Jan. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 115

ARMSTRONG, JOHN GEORGE .. .. .. 77
BOYD, JAMES, Senior .. .. .. 31
DUNCAN, JOHN .. .. .. 257
GUNN, GEORGE McLEOD .. .. .. 34
MONK, FRANCIS JAMES .. .. .. 9
NEVILLE, SAMUEL MUNSON.. .. .. 32

Total valid votes .. .. .. 440
Invalid votes .. .. .. 38

Total votes recorded .. .. .. 478

I therefore declare JOHN DUNCAN, of the Grove, Sheep-
farmcr, to be duly elected a member of the Marlborough
Land Board in accordance with section 27 of “The Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1907,” and the regulations made
thereunder and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
28th day of November, 1907.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Returning Officer.

Dated at Blenheim, this 3rd day of January, 1908.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Disposal under
Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of
“ The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned
lands will be disposed of to the holders of adjoining lands,
under section 114 of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the
9th day of April, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MOUNT CERBERUS SURVEY
DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 6th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of
“ The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned
land will be open for selection on renewable lease at this
office on Thursday, the 9th day of April, 1908, under the
provisions of “ The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.

Third-class Unsurveyed Land.

Weighted with £42, valuation for felling and grassing.
Situated about three-quarters of a mile from Longford
Post-office and Telegraph-station, and about 10 chains off
the main coach-road—Nelson to Westport. Portion of the
block known as the Matiri Valley Block. Open and forest-
clad land, the timber being brown-birch and silver-birch, not
suitable for milling. Formation, sandstone and conglome-
rate. Soil is very fair, and well watered. Northern and
western portions of the area lie well to the sun, and when
cleared will carry good grass.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Nelson Land District open
for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 7th January, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
village-homestead allotments will be open for selec-
tion on renewable lease, at this office, on Wednesday, the
26th day of February, 1908, under the provisions of “The
Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.—BLOCK I,
TUTAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.—MURCHISON VILLAGE SETTLE-
MENT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

The settlement is situated upon the Matakitaki–Murchison
Road, which is formed and metalled, and the area is partly
covered with native bush, principally brown-birch. It is
distant one mile from the Township of Murchison, which is
at present the nearest town centre for the large settled areas
of Maruia, Matakitaki, Matiri, and Owen Blocks. Sec-
tions Nos. 17 to 21 inclusive will have access provided by a
road to be shortly formed.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and
   are village-homestead allotments open for selection on re-
   newable lease under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892 ”
   (hereinafter referred to as “ the said Act ”), and its amend-
   ments.

2. The rentals stated above shall be the prices at which
   the lands shall be open for selection.

3. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as
   provided in Part I of the said Act; and all such applica-
   tions shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Nelson; and leases will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part I aforesaid.

4. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
   pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the prescribed declara-
   tion.

5. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, to-
   gether with the lease and registration fee, immediately the
   application has been approved or declared successful at the
   ballot.

6. 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.

7. 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 accord-
   ingly to lessees under these regulations.

8. No lessee shall divide, sublet, or transfer the land
   held by him under these regulations, except under and sub-
   ject to the provisions of Part I of the said Act.

9. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, and such
   allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit,
   and not for the use or benefit of any other person whom-
   soever. Each section is an allotment. 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.

10. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
    shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regula-
    tions, 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 pro-
    vision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
    other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
    case.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.