APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 881

Village-homestead Allotment, Upper Makuri, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on and after Tuesday, the 28th May, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, then the priority 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 28th May, 1901, it will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

UPPER MAKURI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £47 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Upper Makuri Village Settlement. The access is from Makuri Township, which is about three miles distant by metalled dray-road. The section comprises flat land; the soil is alluvial, resting on gravel formation, well watered by Makuri Stream. The elevation is about 1,000 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 10 acres felled and grassed, at £2 per acre, £20; 15 chains fencing, at 10s. per chain, £7 10s.; house, 24 ft. by 12 ft. by 9 ft., two rooms, £20: total, £47 10s.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The above land 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 28th day of May, 1901.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for a lease 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. 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 two allotments in the Upper Makuri Village Settlement, and such 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.

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 according 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 according 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.

Small Grazing-run, Auckland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for application at this office on Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1901, at the rental stated. In the event of more than one application being received on the same day, the right to select will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.—KERIKERI SURVEY DISTRICT AND BAY OF ISLANDS SURVEY DISTRICT.

Blocks V. and IX., Small Grazing-run No. 28, Tunapohepohe Block: 2,170 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Annual rental, £33 18s. (Museum Endowment.)

Term of lease, twenty-one years.

Chiefly open land, with some forest; broken, and covered in parts with rough grass. Frontage to sea and Bay of Islands at Cape Wiwiki; about eight miles by water from Russell.

The lease will be under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.” Forms of application and poster plans obtainable at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

57 Acres 2 Roods 22 Perches of Town and Rural Land in the Waikakahi Settlement open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Offices, Christchurch and Timaru, on Monday, the 15th April, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” the regulations made thereunder, and the general conditions set forth in the original pamphlet published for the disposal of the Waikakahi Settlement in 1899.

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 the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If the sections be not applied for on the 15th April, 1901, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—WAITAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Surveyed Lands.

The above sections are situated in the Township of Morven, on each side of the main south line of railway, the distance from the Morven Railway-station to the furthest section (Lot 3, Block VIII.) being about a quarter of a mile. All comprise flat agricultural land. Residence and improvements are not compulsory on these sections, and no declaration is required from applicants. No person can hold more than one section in the township.

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This section is situated about three miles and a half westward from Glenavy Township and Railway-station, with which it is connected by good metalled road. It comprises level agricultural land, about 15 acres of which is swamp: the soil is good, but contains a large percentage of shingle. There is a never-failing supply of excellent water flowing through the swamp, and a county water-race runs along the frontage of the section. Ten chains of boundary fencing, along the road frontage, valued at £6 5s., belong to the section.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.