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a.m., when the highest tenderer (if the tender shall equal or exceed the upset annual rental per acre fixed by the Board) will be declared the lessee. The tenderers must appear at the Land Board, either in person or by an agent authorized in writing, on the day on which the tenders are opened.

Forms of tender and declaration (with covers or envelopes) can be had upon application at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, or at any of the respective District Land Offices, viz., Invercargill, Lawrence, Clyde, Queenstown, Switzers (Waikaia), and Naseby. The numbers of the section and block, with the name of district, must be written on the covers. The letter being on “Public Service only,” and addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, need not be stamped, being free of postage; neither does the declaration require to be stamped.

Any person of eighteen years of age and upwards may become a lessee under this system. In the event of any person tendering for two or more leases, the deposit of a sum equal to one half-year’s rent of the tender largest in amount shall be sufficient, together with the sum of £1 10s. 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, Dunedin: 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 under the Act, namely, in the case where the lands comprised in the several leases adjoin each other, in such case the deposit shall be a half-year’s rent at the rate tendered for each such lease, and also the sum of £1 10s. in respect of each such lease, the fee for preparation and registration of same.

NOTE.—Limits of area for each lessee: No lease shall be made to any person owning, nor shall any person be capable of becoming the lessee under a lease, or a sublessee who owns, any freehold land, or land held under lease or license under the Crown whereby such person shall become either the owner, tenant, or occupier in the whole, either by himself or jointly with any other person or persons, including the lands comprised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres anywhere in the colony.

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FORMS OF TENDER, DECLARATION, AND COVER REFERRED TO ABOVE.

[Form of Tender.]

Tender for Lease of Land under the Perpetual-Leasing System.

“The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882.”

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

I, the undersigned, do hereby offer and tender as annual rental the sum of pounds shillings and pence (£ : : ) for Section , Block , District.

Dated this day of , 188 .

AUTHORITY TO ACT AS AGENT.

• • This authority to be filled up, then torn off, and sent to agent of tenderer if unable to appear.

I HEREBY authorize to represent me at the Land Board on day of , 188 , when my tender for land on perpetual leasing is advertised to be opened, to make any selection of section or sections for me, to make all necessary payments on my behalf, and to receive and give effectual receipts for any deposits returnable to me.

(Name.)
(Address.)

Dated this day of , 188 .

[Form of Declaration.]

Declaration on taking a Lease, or becoming the Transferee or Sublessee of a Lease.

Sections 4, 23, 24, and 25 of “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882.”

I, , of , in the Otago Land District and Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of eighteen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” am tendering for the purchase (or is desirous of becoming the transferee or sublessee) of a lease of Section , Block , District.

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and for the purpose of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.

4. That, including the lands stated above, I am not the owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person or persons, of any lands anywhere in the Colony of New Zealand exceeding in the whole six hundred and forty acres.

5. That I have not within seven years from the date hereof surrendered a lease granted under “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882,” of the lands for a lease of which I am now tendering.

6. That I am at the present time the owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, of only acres anywhere in the Colony of New Zealand.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

Declared at , this day )

of 188 , before me, )

Justice of the Peace. )

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[Form of Cover.]

On Public Service only. [Free.

TENDER FOR LAND UNDER THE PERPETUAL-LEASING SYSTEM.

Section. Block. District.

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin.

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THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.