Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 37

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. [Free.

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.

Small Grazing Runs, Otago District.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 16th December, 1885.

SALE of 65,250 acres in Small Grazing Runs, under Part VII., “Land Act, 1885.”
Terms: Twenty-one years’ lease, with right of renewal as provided by the Act. Upset rental, 6d. per acre.
By auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 26th January, 1886, at noon.

DESCRIPTION.

Tiger Hill District: Situated on the eastern boundary of the Manuherikia River, and south-east of Township of Black’s (Ophir). Good grazing country lying between the settled Blocks V. and IX., Tiger Hill, X. and XI., Poolburn, and I. and II., Tiger Hill District.

Swinburn and Waihemo Districts: Situated at Pigroot (Post Office, Coal Creek), east of the Shag River, and about twenty-five miles from Palmerston, from which town nine miles of railway are formed. Some of the land in these blocks is fair pastoral country. These blocks also contain a little ploughable land.

Strath-Taieri District: About twenty-six miles from Outram, which is eighteen miles from Dunedin by rail. Middle-marsh, the township, has a post office. All good grazing country. Section No. 3, Block XI., contains about 300 acres of fine agricultural land, and Section No. 3, Block XIII., about 450 acres. These sections were previously held under pastoral deferred-payment licenses, which were afterwards forfeited. The land is now offered again for the first time.

Maniototo District: Situated close to Hamilton’s Township, and is about fifty-two miles from Palmerston in a north-west direction. Good and warm grazing land.

Silverpeak District: About twenty-two miles from Dunedin and nine miles from Waitati Railway Station. Average grazing country.

The leases will be for an absolute term of twenty-one years, renewable for a further term of twenty-one years, in terms of section 209 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Improvements equal in value to one year’s rent must be effected in each year for the first two years; and before the end of the sixth year an additional amount, equal to two years’ rent, must also be expended.

Valuations for permanent improvements, as prescribed in sections 210 and 214 of “The Land Act, 1885,” will be paid at the expiry of the leases to the outgoing tenants.

No person can take up more than one run. No person who owns freehold land, or land under lease or license from the Crown which in all would exceed 6,000 acres, or who is incapable of making the declaration prescribed by section 200 of “The Land Act, 1885,” can become a lessee.

NOTE.—Intending purchasers must deposit with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, prior to sale, the required statutory declaration, and on fall of hammer pay the first half-year’s rent from 1st March to 1st September, 1886, together with fee for lease, £1 1s.

Full particulars given on application to the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, where lithograph maps may also be obtained.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.