the remainder formed bridle-track. The approach is somewhat difficult, owing to the land rising steeply from the road. The section comprises hilly and undulating land with easy ridges and spurs. The soil is of fair quality, resting on shale or rotten-rock formation. The forest is medium in density and size, and comprises rata, rimu, birch, konini, jack, &c. The section is at present watered by small creeks in gullies. The elevation ranges from 2,000 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 30 acres grassed, 8 acres felled only, sheep-yards; whare, 14 ft. by 10 ft. by 6 ft., split, iron roof, &c.; and cultivations.

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

Village-homestead Allotment, Wellington, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Thursday, the 19th July, 1900.

If more than one application is received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KIWITEA COUNTY.

Village-homestead Allotment.—First-class Land.