1298
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

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 is 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 to be sold as Village Settlement and Small-Farm Allotments, on Deferred Payments, Land District of Canterbury.

Land Office, Christchurch,
14th June, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be open for application, on Tuesday, the 18th day of September next, at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru:—

TO BE SOLD AS SMALL-FARM ALLOTMENTS ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

Reserve 1824, Springfield, Malvern: Lots 12 to 15 inclusive, 17 to 26 inclusive, 34 and 46 to 52 inclusive, 57 and 58; price, £6 per acre; in areas from 1 to 3 acres each.

Reserve 1263, Pig-hunting Creek, near Timaru: Lots 4 to 14 inclusive; price, £15 per acre. Lots 1, 2, 3, 15 to 22, 28 to 30, 32 to 34 inclusive; price, £12 per acre; in areas from 4 to 20 acres each.

Reserve 424, Village Settlement of Annat, near Sheffield: Lots 1 to 4 inclusive; price, £10 per acre. Lots 5 to 12, 15 to 28 inclusive, and Lot 33; price, £7 per acre. Lots 13, 14, and 32; price, £4 per acre; in areas from 5 to 17 acres each.

Terms: Each application must be accompanied by a statutory declaration, form of which can be obtained at the Land Offices. A deposit of one-tenth of the amount of purchase-money will also be required to be made at the same time.

In case of more than one application being received for the same section on the same day, the right to occupy the same will be decided by lot amongst the applicants.

Personal residence required within six months’ of purchase, to continue to the end of the fourth year. Must bring into cultivation not less than one-tenth of the allotment the first year; one-fifth the second year; and, within four years, must have three-fourths cultivated, the whole fenced, and have made substantial improvements to the value of at least £10 per acre.

LAND TO BE SOLD AS SMALL-FARM ALLOTMENTS ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

Reserve 424, Village Settlement of Annat, near Sheffield: Lots 29, 30, and 31; price, £4 per acre; 50 acres each.

Reserve 1263, Pig-hunting Creek, near Timaru: Lots 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 31; price, £12 per acre; in areas from 21 to 24 acres each.

Terms: Each application must be accompanied by a statutory declaration, form of which can be obtained at the Land Offices. A deposit of one-twentieth of the amount of purchase-money will also be required to be made at the same time.

In case of more than one application being received for the same section on the same day, the right to occupy the same will be decided by lot amongst the applicants.

Personal residence required within six months, to continue to the end of the sixth year. Must bring into cultivation not less than one-twentieth the first year; one-tenth the second year; and, within six years, must have cultivated one-fifth, and effected permanent improvements to the value of £1 per acre.

Plans may be seen at the Land Offices at Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction of Crown Lands, Marlborough.

THE Land Board of the Marlborough Land District hereby notifies that the allotments of town, suburban, and pasture lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the Survey Office, Blenheim, at noon, on Tuesday, the 2nd October, 1883.

TO BE SOLD FOR CASH.

TOWN LAND.—TOWN OF KAIKOURA.

SUBURBAN LAND.—KAIKOURA SUBURBAN.

50 | .. | 53 3 6 | 161 10 0 | ..

PASTURE LAND.—KAITUNA VALLEY.

Onamututu Survey District.

| 1 | IV. | 96 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 9 12 0 |
| 3 | IV. | 85 0 0 | 53 10 0 | 7 10 0 |
| 1 | VIII. | 25 2 15 | 13 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
| 2 | VIII. | 87 0 20 | 59 0 0 | 8 0 0 |

(Under contract under section 18 of “The Marlborough Waste Lands Act 1867 Amendment Act, 1874.”)

| 13 | III. | 53 0 0 | 28 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 2 | IV. | 38 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 4 0 0 |

Wakamarina Survey District.

| 1 | XVI. | 48 0 0 | 24 0 0 | 5 0 0* |

Cloudy Bay Survey District.

| 4 | III. | 172 0 0 | 86 0 0 | 20 0 0* |

*In the event of any other person than applicant being the purchaser, the cost of survey must be paid at the auction by the purchaser, to be handed over to applicant.

One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid at the auction, and the balance within one month, or the money paid will be forfeited and the sale void. A deposit of £1 for the grant of each section must be paid on completion of the purchase.

RUNS TO BE LEASED.

At the same time and place licenses of the under-mentioned runs will be offered at public auction on terms mentioned, and subject to “The Land Act, 1877,” and any acts amending the same in force at the date of auction. The person who shall pay the highest sum by way of annual rent in case of each of these runs shall be entitled to receive a license to occupy the same for pastoral purposes for a term of ten years. Provided he shall pay at the auction rent at the rate of the highest price bid from the date of auction to 1st March, 1884, together with a fee of £3 for the issue of the license. Subsequently a half-year’s rent shall be paid in advance on every 1st September and 1st March during the currency of the license, the first of such payments to be made on 1st March, 1884. But no person is entitled to become the purchaser who is in occupation of any pastoral lands, either by himself or jointly with any other person, under lease or license from the Crown, capable of carrying 20,000 sheep or 4,000 head of cattle:—

Plans of the above runs are open for inspection at this office.

Dated at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, this 25th August, 1883.

HENRY G. CLARKE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.