JULY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2031

Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 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 24th day of October, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — MANGONUI COUNTY. — MAUNGA-TANIWHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 14th June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the renewable-lease system to James Enright, of St. Bathan’s, farmer and coal-miner, under section 129 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 16th September, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

An estimated area of 129 acres, being part of Section 6, Block IX, Blackstone Survey District.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Tautari Settlement, Auckland Land District, open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th July, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 27th day of September, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WEST TAupo COUNTY. — TAUTARI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Weighted with £97, valuation for two-roomed house, cowshed, stockyard, and 90 chains fencing.

Altitude, from 400 ft. to 500 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land; about 200 acres grass mixed with fern, balance fern land; the greater part of this section was once in grass, but is now largely overgrown with fern. Soil light loam, medium second-class quality; well watered by small streams. Situated about sixteen miles from Kihikihi by formed cart-road.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 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 28th day of September, 1910, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—OHAKUNE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Locality and Description.

Situated on Upone Road, access being from Ohakune Township, which is about half a mile distant by the main road, which is formed and metalled, and by Upone Road, which has been felled and stumped. The section comprises all flat land; soil is fairly good though light quality, on volcanic-grit formation. The forest is heavy, comprising rimu, kahikatea, &c., with usual undergrowth. Offered subject to the right already granted to Mr. F. J. Carter to cut and remove all milling-timber from the section.

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 periods 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 a 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, Wellington; 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 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. Any person who already holds land shall not be eligible as a selector.

10. The lease shall be issued subject to the condition that the Crown reserves the right to construct and lay down tramways, or to authorise any person to do so, through the land comprised therein.

11. 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.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.