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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

Rural Lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, 3rd July, 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 21st August, 1901.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Section 8, broken country; big manuka on top of ridges, rimu and matai on slopes; soil fair: situated at Pohui, about four miles from Napier-Taupo Road. Section 10, broken country; timber, big manuka and black-birch; about 20 acres in native grass: situated at Pohui, about four miles from Napier-Taupo Road. Valuation for improvements on Section 8, £40.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.

Land in Poerua Estate, Westland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 5th August, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 15th October, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—POERUA ESTATE.
First-class Land.

The section contains three-fourths swamp; one-eighth hill, thickly timbered; one-eighth pines and scrub. Only a few acres of the section is open land. It is proposed to offer the lease of the island in Crooked River bed, immediately opposite, to the lessee of this section at a peppercorn rent.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.