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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1106, 12 May 1893, Page 51 (Supplement)

DIKECB.O7TH LAUDS s HEW NEW ZEALAND OFFERS TO THE WOULD-BE SETTLER a. choice or lands VARIED' CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, BANGING FKGM SUB-TBOPICAL IN THE NORTH To One Besembling SOUTHERN ENGLAND IN THE SOUTH Within these Limits most of the Products of the Temperate Zones are Grown with Success. . The Crown Lands are disposed of under three SystemsGASH; OCCUPATION WITH RIGHT OF PURCHASE, AND LEASE IN PERPETUITY. UNDER THE FIRST of these headings the purchaser pays down one-fifth of the value with his application, and the balance within thirty days, and he becomes entitled to the crown grant after effecting improvements to the value of £1 an acre on First-class Land and 10s an acre on Second-class Land. : ' UNDER THE OCCUPATION WITH RIGHT OF PURCHASE SYSTEM, he pays a rental of 5 per cent on the Capital Value for a term of 25 Years, with a right of purchase after 10 years' occupation, or a Lease in Perpetuity at the end of the term; the improvements, however, BELONGING TO THE LESSEE. THE LEASE IN PERPETUITY is granted for 999 years at a rent of 4 per cent WITHOUT RIGHT OF PURCHASE, Inboth these latter cases improvements of and residence on the land is necessary, to a certain extent, but these conditions are not onerous. The Amount of Land which one Settler ean hold under the»e conditions is--640 AOBBS FIBST-OLASS OB 2000 AOBES SEIOOIsrD-OIiA.SS LA-IsTD. PASTORAL RUNS are let from time to time as the leases fall in. The length of the leases vary from a few years up to twenty-one years. Small grazing runs, up to an area of 20,000 acres, are let for 21 years, with improvement conditions attached, and renewals at valuation for farther terms of 21 years. THE BULK OF THE LANDS ARE SELECTED UNDER THE OPTIONAL SYSTEM, The Applicant choosing whether he will pay Cash, take a Lease with Bight of Purchase, or take a Lease in Perpetuity without pre-emption. And the prices vary from 5s an acre up to £5 per acre, according to soil, position, and local circumstances. The average price at which such lands are offered is about Ml per acre. The greater part of the Crown Lands are covered with bush, which costs from 25s to 35s an acre to clear; after being burnt these lands carry fine crops of grass, keeping, on an average, 2 sheep to the acre. . The Government publishes every quarter a Crown Lands Guide, which contains full information as to lands open for selection or about to be thrown open, with prices, conditions, &c, copies of which will be sent gratuitously to anyone who applies to the Commissioners of Crown Lands at Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson, Hokitika, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill, and from whom also may be obtained any other information bearing on the lands of the Colony. THE HOT SPRINGS OF NEW ZEALAND. Baths are established at Waiwera, Te Aroha, and Kotorua in the North Island, and at Hanmer in the Middle Island Excellent accommodation for Visitors is Furnished. As health resorts all of these Springs are year after year attracting a larger stream of visitors, who derive very great benefit from the Thermal Waters, which have been found very efficacious in the following diseases .-—Chronic, Articular, and Muscular Rheumatism, Goat, Rheumatic Gout, Skin Diseases, Sciatica, Lumbago, Neuralgia, Nervous Exhaustion, Uterine Ailments, Disorders of the Digestive Organs, Ac. All of these places are situated in fine climates, with beautiful scenery either surrounding" them or in their immediate,vicinity, and access is now made easjr by.rail and coach.