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R©wrr lauds » nsw sbalaud. NEW ZEALAND OFFERS TO THE WOULD-BE SETTLES VARIED A CHOICE or LANDS UNDER CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, BANGING FBOM SUB-TROPICAL IN THE NORTH To One Resembling SOUTHERN ENGLAND IN THlff Within these Limits most of the Products of the Temperate Zones are Grown with Success. m £% V * * l vs* ■im m r i .< .--s §3 The Crown Lands are disposed of tinder three Systems— CASH, OCCUPATION WITH RIGHT OF PURCHASE, AND LEASE IN TTXDF.R THE FIRST of these headings the purchaser pays down one-fifth of the value with his application, and the balance within THiarr days, and be becomes entitled to the crown grant after effecting improvements to the value of £1 an acre on First-class Land and | 10»> n onnUFATION 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 op purchase after 10 years’ occupation, or a Lease in Perpetuity at the end of the term; the ÜBWOB* meets. PERPETUITY'is granted for 999 years at a rent of 4 per cent WITHOUT RIGHT OF PURCHASE In both these latter cases improvements of and residence on the land is necessary, to a certain extent, but these con lens are not onerous. ■me Amount of Land which one Settler c»n hold under these conditions ii 640 AOH/ES FIRST-GLASS OR 2000 ACRES SECOND-GLASS PASTORAL RUNS are let from time to time as the leases fall in. The length of the leases vary from a few years up Bmaif runs, up to an area of 20,000 acres, are let for 21 years, with improvement conditions attached, and renewals at valuation for further terms of 21 years. THE BULK OP THE LANDS ARE ..T mm SELECTED UNDER THE OPTIONAL T v Airnlicant choosing whether he will pay Cash, take a Lease with Bight of Purchase, or take a lliease in me APF without pre-emption. SYSTEMS * Perpetuity n avaavmv v # 'S i -"ih iKsiSnP'. , ... varY from 5s an acre up to £5 per acre, according to soil, position, and local circumstances. The average price At which V. lands'are offered is about jEI per acre. 