Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3341

Agricultural and pastoral country, from 20 ft. to 400 ft.; mostly hilly, open country; fair soil; watered by Koto-mangengi and Te Ngaru Streams; about 18 acres good alluvial flat. Situated on Napier-Wairoa Road, about half a mile from Tongoio School and post-office. The fencing consists of boundary on north and east road frontages, and subdivisional fences, dividing section into four paddocks. Valued at £85 5s., and dip and yards valued at £30, all of which are included in the price of the section.

9 | I | 867 2 0 | 5,420 0 0 | 121 19 0
Rough, hilly, pastoral land, from 80 ft. to 1,000 ft.; well watered; fair soil; limestone formation; open, with patches of manuka and other scrub. Distant about one mile and a half from Tongoio School and post-office. Fencing consists of part western boundary and fence near road on the northern boundary, valued at £55 2s., which is included in price of section.

10 | I | 742 1 0 | 4,440 0 0 | 99 18 0
Rough pastoral land, from 150 ft. to 1,000 ft.; watered by Waipatiki River; fair soil; mostly covered with small manuka scrub. Distant about four miles from Tongoio School and post-office by unformed road. Fencing on eastern boundary is valued at £13 12s., which is included in price of section.

11 | I | 967 0 0 | 6,430 0 0 | 144 13 6
Hilly to rough pastoral land, from 70 ft. to 800 ft.; well watered; fair soil; mostly covered with small manuka scrub. Distant about three miles from Tongoio Post-office and school. Fencing on western boundary, south-western road frontage, and part of south-eastern boundary is valued at £36 18s., which is included in price of the section.

12 | I | 484 1 0 | 3,950 0 0 | 88 17 6
Hilly agricultural and pastoral land, from sea-level to 350 ft.; well watered; good soil; about half the section is ploughable. About 40 acres of the Punakurua Swamp is included. Fenced on south-western and north-western boundaries, and Punakurua Swamp is also cut off by a fence. The value of fencing is £42 4s., which is included in price of section.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Tongoio Settlement is situated near the southern end of Wairoa County on the main coach-road from Napier to Wairoa, the nearest portion being eleven miles from Port Ahuriri and thirteen miles from Napier. A road is to be formed through the block, leaving the main road at the Te Ngaru Ford and joining it again near The Elbow. A bridle-track is also to be made from this road to the Waipatiki River to meet the present track to Mohaka. The right to use the present formed horse-track is reserved to the public until such time as the new roads are formed and opened.

The estate generally consists of good limestone country, intersected by deep gullies carrying good water. Section No. 5, Block IV, Puketapu Survey District, and Sections Nos. 6, 7, and 8, Block I, Tongoio Survey District, also have small alluvial flats of good quality. Sections Nos. 4, 5, and 12, Block I, Tongoio Survey District, contain the Punakurua Swamp, which could easily be drained. There is no timber suitable for fencing purposes, the only growth being manuka, ngai'o, and other kinds of scrub. Blackberries have spread on to some of the sections, chiefly on the hillsides facing Te Ngaru and Kotomangengi Streams. Many of the sections are, however, almost free from them. All have been cut within the last two years, and with the help of the Angora goats are now well under control.

The sections as a whole are covered with a good sole of grass, but places have gone back to native pasture, and required to be resown. Rat-tail is found on all the sections, but principally near the coast. Immediate possession will be given.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 21st 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 Wednesday, the 23rd day of February, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — WAIMARINO COUNTY.— OHA KUNE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Situated on Miro and Pakau Streets, within easy distance of the central and business area of the Ohakune Township. It comprises land felled and grassed, with light soil, on clay and grit formation.

28 | .. | 10 0 0 | 145 0 0 | 2 18 0
Situated on the Miro Road, access being from Ohakune Railway-station, which is about 30 chains distant. It comprises flat land, somewhat damp in places. The soil is of a loamy nature, on a grit and sandstone formation. The forest is heavy, comprising rimu, matai, white-pine, &c., with usual undergrowth.

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 for periods of sixty-six years 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, Wellington; and leases shall 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 rent must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 180 of the said Act; and the first half-year’s rent is payable as before provided.

7. Preference will be given over all other applicants to landless married bona fide co-operative workers with children who have been engaged on the North Island Main Trunk Railway or on any of the roads or other works pertaining thereto, and preference will be given to single co-operative workers employed on the same works over all other applicants not so employed. In order to secure preference every applicant will require to forward with his application a certificate, signed by an officer of the Public Works or Roads Department, showing that he has been employed on the works mentioned for a period not less than three months during the twelve months preceding the ballot.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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. Persons who already hold land shall not be eligible as selectors.

11. It shall be a condition of the lease that all contracts or agreements entered into by the lessee for the sale or disposal of the timber on the land comprised in the lease shall be in writing, and shall be submitted to the Land Board for approval. Every such contract or agreement shall contain a condition that the timber is to be cut on a face, and well and systematically cleared up to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. The royalty from the sale or disposal of the timber shall be paid by the lessee to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington, in the manner to be prescribed by the Land Board, and shall be calculated upon such terms as the Minister of Lands on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Crown lands shall approve. The royalty so paid shall be credited by the Receiver of Land Revenue towards the rent that may become due