238 [No. 12
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove or cause to be removed all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever.
11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Lands, Southland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on and after Wednesday, 30th 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 on the following day at 11 a.m. If the lands be not applied for on the 30th January, 1901, they will remain open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Seaward Bush Township.

67, 80 | II. | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
| | 9 2 26 | 4 0 | 1 0 0

Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Seaward Bush Siding. Land all cleared, soil fair. Burdened with £63 valuation for improvements, consisting of house, clearing, and fencing. Limit of holding in Block II., 10 acres.

18 | III. | 5 0 0 | 2 0 | 0 5 0

Situated one mile from Seaward Bush Siding. Bush land. Limit of holding in Block III., 20 acres.

Waimatua Village Settlement.—Invercargill Hundred.

3, 4 | XXIII. | 9 2 26 | 1 7·2 | 0 7 9
5 | " | 11 2 11| 1 7·2 | 0 9 3
6 | " | 11 2 2 | 1 7·2 | 0 9 3
16 | " | 14 1 16| 1 7·2 | 0 11 6

Situated at Waimatua Siding. Land level; soil good; bush light, fit for firewood only. Sections 3 and 4 (grouped) are burdened with £15, valuation for hut and fencing. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

Centre Bush Village.—Hokonui Survey District.

729 | .. | 31 0 21 | 1 2·4 | 0 18 8

Situated two miles and a half from Centre Bush Railway-siding. Bush land; soil inferior. Burdened with £5, valuation for clearing. Limit of holding, 60 acres.

Makarewa Township.

14 | V. | 13 3 0 | 3 2·4 | 1 2 0

Situated about six miles from Invercargill. Bush land; soil fair. Limit of holding, 20 acres.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waikawa Village Settlement.—Waikawa Survey District.

40, 41 | VII. | 53 2 35 | 0 7·2 | 0 16 2

Situated three miles from Waikawa Township. Land partly open and partly bush-clad; soil inferior. Burdened with valuation for improvements, consisting of grassed land, stumping and ploughing and fencing, £55.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated herein 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 30th day of January, 1901.

3. The rentals stated herein shall be the prices 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, Invercargill; 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 (if any), 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. 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.

9. 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.

10. No lessee shall hold more than the limit stated above, and all allotments 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.

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.

D. BARRON,
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.

Pastoral Lands in the Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 9th January, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1901, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LANDS.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Run 10 (Class I.), Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 12,000 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £28. Situated about one mile from Queenstown.

Run 13 (Class I.), Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 14,780 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £7 10s. Situated about one mile from Skipper’s.

Run 15 (Class I.), Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 8,910 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £7 10s. Situated about one mile from Skipper’s.