Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1593

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 16th July, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Monday, the 2nd September, 1901.

If more than one application is received for the allotment on the same day the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.

Open land; good soil; well watered. Situated one mile from Heriot Railway-station by good road.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. THE land described above 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 Monday, the 2nd day of September, 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, Dunedin; 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. 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.

Small Grazing-runs, Auckland, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd June, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 21st August, 1901, for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at the annual rentals noted below.

In the event of more than one application being received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

RAGLAN COUNTY, PARISH OF KARAMU.
(Subdivisions of Section 174, Auckland University College Endowment.)

First-class Pastoral Country.

Run No. 1: 1,214 acres; annual rent, £15 3s. 6d.
Run No. 2: 1,829 acres; annual rent, £22 17s. 3d.
Run No. 3: 612 acres; annual rent, £7 18s.
Run No. 4: 1,296 acres; annual rent, £16 4s.
Run No. 5: 611 acres; annual rent, £7 12s. 9d.
Run No. 7: 969 acres; annual rent, £12 2s. 3d.
Run No. 8: 1,477 acres; annual rent, £18 9s. 3d.
Run No. 9: 1,006 acres; annual rent, £12 11s. 6d.

Locality and Description of Runs.

Situated from two to four miles from Whatawhata, and about ten miles from Raglan, and comprising nearly all broken forest land, of limestone formation and of good quality. The runs will make good grass country when cleared.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years at a rent to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to lessee as provided by “The Land Act, 1892,” section 182. Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form printed below.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run is compulsory, and commences within three years in bush or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, unless the lessee obtain the consent of the Land Board to reside on other land in his occupation.

4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one year’s rental by the end of the first year, two years’ rental by the end of the second year, and four years’ rental at the end of the sixth year; and on bush land, in addition thereto, improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an acre if first-class land, or of 5s. an acre if second-class land.

5. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. for the lease must be paid immediately the application is declared successful; the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term of the lease.

6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the land; but he can select 150 acres around the homestead through which no road can be taken or other public privilege exercised without compensation.

DECLARATION.

I, , of* , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease of Run No.† .

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use of any other person or persons whatever.

4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such lease.

5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such run.

6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the colony, either by myself or jointly with any other person, which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 190 , before me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

• Place of abode, and occupation. † Here specify.