JAN. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 79

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believ-
ing 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.

Leases of Small Areas of Land with Perpetual Right of
Renewal, Auckland Land District.

SUBURBAN SECTIONS AT TE AROHA FOR LEASING.—LEASES
FOR THIRTY YEARS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 6th January, 1886.

WRITTEN applications, in sealed covers, are invited for
the sections mentioned in the Schedule hereunder,
at the annual rentals stated therein, in accordance with the
provisions of section 161 of "The Land Act, 1885."

CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY APPLICANTS.

The application must state the rental in writing as well as
in figures, and, accompanied by a statutory declaration in
the form contained in section 143 of the Act, together with
six months' rent and the sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease
and registration, be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown
Lands at Auckland, not later than 4 o'clock p.m. on Wed-
nesday, the 24th February, 1886.

In the event of two or more persons applying for the same
section, the right to occupy the section shall be determined
by lot amongst the applicants, in manner as the Board shall
direct.

No person shall be permitted to acquire the fee-simple of
any land leased hereunder.

Renewals of leases of sections leased hereunder shall be
made as in other cases of perpetual leases, and shall be dis-
posed of by public tender, at a valuation of the fee-simple of
the lands to be leased, exclusive of improvements thereon.

Except as hereinbefore mentioned, all the provisions of Part
IV. of "The Land Act, 1885," shall apply in respect of sec-
tions leased hereunder.

Any person of the age of seventeen years and upwards may
become a lessee under this system.

In the event of any person applying for two or more sec-
tions the deposit of a sum equal to one half year's rent of the
section largest in amount shall be sufficient, together with a
sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease and registration thereof,
paid either in cash, marked cheque, or bank draft, made pay-
able to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland.

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 sublease 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 any-
where in the colony.

Forms of application and declaration can be obtained at
any Crown Lands office in the colony.

SCHEDULE.

SUBURBS OF TE AROHA, TE AROHA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Description of Land: Level, open, and often swampy lands,
easily drained, soil good ; adjacent to Te Aroha Government
Township and railway-line.

Lithographs and further particulars can be obtained on
application to the Crown Lands Office, Auckland.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pasturage Reserve, Block IV., Campbelltown Hundred.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 27th November, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the 232nd clause of
"The Land Act, 1885," that the area of land in
Block IV., Campbelltown Hundred, known as the "Pas-
turage Reserve," which has hitherto been excluded from sale,
has been released from such exclusion, and, on and after the
1st March, 1886, the land in question will be open for appli-
cation as ordinary rural land (unsurveyed).

JOHN SPENCE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat
be lodged forbidding the same in each case on or before the
23rd day of February, 1886.

THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.—Part of Lot 5 of
Section 9 of the Town of Russell, containing 23 perches. In
occupation of the Bank of New Zealand. 1275.

ROBERT ALEXANDER McLEOD and JAMES
McLEOD.—Portion of a block of land called or known by
the name of Te Pua a Mauku, containing 1 rood 37 perches.
Unoccupied. 2469

JEANETTE DOWDEN.—Lots 57, 58, 59, 60, 71, 72, 73,
74, and parts of Lots 61 and 70 of a subdivision of Allotment
12 of Section 8 of the Suburbs of Auckland. In Applicant's
occupation. 2470.

JEFFREY HALL.—Allotment 350 of the Town of Cam-
bridge East, containing 1 acre. Unoccupied. 2476.

MATTHEW CULLEN.—Lot 72 of a subdivision of Allot-
ments 31 and 42 of Section 8 of the Suburbs of Auckland.
In occupation of — Dutton. 2478.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 13th day of January, 1886, at the Lands
Registry Office, Auckland.

THOS. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat
be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the
date of the Gazette containing this notice.

5769. JAMES WATKINS and JOHN SHARP.—24 acres
      1 rood 15 perches, part of Rural Section 2, Town District of
      Sumner. Used as public roads.

5770. PETER CLINTON.—20 acres 1 rood 24 perches,
      Rural Section 11467, Hawkins Survey District. Occupied by
      Applicant.

5771. REES WILLIAM WALTERS.—31 perches, parts
      of Sections 156 and 158, City of Christchurch. Occupied by
      — Tydiman and Mrs. McMunn.

5772. JAMES SOMERVILLE TURNBULL.—37 acres
      2 roods, Rural Section 13655, Hororata Survey District.
      Occupied by Richard Malby Cotton.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 15th day of January, 1886, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-
after described will be brought under the provisions
of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat be lodged
forbidding the same within one calendar month after the
date of the Gazette containing this notice.

871. JOHN COLLINGE, Applicant.—42 acres 3 roods 2
     perches, more or less, being part of subdivision E of the
     Heretaunga Block. Occupied by Michael Baldwin, James
     McIvor, and the Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 14th day of January, 1886, at the Lands
Registry Office, Napier.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

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