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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Village Homestead in Wellington open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1901.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on and after Wednesday, the 16th of October, 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. If the section be not applied for on the 16th October, 1901, it will be open thereafter for application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD ALLOTMENT. — UPPER MAKURI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Weighted with £32 3s. for improvements.

This section is situated in the Upper Makuri Village Settlement. The access is from Makuri Township, which is about three miles distant by metalled dray-road. The section comprises flat land; the soil is alluvial, resting on gravel formation, well watered by Makuri Stream. The elevation is about 1,000 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise 10 acres felled and grassed, 15 chains fencing, and a house, 24 ft. by 12 ft. by 9 ft., containing two rooms.

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 Wednesday, the 16th day of October, 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 according 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 Paparangi Settlement, Wellington, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” at this office, on Tuesday, 29th October, 1901.

If more than one application be received for the section on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — HUTT COUNTY. — BELMONT SURVEY DISTRICT. — PAPARANGI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

This section is situated on the Porirua Road, facing north-west, but well sheltered. The access is from Johnsonville, which is about half a mile distant, by a good metalled road. The section comprises low, open, grass spurs and easy gullies, with good homestead- and garden-sites; it is well adapted in parts for cultivation, and also for grazing. The soil is of good quality, resting on clay-and-sandstone formation. The section is watered. The elevation is about 350 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise fencing along frontage, valued at £4 17s. 6d., which amount is included in capital value.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in the Marlborough Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 9th September, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at this office, on Wednesday, the 30th October, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.” In the event of more than one application being received for the same run on the same day, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Light soil, fairly well watered; about 300 acres in grass, about 65 acres bush and scrub felled, balance in scrub and fern. About six miles from Picton by water. Weighted with £150 valuation for improvements.

154 | 610 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 3 1 0

Light soil, fairly well watered; about 10 acres grass, balance heavy birch bush and scrub. About eight miles from Picton by water.

160 | 183 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 18 4

Light soil, fairly well watered; about half scrub, balance heavy birch bush. About six miles from Picton by water.

MARLBOROUGH COUNTY. — PINE VALLEY SURVEY DISTRICT.

159 | 350 0 0 | 0 1·5 | 1 1 11

Fair soil in gullies, poor on hills; well watered; all birch bush; very broken, with great outcrops of rock. About twenty-three miles from Blenheim.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.