CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Southland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 10th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Wednesday, the 24th day of September, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—CENTRE HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. M. McCCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office on Wednesday, the 30th July, 1913, up to 4 o'clock p.m.

The ballot for the allotments for which there is more than one applicant will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 3 o'clock p.m. on Thursday, the 31st July, 1913.

Preference will be given to landless applicants with children dependent on them, or who have within the preceding two years been twice unsuccessful at former ballots.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMARINO COUNTY.— HOROPITO WEST VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Situated in the Horopito West Village Settlement on the Main Trunk line, the access being from Horopito Railway-station, which is about half a mile distant. Sections 16 and 9 are reached by a partly formed and metalled road, Section 16, Block X, by an unformed road and also by cleared and partly formed road a distance of one mile and a quarter. All flat land, with fairly good soil of a volcanic nature, on shingle and grit formation. The forest comprises rimu, matai, kahikatea, with usual undergrowth. All the trees on Section 16, Block X, are dead. Elevation, about 2,460 ft. above sea-level.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated 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 will 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. 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 each 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. 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.

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.

Full particulars may be ascertained, and plans and forms of application obtained, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned Crown land will be disposed of, under the provisions of the said Act, on or after Thursday, the 18th day of September, 1913.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—PUNIU SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 326 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 14th April, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under the provisions of the said Act, on or after Monday, the 21st day of July, 1913.