MAY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1553

Return of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of April, 1910.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1910.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Village-homestead Allotment in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 17th May, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotment is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 13th day of July, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

The ballot for the allotment, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 14th day of July, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MURCHISON COUNTY.—TUTAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.—MURCHISON VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Situated in the Murchison Village Settlement, one mile and a quarter distant from the Town of Murchison by a good metalled road, with the exception of 23 chains, 13 chains of which is a formed road and the balance unformed; all flat land; covered with native mixed bush.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and is a village-homestead allotment, open for selection on renewable lease for the period of sixty-six years under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

3. Applications for lease 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, Nelson; and a lease 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. The successful 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. 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. The lessee shall not 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.

R. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 9th March, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned lands 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 22nd day of June, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.