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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 99

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. 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 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.

Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 5th December, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on and after Monday, the 11th February, 1901, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.—WHERNSIDE AND PUHIPUHI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

All open country, except a few patches of light bush, mostly ngaio. There is a strip of ploughable land, averaging 5 chains wide, along the main road. About 1,000 acres shingle and steep rocky faces, very broken; remainder low limestone hills covered with tussock, fern, and scrub; good sheep country. Excellent homestead-site; small cottage; 210 chains boundary-fence, 245 chains interior fence; well watered; altitude, sea-level to 1,126 ft.; fronts on Main South Road. About sixty miles from Blenheim, and thirty-five miles from Kaikoura. Weighted with £31 10s., value of cottage and fences in the vicinity.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 5th December, 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 30th January, 1901.

In the event of more than one application being received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m. Should the lands not be applied for on the date mentioned, they will remain open for selection thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

This allotment is situated on the Rocky Hill Road, about six miles from its junction with the Gladstone-East Coast Road. Carterton is the nearest railway-station. The access is from Carterton via Gladstone, which is about twenty-eight miles distant, by twenty-two miles of dray-road, eleven miles of which is metalled, four miles of formed bridle-track; the remainder is proposed road, part of which is felled and burned. The lot comprises hilly land, part of which is steep in places. One-half the area is fair soil, covered with green bush, comprising scattered rimu, matai, tawai, and a few totaras; the remainder is poor soil, partly covered with scrub and dry (burned) birch. The soil is poor to fair, resting on a rotten-rock formation. The land is well watered by the Pahaoa Stream. The elevation ranges from 900 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

| Wairarapa S.| Wainui-oru| { 286A | X., | 1,156 1 35 | 7 6 433 13 7 | 0 4·5 10 16 10 | 0 3·6 8 13 6 |
| | | Pt. 1, | XI. | | | | |
| | | 287 | | | | | |
| | | Pts. 1 & | X. | | | | |
| | | 2,286 | | | | | |

Weighted with £486 for improvements.

This allotment is situated on the Rocky Hill Road about six miles from its junction with the Gladstone-East Coast Road. The access is from Carterton, which is about twenty-eight miles distant, by twenty-two miles of dray-road, eleven miles of which is metalled, four miles of formed bridle-track; remainder is proposed road, part of which is felled and burned. The lot comprises hilly and undulating land, the soil being poor to medium, on a rotten-rock formation. The forest is of a mixed nature, comprising rimu, matai, tawa, totara, with dense undergrowth of rangiora, whitewood, supplejack, &c. The land is well watered by streams. The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 200 acres felled and grassed, £400; fencing, 72 chains, £54; whare, £26; sheep-yard and fence, £6: total, £486. 20 acres of bush on Part 1, 287, have been felled and burned, but grass has disappeared. This area is not included in improvements.

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