June 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1957

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands, Wellington, 8th June, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

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

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.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at this office and at the Town Hall, Manunui, on Friday, the 11th day of August, 1911, up to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MANUNUI VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

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.

Locality and Description.

These lots are situated in or close to Manunui, which lies about five miles to the south of Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Railway line. Sections 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 29 are hilly or undulating, partly covered with bush and fern. Soil is fair, on a clay-and-papa formation.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.