Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 873

12. The lessee will be required to at all times keep and provide upon the said land accommodation for travelling stock at rates not exceeding the following:—
    Sheep, 5s. a thousand for twenty-four hours.
    Horses and cattle, 2d. a head up to twelve in number, and 1d. a head above that number, for twenty-four hours.

The lessee shall not at any time keep or depasture upon the said land stock of his own in such number as to interfere with the provision of reasonable and sufficient accommodation for the necessities of all travelling stock requiring to use the same.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Otekaike Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 6th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this office, and at the Courthouse, Oamaru, on Tuesday, the 7th day of April, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and their amendments.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT. — WAITAKI COUNTY. — OTEKAIKE SETTLEMENT.

IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN CAPITAL VALUE.
Section 30A and Run 28B, fencing, £161 4s. Section 31A and Run 28C, fencing, £152 9s. 5d.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Rangaroa Village Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 9th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this office, on Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WEST TAupo COUNTY. — RANGAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Undulating and level land, covered with fern and manuka; pumice formation; inferior soil. Situated close to Tau-marunui Railway-station, on Main Trunk Railway, 175 miles south of Auckland.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

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

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 applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland; and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I aforesaid.

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

5. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot; also the rent for the period elapsing between the date of the lease and the due date of such half-yearly payment.

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 accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

8. No lessee shall divide, sublet, or transfer the land held by him under these regulations, except under and subject 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 whomsoever. 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 regulations, 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 provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing-run in Wellington Land District open for Lease.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned grazing-run will be open for lease, at this office, for a term of twenty-one years with right of renewal, on Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1908, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAITOTARA COUNTY.—MOMA-HAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Weighted with £525 10s., valuation for improvements. This run is situated in the Puketotara Block, and in what is generally known as the Tokomaru district. Access is from Kai-iwi Railway-station, about eighteen miles distant via Bayly’s Road, which is formed for dray traffic to within about one mile and a half of the run; the remainder is unformed. Comprises rough broken land, mainly razor-backed spurs with steep gullies or gorges between. There is practically no flat land, but small patches of sloping