JULY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1507

single), and will be required to make the declaration prescribed in Schedule C of the said Act.

6. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent, together with the lease- and registration-fee, immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot.

7. The rent 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 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 a lessee 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 a lessee under these regulations.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the land 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.

Lease of Township Reserve and Buildings in Hatuma Settlement to be disposed of by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 12th July, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to noon on Wednesday, the 4th September, 1901, for a lease for three years of the Township Reserve, Hatuma Settlement, Hawke's Bay Land District, containing 196 acres 1 rood 10 perches, together with wool-shed, yards, sheep-dip, two five-roomed cottages, large shed, and cook-house situated thereon, subject to the attached conditions.

DESCRIPTION.

Agricultural land, from flat to low rolling downs, at an average height of about 600 ft. above sea-level. All ploughable and sown in English grasses. From 6 in. to 9 in. of black soil over a cementy subsoil. Ring-fenced and subdivided into four paddocks on the northern side of the railway-line; on southern side of railway, fenced only on the eastern boundary. The streams on the northern portion dry up during the summer months, but dams can easily be constructed. On the southern portion it is well watered by the Makotukutuku Stream. The Hatuma Road goes through the centre of the reserve, and there is a railway-siding at the woolshed.

CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit by bank draft, marked cheque, post-office order, or cash, for the amount of a half-year's rent at the rate offered, together with a lease-fee of one guinea, and must be enclosed in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier, and marked “Tender for Lease of Township Reserve, Hatuma Settlement.”

2. The lease shall be for a term of three years, dating from the date possession is given to the accepted tenderer.

3. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st March and 1st September in each year.

4. The lessee may, during each year of the lease, plough up and crop an area not exceeding 20 acres; and each portion of the leasehold so cultivated shall, immediately upon the removal of the crop, be sown down with good permanent cultivated grasses and clovers in sufficient quantity, and be so left for the remainder of the term. The lessee shall not cut the cultivated grass for hay or seed the first year of the course, nor shall he burn any straw grown upon the land.

5. The lessee shall be responsible for the safe custody and maintenance of the buildings, structures, and fences, and shall deliver up the same in good order at the termination of his lease. The lessee will also be responsible for the abatement of any nuisance in or about the premises or land.

6. The lessee will be required to insure and keep insured in the name of the King, during the currency of his lease, the woolshed and other buildings at their full insurable value.

7. The lease will be subject to a condition that the settlers on the Hatuma Estate shall have a right to the use of the shearing-shed, dip, quarters, and adjacent paddock during shearing-time, and that the lessee shall shear, class, and bale the wool of such settlers at a price not exceeding £1 10s. per hundred sheep, the owners of the sheep providing wool-packs.

8. The lessee shall, between the 1st of January and the 30th of May in each year, permit settlers on the Hatuma Settlement to have the use of the dip, and shall provide all materials necessary for efficiently dipping the sheep to the satisfaction of the Sheep Inspector, and also one man to assist, at a price not exceeding 5s. for the first ten sheep, and 2d. per head over that number.

9. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads is reserved.

10. The lessee shall, at least once in every year, properly cut and trim all live hedges and fences, and clear out all drains and ditches running through the land, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. A right to enter upon the land and construct any necessary drains or ditches is also reserved on behalf of the Crown or the local body.

11. The lessee shall, during the currency of the lease, clear all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, &c., not growing as fences, and noxious plants, and keep the same from growing or spreading on the land.

12. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term of the lease.

13. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke's Bay Land District, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 2nd July, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on Wednesday, the 21st August, 1901. If more than one application is received for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Situated in Rotokakarangu Block, immediately north of the Mohaka River, and distant about forty miles from Wairoa and twenty-eight miles from Mohaka. About 2,100 acres are open fern land, the balance being bush. The soil is light pumice; well watered. Valuation for improvements, payable with application, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £29. The improvements are as follows: Whare, £10; grass sown, £17 10s.; bush underscrubbed, £1 10s.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th April, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th day of August, 1901, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.