are level on the frontage, the remainder being easy-rising
sideling land, all in good grass. The general quality of the
soil is good, being a light loam on a clay subsoil. The im-
provements, which are included in the price of the land, are
as follows : Section 78, 3½ chains fencing on the frontage,
valued at £1 6s.; Section 79, 11½ chains fencing, valued
at £4 12s.; Section 80, 2½ chains fencing near frontage,
valued at £1; Section 81, 2¼ chains fencing near frontage,
valued at 18s.; Section 82, 10 chains fencing, valued at £3 ;
Section 83, 4 chains fencing near frontage, valued at £1 4s.
Sections 86, 88, 91, 93, and 94 (grouped): These sections
are situated to the east of and fronting Main South Road.
They are accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South
Road, distant two miles and a half to two miles and three-
quaters. These sections consist of easy undulating and flat
well-grassed land. The general quality of the soil is good,
being a deep sandy loam on a light-clay subsoil. Sections
88, 89, and 93 have a little water in the stream-heads at the
back boundary. The improvements, which are included in
the price of the land, are as follows : Section 86, 18½ chains
fencing on the boundaries, valued at £5 12s.; Section 88,
8½ chains boundary-fences, valued at £2 10s.; Section 91,
7⅞ chains boundary-fences, valued at £2 18s. 3d.; Section 94,
6¾ chains boundary-fences, valued at £1 19s. 4d.

Sections 84, 85, and 87 (grouped): These sections are
situated at the junction of the Ngamotu and South Roads,
being accessible from New Plymouth by the Main South
Road, two miles and a half, and from the Breakwater by the
Ngamotu Road, one mile and a half. The Herekawe Stream
forms the back boundary. The sections comprise flat and
slightly hilly land, all in good pasture, although the grass
on the back portion is somewhat coarse in places. The
general quality of the sections is good, the soil being a deep
sandy loam on a clay subsoil, generally well watered. The
improvements, which are included in the price of the land,
are as follows: Section 84, 3 chains of intersecting fence,
valued at 18s., and 3½ chains on frontage, valued at £1 8s.;
Section 85, 8 chains intersecting fence, valued at £2; and
3½ chains fencing on frontage, valued at £1 8s.; Section 87,
44 chains of boundary and interior fences, valued at £15,
garden, plantation, &c., £25. The improvements on Sec-
tion 87, which are not included in the price of the land, but
which must be paid for by the tenant, consist of an eight-
roomed dwellinghouse, with passage, two brick chimneys
(one double and one single), house built of rimu and kauri,
three rooms dressed wood in ceilings, other rooms scrim and
paper, corrugated iron roof, valued at £135; old wooden
dairy, valued at £8; dairy-factory building, £20; calf-shed,
£2: total value of buildings, £165, repayable in twenty-one
years by half-yearly instalments of £6 8s. 9d.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Seddon Township, Marlborough Land District,
open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 28th March, 1905.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
lands will be open for selection on lease in per-
petuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 31st day of
May, 1905, under the provisions of “The Land for
Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.
If more than one application is received for the same
section on the same day, the order of selection shall be
decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—STARBOROUGH SETTLEMENT.—
SED DON TOWNSHIP.

Lease in Perpetuity:
Rent, 5 per Cent.

Half-yearly Rent.

£ s. d.
0 10 0
0 10 0
0 10 0
0 10 0
0 10 0
0 10 0
0 10 0

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th March, 1905.
NOTICE is hereby given that the village-homestead
allotments enumerated in the Schedule hereto will
be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the pro-
visions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and
Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” on and after
Wednesday, the 31st day of May, 1905.

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

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local
authority from the said lands for the period of three years
from the date from which in each case respectively such
lands are disposed of, and no local authority shall have
power to levy or collect any such rate from such lands
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 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 con-
ceded 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.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.
Village-homestead Allotments.—Light-bush Land.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent per Acre per Annum. | Half-yearly Rent.
---|---|---|---|---|---
35 | III. | 5 0 0 | £ 0 5 0 | 2 0
38 | " | 5 0 0 | £ 0 5 0 | 2 0
39 | " | 5 0 0 | £ 0 5 0 | 2 0
56 | " | 5 0 0 | £ 0 5 0 | 2 0
67 | " | 5 0 0 | £ 0 5 0 | 2 0
68 | " | 5 0 0 | £ 0 5 0 | 2 0
77 | " | 5 0 0 | £ 0 5 0 | 2 0
78 | " | 5 0 0 | £ 0 5 0 | 2 0

SEA WARD 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. Sec-
tions 67, 68, 77, 78 accessible by fair summer road, and dis-
tant two miles from Clifton Railway-siding. Limit of hold-
ing, 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. | 12 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 Wai-
matua Railway-siding, and Section 11 distant about 5 chains
therefrom. Limit of holding, 50 acres.

CENTRE BUSH VILLAGE, HOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

725 | .. | 24 0 20 | 1 2·4 | 0 14 6
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,
Commission of Crown Lands.