THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The remaining sections are open, and most of them flat; fair soil, on a pumice formation.

Note.—In the event of the owners of improvements on any sections not becoming the lessees, they will be allowed such reasonable time in which to remove them as the Commissioner may determine, such time not to exceed three months from date of selection.

Sections 22, 24, and 25 are offered subject to splitters licenses already granted over them.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. The lands described 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. The 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.

JAMES MACKENZIE,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,

Blenheim, 6th June, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at this office at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 15th day of August, 1911, under the provisions of section 132 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

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

Situated on main Blenheim–Nelson coach-road, about seventeen miles from Havelock. This section adjoins the dairy factory, is flat, and affords a good site for a store-keeper or blacksmith.

Terms of Sale.

The land is offered subject to the right to use the tram-line at present existing upon it for the period of five years from date of sale.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908. Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

F. STEPHENSON SMITH,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Palmerston, Otago Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,

Dunedin, 17th May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 23rd day of August, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF PALMERSTON.

Town Land.

E. H. WILMOT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,

Dunedin, 28th March, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 129 of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 29th day of June, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

An estimated area of three-quarters of an acre of unsurveyed land in Block I, Otokia Survey District, at the boundary of Sections 2A and 3A, Duncan Settlement, and between the road and the chain reserve along the high-water mark of the ocean.

E. H. WILMOT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District to be disposed of under Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,

Auckland, 1st May, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Sections 7A, 7B, 7C, and 7D, Block II, Whareorino Survey District, containing 15 acres 2 roods 16 perches, will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land under section 131 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Monday, the 7th day of August, 1911.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.