APRIL 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 961

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 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.

Land in Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 3rd April, 1901.

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 22nd May, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the section 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.

SCHEDULE.

SECOND-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Weighted with £400 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, fencing 72 chains, whare, sheep-yard and fence, valued at £400. 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.

Native Land Court Notices.

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”—Order under Section 39.

IN THE NATIVE LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

In the matter of the partition of Mangapapa B No. 2, and of an application by Hugh Irvine under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS, on the 21st day of February, 1898, the Native Land Court made a partition of the said block: And whereas it appears that, previous to the said partition, Mereikura, one of the owners in the said block, had sold her interest therein to the said Hugh Irvine: And whereas the said sale was not made known to the Court, and the Court proceeded to partition the said block in the absence of and without notice to the said Hugh Irvine; and the said Hugh Irvine claims that he has been prejudicially affected thereby: And whereas his said application has been referred by me to the Native Land Court for inquiry and report, and the same has been duly reported on:

Now, therefore, for the purpose of rectifying the said mistake, and in exercise of the power in that behalf vested in me by section 39 aforesaid, I hereby order that the said partition be and the same hereby is annulled.

As witness my hand, this 15th day of April, 1901.

GEO. B. DAVY, Chief Judge.