Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 579

Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th December, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 8th day of March, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

If more than one application is received for the same allotment on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Village-homestead Allotments.

RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—HAUTAPU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Mangaweka Village Settlement.

Pt. 6 of 43 | .. | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
| 0 2 0 | 2 0 0 | 0 10 0

Weighted with £1 15s., valuation for improvements, consisting of 3½ chains of fencing.

This allotment is situated in the Mangaweka Village Settlement, on the Te Kapua Road. The access is by formed and metalled dray-road. The section comprises all flat land, felled and grassed. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation.

WANGANUI COUNTY.—OHINEWAIRUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
Mataroa Village Settlement.

28 | .. | 1 3 0 | 0 11 5½ | 0 10 0

Weighted with £7 15s., valuation for improvements, consisting of 15½ chains of fencing.

This allotment is situated close to the rising Township of Mataroa, on the Main Trunk Railway. There are a school, post and telegraph office, and store within about half a mile of the section, and a sawmill close to it. The access is from Mataroa Township, which adjoins the area. There is no formed road to the land, but the access is fairly easy. The section comprises flat and sloping land, all open and in grass, and containing good building-sites, one close to the road and one at the back of the section on a terrace. The soil is of good quality, resting on clay and papa formation.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Southland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity under the Provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 19th December, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

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

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the lands enumerated the First Schedule hereto are classed as “light-bush land,” and the lands in the Second Schedule are classed as “scrub land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said lands for the period of three years in the case of light-bush land, and two years in the case of scrub land, from the date from which in each case respectively such land is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such land during such period.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of three years in the case of light-bushland, and two years in the case of scrub land, shall not be demanded: provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULES.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Light-bush Land.

Invercargill Hundred (Tisbury Village Settlement) | 71 | XXII. | 20 3 8 | 2 4·8 | 1 5 0
Ditto .. | 72 | " | 20 3 8 | 2 4·8 | 1 5 0

Situation fair. Distance from Tisbury Railway-siding, three miles by good summer road. Soil fair, covered with bush, consisting of kamai and white-pine, fit only for fencing and firewood. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Scrub Land.

Hokonui Survey District (Croydon Village Settlement) | 774 | .. | 6 2 18 | 1 7·2 | 0 5 2
Ditto .. | 779 | .. | 10 2 11 | 1 7·2 | 0 8 6

Situation fair. Distance from Gore, about four miles. Road partly formed to sections, but not suitable for heavy traffic. Light sandy soil; undergrowth heavy scrub; timber chiefly kamai and white-pine, suitable for firewood only. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 19th December, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction, at the upset annual rental and for the term stated below, on Tuesday, the 28th day of February, 1905, at the Land Office, Timaru, at 11 a.m., under the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

In the event of the run not being sold at auction, it will immediately thereafter be open for lease on application at this office, and at the Land Office, Timaru.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.
Class I.

Run No. 44, Bluecliffs: Area, 17,000 acres; upset annual rental, £250; term of lease, thirteen years.

This run is situated on the western slopes of the Hunters Hills, between the summit and the River Waihao, about twenty-three miles distant from St. Andrew’s Railway-station, at an altitude of from 2,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. above sea-level. It comprises high spurs, falling steeply into the creeks, but becoming less rugged as they approach the Waihao River, mostly covered with tussock, snow-grass, and other native grasses. The run is weighted with a sum of £324 3s. 9d. as valuation for improvements: this comprises the half value of about thirteen miles of boundary fence, full value of about three miles and a quarter of fencing which lies entirely within the run although used as a boundary fence, full value of nearly three miles of subdivisional fencing, and two huts, each 12 ft. by 12 ft., built of wood and roofed with iron. The amount of this valuation must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, before possession is given.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.