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section 180 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 the 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 apply for or 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.

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.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 20th December, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office, and at the Drill Hall, Dannevirke, on Monday, the 21st day of February, 1910, up to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Dannevirke County.—Norsewood Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2 | XV | 100 0 0 | 950 0 0 | 23 15 0 | 19 0 0
Distant about seven miles and a half from Dannevirke by good metalled dray-road, in what is locally known as the “Rokai Settlement.” The section comprises flat and undulating agricultural land, covered with mixed bush, with a thick undergrowth of wineberry and weeds. The forest has been milled, and a fire passed through it. The forest consists of a number of dead standing trees of tawa, rimu, rata, &c. The soil is of good quality, being a clay formation on gravel. Well watered by the Rokai Whana Stream. Elevation ranges from 950 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level.

FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS LAND.

KUMETI BLOCK.

Dannevirke County.—Norsewood Survey District.

5 | XII | 352 1 19 | 2,030 0 0 | 50 15 0 | 40 12 0
Covered with mixed bush, chiefly mahoe and tawa, with dense undergrowth. Most of the marketable timber has been milled. Fully half of the section (the south-eastern portion) is flat, with good soil; the remainder consists of low hills, with light soil; well watered. Altitude, 1,050 ft. to 1,850 ft. above sea-level. Distant ten miles and three-quarters from Dannevirke, and eight miles from Tahoraite Siding. Second-class land.

6 | XII | 356 0 0 | 2,050 0 0 | 51 5 0 | 41 0 0
Covered with mixed bush, chiefly mahoe and tawa. Most of the forest has been milled. The front half of the section is almost flat, the soil being good, although stony in places; the remainder consists of low hills, with fair soil; well watered: Altitude, 1,050 ft. to 1,800 ft. above sea-level. Distant ten miles and a quarter from Dannevirke, and seven miles and a half from Tahoraite Siding. Second-class land.

7 | XII | 174 1 18 | 920 0 0 | 23 0 0 | 18 8 0
Covered with mixed bush, chiefly mahoe, tawa, and mako-mako. Nearly all flat land. About one-third of the section (the north-western portion) is almost wholly shingle, and is subject to flood-water from the stream which enters at the north-west boundary; on the remainder of the section the soil is good. Altitude, 1,050 ft. to 1,250 ft. above sea-level. Distant nine miles and a half from Dannevirke, and six miles and three-quarters from Tahoraite Siding. Second-class land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
8 | XII | 703 2 7 | 1,240 0 0 | 31 0 0 | 24 16 0
Covered with mixed bush, chiefly mahoe, tawa, and tawhero. Contains about 150 acres of flat land, somewhat stony; the remainder consists of steep hills with a south-east aspect and fair soil; well watered. 1,050 ft. to 2,250 ft. above sea-level. Distant nine miles and a half from Dannevirke, and six miles and three-quarters from Tahoraite Siding. Second-class land.

9 | XII | 537 0 0 | 1,480 0 0 | 37 0 0 | 29 12 0
Covered with mixed forest, chiefly mahoe, tawa, and tawhero. At the south-east end there is 50 acres of flat land and 150 acres of low easy spurs with good soil; the remainder of the section is hilly, and becomes very steep and broken near the north-west boundary; well watered. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 2,250 ft. above sea-level. Distant nine miles and three-quarters from Dannevirke, and seven miles from Tahoraite Siding. Second-class land.

13 | XII | 158 1 23 | 1,150 0 0 | 28 15 0 | 23 0 0
Covered with milled bush, chiefly mahoe and tawa. All flat except 25 acres at the eastern end of the section; good soil, stony in places; well watered. Altitude, 1,000 ft. to 1,250 ft. above sea-level. Distant nine miles from Dannevirke, and six miles and a quarter from Tahoraite Siding. Second-class land.

11 | XII | 134 1 1 | 1,110 0 0 | 27 15 0 | 22 4 0
Covered with milled bush, chiefly tawa and mahoe. The whole section is flat, with good soil, stony in places; no permanent water. Altitude, 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Distant nine miles from Dannevirke, and six miles and a quarter from Tahoraite Siding. First-class land.

12 | XII | 148 1 36 | 1,230 0 0 | 30 15 0 | 24 12 0
All flat land, covered with milled bush, chiefly mahoe and tawa; stony in places, but the soil is good; no permanent water. Altitude, 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Distant eight miles and three quarters from Dannevirke, and six miles from Tahoraite Siding. First-class land.

14 | XII | 132 3 21 | 1,100 0 0 | 27 10 0 | 22 0 0
All flat land, covered with mixed bush, chiefly mahoe and tawa. The section contains some stony patches, but the soil is good; fairly well watered. Altitude, 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Distant eight miles and three-quarters from Dannevirke, and six miles from Tahoraite Siding. First-class land.

Dannevirke County.—Tahoraite Survey District.

35 | I | 177 0 10 | 1,860 0 0 | 46 10 0 | 37 4 0
All flat land, covered with milled bush, chiefly mahoe and tawa; good soil; one small stream. Altitude, 830 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Distant eight miles and a half from Dannevirke, and five miles and three-quarters from Tahoraite Siding. First-class land.

45 | I | 87 1 13 | 770 0 0 | 19 5 0 | 15 8 0
All flat land, covered with mixed bush, chiefly mahoe and tawa. Good soil, well watered. Altitude, 950 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Distant nine miles and three-quarters from Dannevirke, and seven miles from Tahoraite Siding. First-class land.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Kumeti Block is portion of Tamaki Block, and is situated seven miles and three-quarters from Dannevirke, and five miles from Tahoraite Railway-siding. For some years dairying has been successfully carried on in the locality, and a dairy factory is in operation about half a mile from the junction of the Kumeti and Otamaraho Roads. A school was recently opened on the Kumeti Road, about one mile and a quarter from the same junction. The block consists of mixed forest country, varying in altitude from 830 ft. to 2,250 ft. above sea-level; the bush being principally mahoe, tawa, rimu, tawhero, towai, with dense undergrowth of fern and supplejacks. Most of the land is flat, and will be ploughable when cleared and stumped. The soil on the hills is light, but the flats comprise rich alluvial deposit overlying shingle.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

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