1912
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

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 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,

Lands in Southland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” on Tuesday, the 5th November, 1901.

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

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

MERRIVALE ESTATE.

First-class Land.

Waiau .. | 15 | VIII. | 172 3 0 | 4 6·6 | £ s. d. 19 13 0

Open, undulating; limestone formation; 130 acres cultivated, remainder in tussock. Fifteen miles from Otautau, two miles and a half from the school. Permanent water. Improvements: 27½ chains wire fence and gorse hedge on main road, valued at £13 15s. No cash-payment will be required for these improvements. The section, however, is burdened with valuation for the following improvements erected by the former lessee: 55 chains wire fence along boundary with Section 14, at 8s. per chain, right to half value, £11; 16 chains fencing on road on western boundary, right to full value at 8s. per chain, £6 8s.; 20 chains fencing on boundary with Section 17, at 10s. per chain, right to half value, £5; 55 chains fencing on boundary of Section 16, at 10s. per chain, right to half value, £13 15s.: total, £36 3s., which amount must be deposited with the application.

OTAHU ESTATE.

Second-class Land.

Waiau .. | 10, 12 | IV. | 1,095 1 39 | 0 9 | £ s. d. 20 10 10

Ground flat, descending towards the Waiau River on the west in two high terraces; soil light and shingly on western half, rest good swampy soil suitable for agriculture; about 16 acres of bush on Section 10 suitable for fencing and firewood; elevation, 210 ft. to 270 ft. Distance from Otautau Railway-station, about 23½ miles. Improvements: 88·1 chains fencing on eastern boundary, valued at 6s. per chain, right to half value, £13 4s. 6d.; 87 chains fencing on east side of road, valued at 8s. per chain, £34 16s.; 92·7 chains old fence along part of south boundary, valued at 4s. 6d. per chain, £20 17s. 2d. No cash-payment will be required for these improvements. The sections, however, are burdened with valuation for 85 chains of fencing erected by former lessee, valued at £22 6s. 3d., which amount must be deposited with the application.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Wellington for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1901.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered to the holder of the adjoining land under section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on and after the 8th November, 1901.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION No. 41, Block III., Makuri Survey District, 10 acres.

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