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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Situate in the Arawata Survey District.—On the west bank of the Arawata River; most of the sections adjoining the holdings of Jackson’s Bay settlers, and comprising scattered allotments between the sea-coast and the Rocky Island Bridge-site, abreast of Lake Mary.

Abstract of Conditions relating to Leases under Section 161.
Any person of seventeen years of age and upwards may become a lessee. If more than one apply for the same allotment on the same day, the tenancy is decided by lot. Full valuations for improvements are allowed in renewals and transfers of leases. One-twentieth to be cultivated at the end of the first year, one-tenth at the end of the second, and one-fifth at the end of the fourth. Substantial improvements to the extent of £1 per acre to be effected by the end of the sixth year. Personal residence for the first two years of the lease not necessary. Declaration as per form below. Six months’ rent, together with the sum of £1 10s., cost of lease, &c., required to be deposited in cash or by marked cheque when making the application.

Form of Declaration.
I, A.B. [Here 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 of a lease.
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 fifty 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 __, 1886, before me, __ a Justice of the Peace.

Land set apart for Perpetual Leasing in the Hunter ville Village Special Settlement.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands enumerated hereunder will be open for application at this office on and after Monday, the 23rd August, 1886, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the 2nd June, 1886, and made under the 163rd section of “The Land Act, 1885.”

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUNTERVILLE.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Leases.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 29th July, 1886.

THE following pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon on Friday, the 3rd September next, for a term of ten years :—

Possession of Runs Nos. 329, 149, and 352B will be given on day of sale, of 394 on the 1st March next, and of 150B on the 11th April next. Leases to be sold in terms of “The Land Act, 1885.”

JOHN SPENCE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Schedule of Crown Grants in the Custody of the Registrar of Deeds, Dunedin, and the Fees payable on the same.

Crown Grants Office,
Dunedin, 9th August, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown grants are in the custody of the Registrar of Deeds, Dunedin, and will be delivered on payment of the fees specified opposite each grant.
On the expiration of three months from the date of publication of this notice proceedings will be taken to recover all fees which have not been paid.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.