Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3599

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

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 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 up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 20th
day of December, 1911, under the provisions of the Land
Act, 1908.

The ballot for the allotments for which there is more
than one applicant will be held at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on
Thursday, the 21st day of December, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Village-homestead Allotments.

These homesteads are situated in the Ohakune Village
Settlement, and comprise all flat land, with the exception
of part of Section 22, which is undulating. Soil on Sec-
tions 45 and 7 and 8 loamy, on Section 22 of a light nature.
The milling-timber on Section 45 has been removed. The
forest on Section 22 is heavy, comprising matai, rimu,
kahikatea, with usual dense undergrowth. Lot 7 and 8
is all in grass. The access is from Ohakune Township to
Section 45 by a metalled road for about half a mile, and
by a quarter of a mile of formed road; to Section 22 by
a quarter of a mile of dray-road partly metalled and partly
formed; and to Lot 7 and 8 by three-quarters of a mile of
formed and metalled road.

WANGANUI COUNTY.—MATAROA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

| 30 | .. | 0 3 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 10 0 |

Weighted with £65 10s., valuation for improvements.

This section is situated in the Mataroa Village Settle-
ment, the access being from the Mataroa Railway-station,
which is about half a mile distant by formed road. Flat
land; soil of good quality, on papa formation. The im-
provements comprise the whole area in grass, 7 chains of
fencing, and a three-roomed house with lean-to.

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,
   Wellington; and leases will 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.), and
   in the case of Section 30, Mataroa Village Settlement, the
   value of the improvements, 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. No lessee shall apply for or hold more than one allot-
   ment, 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 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.

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th November, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned
reserve will be offered for leave by public auction
at this office at 11 o’clock a.m. on Friday, the 22nd day of
December, 1911, under the provisions of the Public Re-
serves and Domains Act, 1908, and Amendment Act, 1911.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—RAGLAN PILOT AND SIGNAL STATION RESERVE.

Terms and Conditions of Lease.

1. Term of lease: Twenty-one years, with right of re-
   newal for a further period not exceeding twenty-one
   years, but subject to termination at any time by twelve
   months’ notice.

2. Valuation for substantial improvements of a per-
   manent character secured to the lessee in terms of the
   Public Reserves and Domains Amendment Act, 1911, but
   no compensation shall be claimed on account of the afore-
   said resumption.

3. One-half year’s rent and lease fee (£1 1s.) must be
   paid on the fall of the hammer.

4. Immediate possession will be given.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, on
   the 1st January and 1st July in each year, free from all
   deductions whatsoever.

6. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise
   dispose of his interest in the lease without consent.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land; and
   shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction
   of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds on the
   land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reason-
   able dispatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious
   weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner
   of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the
   lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said
   lease within thirty days after the date on which the same
   ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained
at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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