3090
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 100

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 25th November, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the licenses of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 25th November, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 1st December, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 24th day of January, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WEST TAUPŌ COUNTY.—RANGAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Undulating country, covered with fern and manuka scrub; soil of an inferior pumice nature, on pumice formation; only water is a small swamp on east boundary. Situated about half a mile from Taumarunui Railway-station.

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, 1908” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

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, the value of the improvements, and 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 rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 175 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 162, 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 159, 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.

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.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.