April 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 473

Plans and schedules of the sections, and copies of the
regulations under which leases will be sold and issued, also
forms of tender and declaration respectively, can be obtained
at the District Land Office, Wellington ; at any of the other
Land Offices in the colony ; and also be seen at the Railway
Stations in the Wellington Provincial District.

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, Wellington: 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.

Any lessee who has fulfilled all conditions of improve-
ments within six years can acquire the freehold of his lease
on payment of the capital value, provided the payment is
made within eleven years of the commencement of the lease.

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 him-
self 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.

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, Wellington.
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 1887 Amend-
ment Act, 1882."

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

1. That I am 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 am desirous of becoming the transferee
   or sub-lessee] 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 640 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 any-
   where 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.

[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,
Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

| Survey District. | Block. | Section. | Area. | Upset Rental
| | | | | per Acre
| | | | | per Annum. |
| Makuri | IV. | 3 | A. B. P. | s. d. |
| " | " | 4 | 292 0 0 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 6 | 275 0 0 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 8 | 275 3 0 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 14 | 316 2 0 | 1 1 |
| Mangahao | XV. | 2 | 196 0 0 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 7 | 177 0 8 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 8 | 259 2 32 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 13 | 229 1 8 | 1 2 |
| " | " | 14 | 215 0 0 | 1 2 |
| " | " | 3A | 220 1 0 | 1 0 |
| Mangaone | III. | 3 | 165 0 30 | 1 0 |
| Mangahao | XIV. | 20 | 192 3 18 | 1 0 |
| Mangaone | II. | 20A | 186 1 17 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 25 | 184 3 0 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 6 | 92 3 6 | 1 3 |
| " | " | 14 | 202 0 8 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 18, 20 | 308 0 0 | 1 3 |
| " | " | 15 | 442 2 5 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 34 | 326 2 22 | 1 1 |
| " | VI. | 14, 15, 16 | 162 1 21 | 1 1 |
| " | VII. | 12 | 266 0 22 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 4, 5 | 134 1 17 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 11, 12 | 149 3 17 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 17 | 161 1 24 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 18 | 220 3 0 | 1 1 |
| " | " | 20 | 265 0 17 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 22 | 180 2 13 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 30, 30A, | 197 2 31 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 30B | 76 3 14 | 1 0 |
| " | X. | 38 | 173 2 24 | 1 3 |
| " | " | 2, 3 | 93 1 36 | 1 3 |
| " | " | 10 | 282 0 32 | 1 6 |
| Kopuaranga | II. | 7, 8 | 183 3 24 | 1 6 |
| " | " | 98 | 238 1 24 | 1 0 |
| " | " | 103 | 255 3 8 | 1 6 |
| " | " | 110 | | |
| " | " | 111 | | |

• These sections are not shown upon this plan.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land for Sale, on Deferred Payments, in the Forty-
Mile Bush District, Wairarapa, in the Mangahao, Ma-
gaone, and Kopuaranga Survey Districts.

On Deferred Payments.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1885.

It is hereby notified that the sections of land as per
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale, on deferred
payments, by application at the Land Office, Wellington, on
Tuesday, the 2nd June, 1885, between the hours of 9.30
a.m. and 4.30 p.m. If two or more applicants apply to pur-
chase the same section, an auction will be held between
them, at the Institute, Masterton, on Thursday, the 4th
June, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.

For the convenience of deferred-payment selectors resident
in the Wairarapa District, a Government officer will be in