1358
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

Improvements.—Every lessee shall bring into cultivation—

1. Within one year from the date of his lease, not less than one-twentieth of the land leased by him;
2. Within two years from the date of his lease, not less than one-tenth of the land leased by him;
3. Within four years from the date of his lease, not less than one-fifth of the land leased by him.
   And shall, within six years from the date of his lease, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, have put substantial improvements of a permanent character on the land to the value of £1 for every acre of such land.
   Plans and schedules can be seen at the railway stations and post offices in the Hawke’s Bay Provincial District.
   Personal Residence: The Land Board will give permission dispensing with the necessity of personal residence for the first two years from the date of the lease.

FORMS OF TENDER, DECLARATION, AND COVER REFERRED TO ABOVE.
[Form of Tender.]

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

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier.
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 Cover.]
On Public Service only.

TENDER FOR LAND UNDER THE PERPETUAL-LEASING SYSTEM.
Section. Block. District.
To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier.

[Form of Declaration.]

I, A.B., of [Insert place of abode and occupation], do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1885,” am tendering for the purchase [or is desirous of becoming the transferee or sublessee] of a lease [Here specify land].
3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and for the purposes of cultivation, and not, directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.
4. That, including the said lands, 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 exceeding in the whole six hundred and forty acres.
5. That I have not, within seven years from the date hereof, surrendered a lease with perpetual right of renewal of the lands for a lease whereof I am now tendering.
   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.”

A.B.

Declared at , this day of , 18 , before me— , Justice of the Peace.

Postmasters appointed.

General Post Office, Wellington, 2nd November, 1885.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Postmaster-General by His Excellency the Governor, the following appointments have been made in the Postal-Telegraph Service of the colony.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.