Dec. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1521

Crown Lands in the Oxford Bush, Provincial District of
Canterbury, to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 18th December, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections are
open for lease for a term of thirty years, with the right
of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years, and that
written tenders, in sealed covers, will be received up to
11 a.m. on Thursday, the 25th February, 1886.

The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land
Board on the same day. Maps, conditions, and tender-forms
can be obtained at the Crown Lands Office, Christchurch
and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Description: The block is situated in the West Oxford
Bush, six miles from Oxford and nine miles from Sheffield;
the new road being formed to Wharfdale goes through the
western portion of the block, the southern boundary of
which on this road is about two miles from the edge of the
bush behind Mr. Gorton's station at View Hill. The land
is all covered with bush, principally birch, with a few pine-
trees scattered about; the ground is undulating and in
places rather steep, but is well watered, as a running stream
will be found in every section. A good many of the sections
can only be classed as second-class or inferior land, and the
capital value has consequently been put at the lowest price
allowed by the Land Act in Canterbury—namely, £2 per
acre, and the rental is only 5 per cent. on this; consequently,
to bushmen wanting to establish a home, not frightened at
hard work, the block offers the opportunity of obtaining a
permanent lease or freehold.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS RELATING TO PERPETUAL LEASES.

The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land
Board on the day above named, when the highest tenderer,
if the tender shall equal the upset annual rental, will be
declared the purchaser.

If there be only one tenderer for any allotment, he shall
be entitled to the land at the upset rental, notwithstanding
that his tender may have been for a higher rental. Any
person tendering for more than one section must appear at
the Land Board, either in person or by agent authorized in
writing, on the day on which tenders are opened.

The number of the section and block, with the name of
the district, must be written on the envelope enclosing the
tender. The letter, being on Public Service, and addressed
to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, need not be stamped.

Any person of seventeen 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, Christchurch: 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 of the Crown lands who has fulfilled all the
conditions of improvements within six years can acquire the
freehold of his lease on payment of the capital value, pro-
vided the payment is made within eleven years of the
commencement of the lease.

Limits of Area for each Lessee: No lease shall be made to
any person owning, nor shall any person be capable of becom-
ing 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 com-
prised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres anywhere
in the colony.

Any person may tender for one or more sections, and if
contiguous to one another may, if he wishes it, obtain a
lease of any area not exceeding 640 acres.

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 Canterbury 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, Christchurch.
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 neces-
sary 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. [Free.
TENDER FOR LAND UNDER THE PERPETUAL-LEASING
SYSTEM.
Section. __ Block. __ District. __
To the
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Christchurch.

[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 any-
   where 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.