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of three years 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.

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

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.

Village-homestead Allotments.—Light-bush Land.

SEAWARD BUSH TOWNSHIP.

Light-bush land, covered with bush of no commercial value, consisting of kamahi and red and white pine, fit for fencing and firewood only; undergrowth heavy; good soil, capable of yielding good grass when surface-sown. Sections 35 and 56 are accessible by good road, and distant one mile from Tisbury Railway-siding. Sections 38 and 39 are situated about one mile and a half from Tisbury. There is a formed and metalled road to within 10 chains of Section 38. Sections 67, 68, 77, 78 accessible by fair summer road, and distant two miles from Clifton Railway-siding. Limit of holding, 20 acres.

WAIMATUA VILLAGE, INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.

9 | XXIII. | 5 1 2 | 1 7·2 | 0 4 3

Weighted with 10s., valuation for fencing.

11 | XXIII. | 13 2 0 | 1 7·2 | 0 10 9

Light-bush land, covered with bush of no commercial value, consisting principally of kamahi fit only for fencing and firewood; good deep black soil; water can be obtained by sinking a few feet. Section 9 is situated opposite Waimatua Railway-siding, and Section 11 distant about 5 chains therefrom. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

CENTRE BUSH VILLAGE, HOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Situated about two miles from Centre Bush Railway-siding, by a fair summer road. Land covered with light bush, suitable only for firewood; soil fair. Limit of holding, 60 acres.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Pongaroa Village Settlement, Wellington Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned allotment will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office, on Wednesday, the 12th day of April, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—AKITIO COUNTY.—MOUNT CERBERUS SURVEY DISTRICT.—PONGAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Weighted with £1,393 5s. 2d., valuation for improvements, comprising butter-factory and plant, &c.

This section is situated in Pongaroa Village Settlement, on the Alfredton–Weber Road. The access is from Pongaroa, Makuri, Alfredton, and Weber, by dray-roads, parts of which are metalled. The section comprises flat land, grassed, and ring-fenced. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa formation.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Rural Land in Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

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District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, 27th March, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for sale or selection, at this office, either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 17th day of May, 1905, under the provisions of Part III. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

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SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £1,000 valuation for improvements, consisting of 400 acres felled, £600; 250 acres grassed, £187 10s.; 78 chains of fencing, £45 10s.; well, £3; orchard, £12; shed, £2; logging up, stumping, and clearing, £100; house, £50.

Situate on Maben Road; access from Patea, distant about sixteen miles—two miles metalled dray-road, ten miles formed dray-road, remainder formed bridle-road. Generally low hills; about 50 acres level and easy slopes on Patea River, remainder rough and broken; soil fair, on papa formation; forest fairly heavy, comprising tawa, rimu, rata, and black-birch, with thick undergrowth. The section is well watered. Elevation, 100 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.