Oct. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3517

ments; and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 8th day of December, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MURCHISON COUNTY.—TUTAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.—MURCHISON VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 18, Block I: Area, 2 acres 2 roods 1 perch; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 19, Block I: Area, 2 acres 2 roods; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 20, Block I: Area, 2 acres 2 roods; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 21, Block I: Area, 2 acres; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 22, Block I: Area, 2 acres; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 25, Block I: Area, 2 acres; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 26, Block I: Area, 2 acres; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 27, Block I: Area, 2 acres; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 48, Block I: Area, 2 acres 3 roods 1 perch; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.
Section 49, Block I: Area, 2 acres 0 roods 16 perches; capital value, £25; half-yearly rent, 10s.

Situated on the Matakitaki–Murchison Road, about one mile from Township of Murchison. Sections 22, 25, 26, and 27 front main road, the other sections have access by unformed road. The area is partly covered with bush, principally brown birch.

ABSTRACT OF 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, Nelson; and the 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. 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 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. 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.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Town of Rotorua, Auckland Land District, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Friday, the 26th day of November, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Thermal Springs Districts Act, 1910, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—TOWN OF ROTORUA.