June 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1701

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.

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

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given 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 Monday, the 13th day of June, 1910, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—LAUDER SURVEY DISTRICT.—MATAKANUI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Open agricultural land at an elevation of about 1,150 ft. above sea-level. The land consists of a low-lying flat of 180 acres, which provides good grazing on the western side, and a terrace on the eastern side of about 99 acres at a slightly higher elevation. The land holds the grass well, as the pasture is now sixteen years old. The allotment is ring-fenced and subdivided into three paddocks, and is well watered by two streams and numerous springs. The distance to Omakau Railway-station is about four miles by a good road. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 187½ chains of boundary-fences and 74 chains subdivisional fences, all valued at £68 10s. 10d.

2A | III | 398 3 27 | 1,820 0 0 | 40 19 0

Open agricultural land at an elevation of about 1,150 ft. above sea-level. The northern portion consists of a low-lying flat of 200 acres, half of which has been cultivated and sown in grass, which is about thirteen years old and requires renewing. The southern portion of about 199 acres is at a slightly higher elevation, and the pasture is about eleven years old.

The allotment is watered by two streams and numerous springs, and is ring-fenced and subdivided into three paddocks.

The distance to Omakau Railway-station is two miles and a half by a good road. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 268¼ chains of boundary-fences and 40½ chains of subdivisional fences, all valued at £96 2s. 1d.

3A | III | 499 0 16 | 1,080 0 0 | 24 6 0

Open agricultural land at an elevation of about 1,150 ft. above sea-level. The land is flat and undulating, and the soil is light. About 200 acres on the eastern side has been cultivated and sown in grass, which is nine years old. About 100 acres on the west of the main road is in tussock. The allotment is ring-fenced and subdivided into four paddocks. The distance to Omakau Railway-station is one mile by a good dray-road. The improvements, which are included in the price of the land, consist of 289 chains of boundary-fences and 137 chains of subdivisional fences, all valued at £149 16s. 8d.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Matakauui Settlement lies in the valley of the Manuherikia River. Good metalled roads connect it with the railway-stations at Omakau and Lauder. The distance to Omakau, the nearest railway-station, is about two miles from the centre of the settlement.

The country is at an altitude of about 1,000 ft. above sea-level, and is dry and healthy.

There is a very good water-supply on two of the allotments from springs, and a water-race runs through the settlement, one-third of the water being available for the use of the settlers. At Omakau there is a post and telegraph office, and across the river at Black’s there are stores and a school. There is a daily service to and from Dunedin, 120 miles distant from Omakau. The whole of the land is suitable for agriculture and dairying. On the terraces the soil is light and gravelly.

E. H. WILMOT,
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.

Land in Marlborough Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Blenheim, 20th April, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 8th day of August, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—HERINGA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.