Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1591

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 18th September, 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., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington. If the sections be not applied for on the 18th September, 1901, they will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD ALLOTMENTS.

Weighted with £81 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Pongaroa Village Settlement, on the Paraengahuata Road. The access is from Pongaroa Township, which is about two miles distant by dray-road and horse-track. The section comprises flat and undulating land. The soil is of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, rata, tawa, with thick undergrowth of supplejack, vines, &c. The section is at present watered by a small creek. The elevation ranges from about 500 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 27 acres felled and grassed, 21 chains fencing, whare (two rooms); total, £81 10s.

Rakaunui Village Settlement.

| 19 | 12 2 0 | 1 6 | 0 9 5 |

Section 19, Rakaunui Village Settlement, is situated on the Makuri-Aohanga Road. The post-office, school, and store are about one mile and a quarter distant by a bridle-track. The section comprises undulating land, with about 4 acres of flat. The soil is clayey, of fair quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, kahikatea, &c., with the usual undergrowth of rangiora, supplejack, &c. The improvements comprise 10 acres grassed, valued at £15.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

1. The lands enumerated herein are first-class lands, and are 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 18th day of September, 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, Wellington; 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, 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. The next payment will become due on 1st July, 1902.

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. Nothing herein contained shall be held to prevent any of the present adjoining lessees in Rakaunui Village Settlement from applying for and holding Section 19 if they are otherwise eligible.

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. 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.

First-class Land in Pawaho Hamlet, near Christchurch, open for Selection under the Lease-in-Perpetuity System.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 29th July, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 17th September, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application is received for the allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

If the section be not applied for on the 17th September, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — SELWYN COUNTY. — CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.—PAWAHO HAMLET.

First-class Surveyed Land.

*Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £150, payable for fourteen years only.

This section is situated at the north-western end of the Pawaho Hamlet, about three-quarters of a mile from the Heathcote Railway-station, which is four miles and a half from Christchurch. The section comprises all flat agricultural land, at an altitude of between 5 ft. and 12 ft. above sea-level. The soil varies from 9 in. to 12 in. of good soil on clay subsoil, to between 9 in. and 18 in. of sandy soil on 6 in. to 12 in. of good soil on clay subsoil. The improvements are: Wooden house, 37 ft. by 30 ft., on piles; roof partly iron, partly shingles; two double brick chimneys, six rooms, and dairy. The house is valued at £150, which is repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly payments of interest and sinking fund. There are also a wooden shed and fowlhouse, orchard, and fencing, which go with the land. A sum of £10, for improvements effected by the former occupier, and a proportion of the current year’s premium of insurance on the buildings, must be deposited by the applicant, together with the half-year’s rent and interest on buildings, and the lease-fee of £1 1s.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.