Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2627

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 15th August, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
village-homestead allotments are open for selection
on renewable lease; and applications will be received at
the District Lands Office, Invercargill, up to 4 o’clock
p.m. on Wednesday, the 27th day of September, 1911,
under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

The ballot for the sections for which there is more than
one applicant will be held at the District Lands Office,
Invercargill, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 28th
day of September, 1911.

Preference will be given to landless applicants, and
the decision of the Land Board as to which of the appli-
cants are landless shall be final and conclusive.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—NIAGARA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Situated about one mile from Waikawa Harbour, fronting
Waikawa River. Bush land, slightly undulating, and partly
swampy. Limit of holding, 10 acres.

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 applica-
   tions shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
   Invercargill; and leases shall be issued in accordance with
   the provisions of Part I aforesaid.

4. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
   pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the prescribed declara-
   tion.

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 accord-
   ingly 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 sub-
   ject to the provisions of Part I of the said Act.

9. The lessee shall hold the land 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 regula-
    tions, 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 pro-
    vision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
    other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
    case.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Southland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 27th June, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
lands will be offered for sale by public auction for
cash, at the District Lands Office, Invercargill, at 11
o’clock a.m. on Friday, 1st September, 1911, under the pro-
visions of section 132 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—ALTON
SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rural Land.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Altitude, about 100 ft. above sea-level. Good, level,
terrace land; all in heavy bush, chiefly birch, with a little
totara and black-pine, and thick underscrub; no timber
of any commercial value. Good loamy soil, on gravel for-
mation; will grow good grass. All the sections front
formed and gravel roads, and are situated near the junc-
tion of the main roads to Papatotara, Clifden, and Tuata-
pere. Distant from three-quarters to one mile from Tuata-
pere Railway-station and township.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run in Wellington Land District open for
Application.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
small grazing-run is open for lease; and applica-
tions will be received at this office and the Gretna Hall,
Taihape, on Tuesday, the 31st day of October, 1911, up
to 4 o’clock p.m., under the provisions of the Land Act,
1908.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KAITIEKE COUNTY.—
RUAHINE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

This run is situated on the slopes of the Ruahine
Ranges, at the head-waters of the Makino Stream; access
is from Utiku, which is about seventeen miles distant, by a
formed dray-road for about fourteen miles, partly metalled
—the remainder is bridle-track. The run comprises about
600 acres of mixed bush on easy slopes, and remainder
rough birch country and open country, with tussocks and
weeds, on which snow lies during the winter months. The
soil is from fair to good, on papa, sandstone, and shell-rock
formation. The forest is mixed, comprising rimu, maire,
matai, kowhai, and birch, with a thick undergrowth of
rangiora, kotukutuku, manuka, tarata, tawhiwhi, and
tupari. Well watered by small streams. Elevation
ranges from about 1,850 ft. to 4,600 ft. above sea-level.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.