Oct. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2827

Elizabeth Jane Guttery, late of Nightcaps, in the Provincial District of Otago, widow. Filed on the 9th day of October, 1906.

Solomon Cohen, late of Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington, butcher. Filed on the 9th day of October, 1906.

James Martin, late of Hukatere, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 12th day of October, 1906.

John Gray, late of Taumarunui, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1906.

Charles Moore, late of Russell, in the Provincial District of Auckland, yacht-keeper. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1906.

Robert Wilson, late of Whangarei, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1906.

Robert Ferguson, late of Caversham, in the Provincial District of Otago, retired gold-miner. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1906.

Henry Vincent Martin, late of Panmure, in the Provincial District of Auckland, engraver. Filed on the 16th day of October, 1906.

Wah Lee, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 16th day of October, 1906.

John Highman, late of Blenheim, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, shearer: Filed on the 19th day of October, 1906.

Joseph Long, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, carpenter. Filed on the 19th day of October, 1906.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 22nd October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the village-homestead allotment mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 4th day of December, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the land enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “swamp land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said land for the period of three years from the date from which 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 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 allotment on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WALLACE COUNTY. — MORLEY VILLAGE.

Village-homestead Allotment.

First-class Swamp Land.

Situated about one mile from Nightcaps Railway-station. Soil fair, but swampy; gravel formation. Access good.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Methuen Hamlet, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 22nd October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments, at this office, on Wednesday, the 28th day of November, 1906.

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

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — EDEN COUNTY. — TITIRANGI SURVEY DISTRICT. — METHUEN HAMLET.

Workman’s Home.

Interest and sinking fund on building and fencing repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £3 9s. 2d. Total half-yearly payment, £6 15s. 6d.

Agricultural land; good soil, clay subsoil; slightly undulating, and in English grasses; fenced on all sides, and contains two-roomed house. Situated close to the Avondale Railway-station.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Gretna Hall, Taihape, on Thursday, the 15th day of November, 1906, at 1 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — OHINEWAIRUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Undulating and flat land in grass. Situated about one mile north of the Taihape Post-office, on a metalled road.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lease will be for a term of seven years.
2. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.
4. Possession will be given on the day of sale.
5. The lease will be for the term specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government.
6. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
7. The lessee will have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.
8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. The lease will be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.