Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2655

tration, the incoming lessee to pay the value of the improvements, which is to be handed over to the outgoing lessee.
4. No transfer or sublease allowed without consent of Land Board.
5. Interest at rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.
6. Consent of Land Board to be obtained before erecting any building or cutting up or subdividing the allotments.
7. Lease will be registered under the Land Transfer Act.
8. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions violated.

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

Village Allotment in Westland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 19th August, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village allotment is open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 14th October, 1913.

The ballot for the allotment, if there is more than one applicant, will be held at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 15th October, 1913, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika.

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

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—BOROUGH OF RUNANGA.—RUNANGA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

Town Land.
(National Endowment.)

Weighted with £4, valuation for clearing.

Runanga Village Settlement is situated at the State Coal-mine, about three miles by road or railway from Greymouth.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land enumerated above is first-class land, and is a village allotment, 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 rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.
3. Applications for a lease 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, Hokitika; and the lease will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I aforesaid.
4. The lease issued for a section in the settlement will be construed and taken to be a demise of the surface of the land only, and shall not entitle the lessee to mine on or under the demised land, or to extract, dig, or search for coal, gold, or any other metals or minerals therein or thereon.
5. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation or otherwise against the lessor, or any other person or persons or body corporate whomsoever or whatsoever, for any loss which the lessee may sustain on account of mining operations carried on below the surface of the demised land or lands adjoining.
6. 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.
7. The successful 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.
8. 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.
9. 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 lessee 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 the lessee under these regulations.
10. 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.
11. No lessee shall 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. No married woman shall be eligible as a selector; but this provision shall not apply to any married woman who may become a transferee under a will or by virtue of an intestacy.
12. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the land affected by these regulations, and to the applications and lease 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.

The valuation for improvements must be paid immediately the applicant has been declared successful at the ballot.

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

H. D. M. HASZARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Milling-timber in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 18th August, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned timber will be offered for sale by public auction at this office at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 9th October, 1913, in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations there-under.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Sections 14 and 15, Block III, Wai-ti Survey District.

291,300 sup. feet. Upset price: £76 18 0

The sections are situated seventeen miles from Wakefield Post-office and railway-station—sixteen miles by good dray-road, balance by unformed road.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be generally in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations made thereunder.
2. The purchaser shall pay the purchase-money as follows: 10 per cent. on the fall of the hammer, together with £1 1s. (license fee), half of the balance in three months and the other half in six months.
3. The purchaser shall have the right to cut the timber under license during the period of six months from date of sale.
4. The licensee shall not put, throw, or place, or allow to be put, thrown, or placed, in any river, stream, or watercourse, or into any place where it may be washed into a stream, river, or watercourse, any sawdust or refuse.
5. In the event of the timber not being disposed of at auction, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from the above date of sale (unless previously formally withdrawn); provided, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset price stated herein.
6. No compensation will be given, nor shall any be claimed, for any error, discrepancy, or misdescription whatever in respect to the timber, or in these conditions.
7. The attention of intending purchasers is directed particularly to clauses 9, 17, 18, 22, and 27 of the Timber Regulations, copies of which may be obtained on application.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.