486 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. | No. 32

Each lessee shall, within two years from the date of his lease,
bring into cultivation not less than one-tenth of the land leased
by him, and within four years of the said date, not less than one-
fifth of the said land, and within six years from the date of his
lease, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, shall
place on such land substantial improvements of a permanent
character to the value of £1 for every acre of such land.
Improvements to be suitable to and consistent with the
extent and character of the holdings, and none shall be allowed
for in any valuation in excess of £5 for every acre of rural land.
The lease will contain an arbitration clause to enable, at the
end of the term, the value of improvements to be determined
for which an outgoing lessee should be paid by an incoming
lessee. It will also provide that, in the event of there being no
accepted tenderer for the new lease, the old lessee shall have the
option of accepting a fresh lease for the same period and on the
same conditions as his first lease, at a rental to be fixed by
arbitration, minus the value of the improvements, which are also
to be fixed by arbitration.

Tenderers may offer for any number of sections, but no tender
will be accepted for more than 640 acres in the aggregate. Such
sections must, however, be contiguous.
A deposit of one half-year's rent must be made at the time of
tendering, the amount to be calculated on the highest amount
offered by any tenderer for an aggregate area of 640 acres or
any less quantity; but no deposit will be required for any
quantity of land tendered for beyond the 640 acres.

Coloured lithographic plans of the above sections are on
view at the several Land Offices throughout the colony.

THOMAS MACKAY,
Reserves Trustee.

Lands open on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 2nd March, 1883.
THE under-mentioned Crown Lands will be open for sale, by
application, on Friday, the 20th April, 1883.
One-fourth of the purchase-money to be paid on application,
the balance and Crown-grant fees within one month thereafter.

PUKETITIRI RESERVE.

Description.—The sections in Block XIV., and Sections 30 to
35, Block XIII., Pohui District, are chiefly forest with a few
clearings. The timber consists of rimu, matai, and a little white
pine. The formation of the ground is undulating and well
watered, the soil inclined to be light. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11,
and 12 of Block II., Patoka, 15 and 16 of Block XIII., and 8
of Block 15, Pohui Districts, are open hilly fern land, with a
little bush on Sections 11, 12, 15, and 8. Sections 1 and 2,
Block VI., Patoka, open fern land, hilly, soil light, overlying
limestone-formation, a small quantity of bush on each. Access
is given by roads which have been partly formed, about 2½ miles
through the bush being cleared of timber. The Hawke's Bay
County Council has in course of construction a line of road
giving access to these lands from the inland Patea Road, a dis-
tance of six miles. There is also another dray-road viâ Puke-
tapu and Rissington. The distance from Napier is about forty
miles by road.

J. T. TYLEE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of “The Mines
Act, 1877,” and with the regulations made under that Act
for the granting of leases for gold-mining purposes, it is hereby
notified that it is intended to grant a lease of Crown lands
for gold-mining purposes to the applicant specified in the
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against
such lease.
Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds
of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the
Warden at Naseby on or before the 23rd day of April,
1883.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be seen
at the Warden's Office at Naseby.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Andrew White. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: “Try-it Company.” 2 acres, in the
Mount Ida Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this second day
of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
three.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

FOR SALE, Price 2s. 6d.
THE Supreme Court Code of Civil Procedure, under “The
Supreme Court Act, 1882,” and the Appeal Court Rules
of Procedure under “The Appeal Court Act, 1882,” together
with a complete Index to the Rules and Forms.

GEO. DIDSBURY.

Government Stationery Store,
Wellington 21st December, 1882.