Land Leases, Pensions




2032
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

FIRST SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.
Village-homestead Allotments (First-class Land).

Section. Block. Area. Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent.
Rent per Acre.

MOKOTUA VILLAGE.—OTERAMIKA HUNDRED.

87 | I. | 5 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 1 6
88 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 1 6
89 | " | 5 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 1 6
90 | " | 5 0 1 | 0 7·2 | 0 1 6

Bush land already cut over by sawmill; soil fair; well watered. Situated on the Seaward Bush Railway-line, one mile and a quarter from Mokotua Siding. Limit of holding in this village, 50 acres.

SEAWARD BUSH TOWNSHIP.

64, 83 | II. | 6 2 20 | 5 0 | 0 16 7

Good land, carrying no timber of any value; well watered. Situated on the Seaward Bush Railway-line, a quarter of a mile from Seaward Bush Siding. Limit of holding in this village, 10 acres. Sections are burdened with £5, valuation for fencing.

WAIKAWA VILLAGE.—WAIKAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

21 | VII. | 23 2 16 | 0 7·2 | 0 7 1

Mostly bush land, rough and broken in places; soil poor. Distance from Waikawa, one mile and a half. Burdened with £40, valuation for improvements, consisting of fencing, clearing, logging, and grassing. Limit of holding in this village, 50 acres.

CROYDON VILLAGE.—HOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

778 | .. | 6 2 32 | 1 7·2 | 0 5 4

Open land; soil good. Situated four miles from Gore. Burdened with £29, valuation for improvements, consisting of house £15, clearing £12, garden £2. Limit of holding in this village, 50 acres.

CHATTON VILLAGE.—CHATTON SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 to 4 | XV. | 0 3 20 | 4 0 | 0 1 9
5 to 8 | " | 1 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 2 0
10 | " | 0 1 20 | 4 0 | 0 0 9
2, 3 | XVIII. | 1 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 2 0
4, 5 | " | 1 0 0 | 4 0 | 0 2 0
5, 6 | XX. | 0 2 19 | 4 0 | 0 1 3

Situated about eight miles from Gore. Land level; soil, good black loam. Sections 2 to 5, Block XVIII., are each burdened with 16s. 3d., being value of half boundary-fences. Limit of holding in this village, 25 acres.

HOLMESDALE VILLAGE.

9 to 11 | I. | 0 3 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 0 8

Situated about three miles from Lumsden, and half a mile from Castle Rock siding. Land open and flat, and gravelly; soil poor. Limit of holding in this village, 25 acres.

NIAGARA VILLAGE.

3 | .. | 0 1 0 | 8 0 | 0 1 0
4 | .. | 0 1 0 | 8 0 | 0 1 0
5 | .. | 0 1 0 | 8 0 | 0 1 0
6 | .. | 0 1 0 | 8 0 | 0 1 0
19 | .. | 0 1 0 | 8 0 | 0 1 0
20 | .. | 0 1 0 | 8 0 | 0 1 0
21 | .. | 0 0 35 | 8 0 | 0 0 11
22 | .. | 0 0 35 | 8 0 | 0 0 11
23 | .. | 0 1 0 | 8 0 | 0 1 0

Situated about one mile from Waikawa Harbour, fronting the Waikawa River. Bush land, slightly undulating, and partly swampy. Limit of holding in this village, 10 acres.

FLINT’S BUSH TOWNSHIP.

2 | VII. | 0 2 27 | 4 9·6 | 0 1 8
6 | " | 0 3 8 | 4 9·6 | 0 2 0

Open land of good quality; covered in part with light scrub. Flint’s Bush Township is situated about two miles from Thornbury Railway-station. Limit of holding in this village, 10 acres.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

  1. THE lands enumerated above 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 nineteenth day of December, 1901.

  3. The rentals stated above shall be the prices at which the lands 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, Invercargill; 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 (if any), 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. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. No lessee shall hold more than the limit stated in the First Schedule, including that already held, and all 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.

  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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Districts constituted under “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

PURSUANT to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby abolish the existing old-age pension district known as the Mangonui District, and doth proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided into two old-age pension districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follows:—

MANGONUI DISTRICT.

Comprising the Mangonui Riding of the Mangonui County.

KAITAIA DISTRICT.

Comprising the Kaitaia Riding of the Mangonui County.

The persons for the time being holding the office of Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court held at Mangonui and Kaitaia shall be the Deputy Registrars for such districts respectively.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS.



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