3434

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 84

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.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
22 .. 322 0 30 | 2,250 0 0 | 50 12 6

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

Altitude, from 400ft. to 500ft. 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.

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

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 2nd August, 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.-MATAMATA COUNTY.--PATE TERE NORTH* AND PATERERE NORTH-EAST SURVEY DIS TRICTS.--SELWYN SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Land.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
75 {IV*} | 2,357 0 0 | 3,300 0 0 | 74 5 0

Weighted with £768 10s., valuation for improvements, consisting of 200 acres grassing, 310 chains fencing, and well-built modern house, buggy-house, shed, stable and three small rooms; stock-yard. Of this amount, £590 may remain on mortgage, the balance, £178 10s., to be paid immediately on approval of application.

Altitude varies from 500ft. to 950ft. above sea-level. Distant about ten miles from Okoroire Railway-station by good formed road; Okoroire Post-office and hotel about seven miles from the section. Agricultural and pastoral land of inferior to very good light loam, on decomposed rhyolite formation; undulating to broken. About 400 acres bush, 1,600 acres fern; balance once sown and in good grass, but now gone back considerably; well watered.

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.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Half-yearly Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
41 .. 10 0 0 | 200 0 0 | 4 0 0

Locality and Description.

Situated on Upane Road, access being from Ohakune Township, which is about half a mile distant by the main road, which is formed and metalled, and by Upane 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 authorize any person to do so, though 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.