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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 71

How Disposed of

How Disposed of.

After the land has been classified the Board appoints a day when applications may be received at the Land Office. Plans and descriptions of lands open for sale or selection arc distributed broadcast over the colony. If on the day appointed only one application has been received for any piece of land, the applicant gets it without any further trouble. When there are more than one applicant, the applications are determined by lot, or as it is usually termed "ballot." The ballot is taken as follows:—

The names of the several applicants are written on slips of paper by an officer of the Board, and thrown into a box fitted with a revolving wheel. The wheel is turned, and another officer draws out one slip. The applicant whose name is on this slip is declared the purchaser.

The selector can, at his option, apply for the land under either of three systems, namely:—
(1.)Cash;
(2.)Occupation with the right of purchase;
(3.)Lease in perpetuity.