Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2089

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, 16th January, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the same allotment 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 allotments be not applied for on the 16th January, 1901, they will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Mangaweka Village Settlement.

| 8 | 25 0 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 0 0 |

Pongaroa Village Settlement.

Weighted with £32 for improvements.

Section 110, Mangaweka Village Settlement, is situated in Mangaweka Suburbs, the access being from that township by unformed street. The section comprises hilly and easy-sloping land; the soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation; the forest is all felled and burned; the land is grassed, and watered by a permanent stream. The elevation ranges from about 1,100 ft. to 1,200 ft. above sea-level.

Section 8, Pongaroa Village Settlement, is situated on the Alfredton – Weber Road, the access being from Pongaroa Township, which is about two miles distant by a dray-road. The section comprises easy undulating country, about 16 acres of which is grassed, the remainder being mixed forest. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, hinau, &c., with an undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The section is watered by a creek. The elevation ranges from about 700 ft. to 800 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 16 acres felled and grassed, valued at £32.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are divided into village-homestead allotments, 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 lands shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 16th day of January, 1901.

3. The rentals stated above shall be the prices at which the lands 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 leases 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. Each 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 each 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 lessees 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 lessees 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.

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

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Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 13th November, 1900.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands 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 9th January, 1901.

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

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SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

All good land, undulating to broken, and well watered; covered with mixed forest. Situated about three miles and a half from Taita Railway-station (Kaihu Railway).

Whangarei | Mangakahia | 5 | XV. | 378 0 0 | 0 12 0 226 16 0 | 0 7·2 5 13 5 | 0 5·76 4 10 9 |

All heavy forest, with a few small totara-trees on ridges; soil fair, but somewhat rough; well watered, and situated two miles from Mangakahia Bridge.

Manukau | Otau Parish | 89 | .. | 717 0 0 | 0 10 0 358 10 0 | 0 6 8 19 3 | 0 4·8 7 3 5 |

Undulating to broken forest land; medium soil. Five miles from Ness Valley, Wairoa South, by road.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.