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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1833, 6 November 1884, Page 2

FORTY-MILE BUSHJDISTRIOT, WAIRARAPA-.- ■A;:-; for a term of thirty years, with perpetual right of renewal. , Written tenders (in sealed, covers) are invited, in 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 en' months'.ront at the rate tendered, and a fee of illOa for loose and:; registration, jo be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, at the Crown, Lands office, Wellington, not later than 4 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday,'the 10th December, 1884. The tenders will be opened at $£ meeting of the Land Board on Thursday, the 11th December (the following day,) fit 10 o'clook a m,, when the highest tenderer, if the tender shall etjip 1 *■" exceed the upnet a-mual rental pijf fixed by the Board, will be deolflrou ...= lessee. The tenderers mutt appear at the Lund Board, either In penou or by nti agent authorized in writing, on the day on whioh the tenders 'am opened. Plans and schedules of the sections, and copies of the regulations under which leases will be sold and is3tiod,-also forms of tender and declaration respectively, can be obtained at the' District Land Offioe, Wellington; at any of the other Land Offices in the colony; and may also be seen at the Railway stations and Post Offices in the. Welltugtim-. Provincial Dis'rict. \''"..'.7' The numbers of the sealioA.'ahd blot with the name of district, muit hewritte on .the covers. The letter beiae on ') "Public Service only," imd,addressed to ilie Commissioner of-Crown-Lands, noed i not be stamped, being'free of. postage; neither doea the declara'ion require to be stamped. Any person of eighteen j ears of age and upwards may beoome a lessee under this system. In the event ob>oy person tendering for two or more | the doposit of a Biun equal to one year's ront of the tender latest in amount shall be sufficient, together with the sum of £lloa, 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 undid the Act, namely, in the case wheifl the-, lauds comprised in the several leases adjoin each other, in snob case the deposit shall bo a half-year's rent at the rate tondered for each such loftse, and also the sum of £llo3', in each suoh lease, the fee for preparation and registration of same. Any lessee who has fulfilled all con« ditions of improvements within six years can acquire tho freehold of his lease on payment of tbe price fixed at the time the iesae was granted, provided the payment is made within eleven years of the com* mencement of tho lease Note—Limits of area for each lessee: No lease shall be made to any. person owning, nor shall any person be caoable of becoming the lessee under a lease| sublessee, who owns any freehold .- or land held under lease or licence under the Crown whereby such person shall become oilher the owner, tenant or occupier in the whole, either by himself or jointly with any othoi' person or person, including the lands comprised in the lease, of a greater area lhaii,G4o acres anywhere in the colony. .• The sections comprised in the Schedule are situated at Pahialua, in the Mangaine Block, in the Kopuaranga. District, about Drovers' Rock, near Dreyertown, and front uDon or are adjacent to the main road connecting Masterton and Woodville. Branch roads.haVa'baen formed through the 860tione-at -Breyer's Rock, Central Mangaori'e, •Hawe'a'v and Pahiatua, at distances respectively'from Masterton of about fourteen miles, thirtyone miles,' thirty-five miles atjdjorty mileSj.-The Mangahao sections arew'tthio fourteen railesof the"Tdwri "of "Woodville. The Main Trunk Railway from WeilingtonJo Napjer isnow being constructed to a point about seventeeri'-rniles north of Masterton. Site's for railway stationsJiave been selected at Bev6ral;pointg,.'.J.'.^ The whole of the seciuns aro cove with forest, the prircipal trees being tawa, riinu, hinau, rata, kahikatea, with (otara in places; the undergrowth is,'as'a rule, heavy; the general character of the soil Is good, and in some places js of first-class quality, the formation being limestone, clav, marl, sandstone, &o. .' •';'. ■: '■■■'■ The country is generally hilly and undulating, but there are large flats as well aft broken grounds- within the area ; it is well watered, and, as the 'clim'ffte Is also favorable the land should,.:when cleared and brought into cultivation, provo well adapted for pastoral,, and; to. some extent, agricultural purposes,, ~i;