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Kumara Times, Issue 1116, 28 April 1880, Page 3

LAND DISTRICT OF WESTLAND. HOMESTEAD SETTLEMENT. NOTICE is hereby given that the Block of LAND described below has been, by resolution of the Land > Board, and with the assent of his 1 Ex- ' ' cellency the Governor, SET APART FOR OCCUPATION without -pay-"-ment, under the " Homestead system," , in accordance witli the provisions of ;• Appendix L of "The Land Act, 1877," ■■■■'■ and subject to the following conditions ' { as to cultivation and residence i— ' (1.) The area allowed to be selected ■ ; by each person of the age of■■■■■' eighteen years or upwards shall' <• ; be fifty acres, and for persons ' ? under eighteen years of age . twenty acres: Provided that , ' the total quantity to be selected: by any one family or number of persons occupying the one • household shall not exceed-two'" hundred acres of land: . ■', (2.) Within three months after the selection has been approyed Tby.': r the Board : the .selector ,shall,! commence to reside on.hisselec-:,., tion, and shall continue to ■;re*--side continuously thereon : for ; five years from the date of such ' ! approval as aforesaid. (3.) Within eighteen months after such approval the selector shall,. erect on his selection a perma- .. nent dwelling-house of wood orU other materials, which shall bo'*'' specified in regulations to ! bei' : issaed in reference to home-stead"", system selections' . ' ." (4.) In each year, there shall be. brought under cultivation one-;-! fifteenth of the area 'of ; 'i such. ■ ■■■■ selection if open land, and one- : twenty-fifth if -bush land, so i' that at the end of the term of' five years one-third of the. selec-! tion of open ,land, or , one-nfth j',) if bush land, shall be under culftii-j tivation. : . • • ; .. ._,, u! (5.) Non-performance of any off'the. :,! foregoing stipulations shall i-eh- 1 . der the selection void, and 1 the. right of the selector therein anct to all improvements thereon, ; shall be forfeited. ,'.... ~,:-[ (6.) At the end of the said period, of ,! five years, a grant or grauts <> J shall issue for the landjSeiected* J M Provided the selector' shall' riot ':"' have forfeited, his righti thereto^'.'.' in manner aforesaid.. ' ''] Description and Situation op Land. , • Four thousand (4000) acres (more or less), being homestead block numbered one (1) on the map of the: Mahsßapiia.l" and the Kanieri Survey. Districts," bounded towards the north-east by sections 1737, 1120, and 1118, and by the road along the south side of the Kokatahi river, towards the south-east'" by the Hokitika flat track, towards the " south-west by the GK track, and to- 1 wards the north-west by the road a10ng.... the Hokitika river, and: sectiou 1152. ; : And in persuance of another, resolu-' <■ tion of the Land Board, the said land is hereby declared open for selection, under the said provisions on the 19th 1 day of May, 18S0. J. GILES. '.:,'" V.': Commissioner Crown Lands.; GR EYMO UT H HOT EL, nearly at the '' ' "' ' Corner of Seddon and Main Streets,KUMARA. . ■■....',;.,■ ■ ..:.';. . ■ ...,■);- MRS RITSON V! (Widow of the Late Joseph Ritson), Proprietress. The above Hotel, being fitted with ! lofty and well-veutilatjed Bed/and Sit- .' ting Rooms, offers every comfort' and convenience to Boarders and .yisitors '••> generally. > Commercial gentlemen can be accom--.• modated with suitable sample and show • ■ rooms. . i :: . v The Bar is supplied with the best brands of .. WINES, : SPIRITS,. &c,; ,!. . pOST-OFFICE STORE,' JAMES DRUMMONBi WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ~, , , Or !R O O E:;eW-;; : A CONSTANT 'SUPPLY OF " ' Fresh Butter and Eggs ■ From Local Dairies. STATIOINERY AND CROCKERY: • » .ware, .','',;.;;: ; ; ON SALE AT XOWESi; BiTES. ;.• Orders punctually attended" to- and' delivered in any' part of the district '.'! free. .".'.".