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Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5488, 5 December 1884, Page 4

CROWN LANDS TO BE LEASED, FORTY-MILE BUSH DISIRIOT, WAIRARAPA. IT is hereby notified that the under mentioned Bections aro open for lease for a term of thirty years, with perpetual right of renewal. Written tenders (in sealed covers) aro invited, ill accordance with "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882." The price tendered must be stated in writing as well as in figures, accompanied by a statutory declaration, together with six months' rent at the rate tendered, and a fee of £1 10s for lease and registration, to be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, at the Crown Lauds Office, Wellington, not later that 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, the lOtb December, 1884. The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land Board on Thursday, the 11th December (the following day), at 10 o'clock a.m., when the highest tenderer, if the tender shall equal or exceed the upset annual rental per acre fixed by the Board, will be declared the lessee. The tenderers must appear at the Land Board, either in person or by an agent authorised in writing, on the day on which the tenders are opened. Flans and schedules of the sections, and copies of the regulations under which leases will bo sold and issued, also forms of tender and declaration respectively, can be obtained at the District Land Office, Wellington ; at any of the other Land Offices in the colony ; and may also be seen at tho Railway Stations and Post Offices in the Wellington Provincial District. The numbers of the section and block, with the name of district, must be written on the covers. The letter being on " Public Service only," and addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lauds, need not' be stamped, being free of postage ; neither does the declaration require to be stamped. Any person of IS years of age and upwards may become a lessee under this system. In tho event of any person tendering for two or more leases the deposit of a sum equal to one half-year's rent of the tender largest in amount shall be sufficient, together with the sum of £1 10s to pay for the lease and registration thereof, paid either in cash, marked cheque, or bank draft, made payable to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington : Provided that in the case of a person tendering for two or more leases, such as he may in the aggregate become the lessee of under the Act, namely, in the case where the lands comprised in the several leases adjoin each other, in such case the deposit shall be a half-year's rent at the rate tendered for each such lease, and also the sum of £1 10s in respect of each such lease, the fee for preparation and registration of same. Any lessee who has fulfilled all conditions of improvements within six years can acquiie the freehold of his lease on payment of the price fixed at the time the lease was granted, provided the payment is made within eleven years of the commencement of the lease. Note. — Limits of area for each lessee : l*o lease shall be made to any person owning, nor shall any person Ye capable of becoming the lessee under a lease, or a sublessee, who owrs any freehold land, or land held under lease or license under the Crown whereby such person shall become either the owner, tenant, or occupier in the whole, either by himself or jointly with any other person or persons, including the lands comprised in the lease of a greater area than 650 acres anywhere in the colony. The sections comprised in the Schedule are situated at Pahiatua, in the Mangaone Block, in the Kopuaranga District, about Dreyer's Rock, nearDreyerton, andfrontupon or are adjacent to the main road connecting Masterton and Woodville. Branchroads have been formed through the sections at Dreyer's Rock, Central Mangaone, Hawera, and Pahiatua, at distances respectively from Masterton of about fourteen miles, thirty-one miles, thirty-five miles, and forty miles. The Mangahao sections are within fourteen miles of the Town of Woodville, The Main Trunk Railway from Wellington to Napier is now being constructed to a point about seventeen miles north of Masterton. Sites for railway stations have been selected at several points. The whole of the sections are covered with forest, the principal trees being tawa, rimu, hinau, rata, kahikatea, with totara in places ; the undergrowth is, as a rule, heavy ; the general character of the soil is good, and in some places is of first class quality, the formation being limestone, clay, marl, sandstone, &c. The country is generally billy and undulating, but there are large flats as well as broken ground within the area ; it is well watered, and, as the cl'tnate is also very favourable the land should, when cleared and brought into cultivation, prove well adapted for pastoral and, to some extent, argricultural purposes. gSCHEDnLE. — f7 <o v g Survey Block. Section. Area. # « 3 District. gjp A. R. P. S. D. Mangahao.,. XV. 15 158 0 0 1 3 7, „ 18 215 0 8 1 6 19 121 1 24 1 1 Mangaone... 11. 12,13,28160 021 1 2 17 143 1 6 1 3 „ 23,24 128 0 3 1 0 „ 26,27 157 07 1 0 30 158 127 1 6 111. 7 287 023 1 0 „ 9 233 213 1 0 11 20i 031 1 3 18 121 324 1 2 20 100 0 34 1 7 23 101 114 1 6 VI. 52 97 2 32 1 3 VII. 7 95 329 1 3 8 214 3 19 1 4 Kopuaranga 11. 95 117 232 2 0 „ 100 ,298 0 0 1 6 102 192 016 1 6 „ 104 112 016 1 6 " „ 108 270 324 1 0 „ 206, 207 184 3 8 1 6 V. 11 193 221 1 6 24 94 3 38 I 6 Mangaone... XIV. 113 248 216 1 9 „ „ 115] 254 224 1 9 „ 118 200 0 010 119 184 232 1 6 Kopuaranga I. 33 39 124 1 3 J. W. A. MARCHANT, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 30th October, 1884. GROCERIES J GROCERIES ! GROCERIES ! HP TVT I ° H ° LA s ' Having purchased the premises now occupied by him at the Corner of Victoria Avenue and Guyton Street, and other buildings surrounding him, is about to make ex« tensive alterations, so that he may conveniently carry on his increasing trade, and with a view to reduce his stock as much as possible for the convenience of working. T. N. begs to call the attention of the public of Wanganui to hia well - assorted^ stock, including everything necessary for household use, and all of which is of first-class quality, and at a price to suit the times. Cash purchasers very liberally dealt with — in fact, they have it'just all their own way. Goods delivered anywhere in the Town or District. Note the Address, — TV Nicholas, Corner Victoria Avenue and Guyton Street, WANGANDI. •