MAR. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 975

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Village-homestead Allotments in Hawke's Bay Land District

open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 18th 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 27th day of
May, 1908, under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892," and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.-PATANGATA COUNTY.-
CAPE TURNAGAIN VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Situated within three miles of the Township of Herbert-
ville, at the landing-place for the steamers trading to Wel-
lington, and, as all the produce from the settled lands in
Weber and Tautane districts must go there for shipment,
the lots are likely to become of considerable value.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are
   village-homestead allotments, open for selection on renew-
   able 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 applications
   shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Napier; and leases will be issued in accordance with the
   provisions of Part I aforesaid.

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

5. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent,
   together with the lease and registration fee (£1 1s.), im-
   mediately 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
   lst 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 subdivide, 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 regu-
    lations, 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.

HENRY TRENT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of
"The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned
lands will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this
office, on Wednesday, the 24th day of June, 1908.

If more than one application is received for the same
section on the same day, the order of selection will be
decided by ballot at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the 25th June,
1908, at the District Lands Office, Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.-VINCENT COUNTY.
Second-class Land.

TIGER HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.

Open land, with light shingly soil. Situated about ten
miles from Omakau Railway-station and a short distance
from a school.

LOWER WANAKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

12 | IV | 105 0 30 | 70 0 0 | 1 8 0
Open land, with fair soil. Situated about four miles from
Pembroke.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 117

of "The Land Act, 1892."

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th February, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of
"The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned
land will be disposed of, under section 117 of "The Land
Act, 1892," on or after Wednesday, the 20th day of May,
1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 22, Block VI, Budle Survey District, to John
Sheehy: Area, 12 acres 3 roods 34 perches.

D: BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 15th February, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of
"The Land Act, 1892," that the undermentioned
land will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Local
Land Office, Timaru, at noon, on Wednesday, the 20th day
of May, 1908, under the provisions of section 118 of the said
Act.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.-TEKAPO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Weighted with £800, valuation for hotel buildings, twenty-
one rooms, with necessary offices.