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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Crown Lands by Auction, Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 16th April, 1885.

THE Land Board of the Marlborough Land District hereby notifies that at noon on Tuesday, the 26th May, 1885, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, the under-mentioned sections of town land will be offered for sale by public auction at the upset prices stated below:—

TOWN OF KAIKOURA.

Twenty-five per cent. of the purchase-money must be paid at the auction, and the balance and Crown-grant fees within one month or the deposit will be forfeited.

HENRY G. CLARKE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 8th April, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that Section 48, Block I., Oeo Survey District, Pihama Village Settlement, a reserve not required for immediate use, containing 14 acres 2 roods, and situate about six miles from Opunake, will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of seven years, at the upset rental of 10s. an acre, at the Land Office, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 13th May next, at 10.30 a.m.

No compensation will be allowed for improvements at the end of the term.

For particulars of conditions, &c., apply to the under-signed.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Reserve at Christchurch.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned reserve will be submitted to public auction, as land of special value, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 1st July, 1885, at 12 o’clock noon :—

Reserve 785, situate on north bank of south branch of Rangitata River. Area: 108 acres 3 roods. Upset price per acre: £2

Terms: One-fourth of purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, balance within one calendar month thereafter, when if balance is not paid the one-fourth referred to will be forfeited, and the sale declared null and void. Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

WALTER KITSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Rural Land with Perpetual Right of Renewal, Forty-Mile Bush District, Wairarapa, Survey Districts of Makuri, Mangahao, Mangaone, and Kopuaranga.

LEASES FOR THIRTY YEARS.

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

WRITTEN tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the under-mentioned sections, in accordance with “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882.”

TENDERS.

The price tendered must be stated in writing as well as in figures, accompanied by a statutory declaration, together with six months’ rent at the rate tendered, and a fee of £1 10s. for lease and registration, to be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, not later than 4.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 27th May, 1885.

The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land Board on Thursday, the 28th May, 1885 (the following day), at 10 o’clock 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.

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 improvements 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 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.

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 Amendment 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.