Crown Lands within the Okarito Riding, Provincial District of Westland, to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System.

Crown Lands Office,

Hokitika, 8th July, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections are open for leasing 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 12 o'clock noon, on Wednesday, the 1st September, 1886.

The tenders will be opened at the meeting of the Land Board on the same day. Maps, conditions, and tender-forms at Land Office, Hokitika.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Area. Upset Annual Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d.

668 75 0 0 3 15 0
669 75 0 0 3 15 0
670 50 0 0 2 10 0
671 50 0 0 2 10 0
672 100 0 0 5 0 0
673 120 0 0 6 0 0
674 100 0 0 5 0 0
675 100 0 0 5 0 0
676 100 0 0 5 0 0
677 60 0 0 3 0 0

Description: Sections Nos. 668 to 672 are situate on the eastern bank of the Waikukupa River, Waiho Survey District, and include the flat land between the sea-coast and the foot of the terraces. Sections Nos. 673 to 677 are situate in the Mahitahi River Valley, Bruce Bay Survey District, and comprise lands north of and adjoining the farm of Mr. Frank McGlone, at Flagstaff Creek.

Abstract of Conditions relating to Perpetual Leases.

Any person of seventeen years of age and upwards may become a lessee. The highest tenderer, if his tender shall be equal to or shall exceed the upset price, shall be declared the lessee; but, if the rent offered by two or more tenderers is the same in amount, then it shall be decided by lot which person shall be the lessee. If there be only one tenderer, then the rent shall be the upset price notwithstanding his tender may have been higher.

Improvement Conditions: One-twentieth of the land leased 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 year. 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 from date of lease not necessary.

Declaration required by the Act (see form below).

Six months' rent, together with the sum of £1 10s., cost of lease, &c., is required to be deposited in cash, or by marked cheque, with every tender.

Tenders to be addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hokitika, and the words "Tender for Section No.", to be written on the envelopes enclosing said tenders, deposits, declarations, &c.

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 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 , 1886, before me, a Justice of the Peace.

GERHARD MÜELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

Village Special Settlements for Perpetual Leasing, Land District of Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,

Auckland, 31st July, 1886.

I HEREBY notify that the sections of land described in the Schedule hereto will be open for village special settlements for perpetual leasing on and after Thursday, the 2nd day of September next.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Lot. Area. Annual Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d.

108 20 1 16 1 0 6
110 20 0 0 1 0 0
111 38 0 25 1 18 6
112 24 3 0 1 5 0
113 21 0 24 1 1 6
114 21 0 24 1 1 6
115 20 0 0 1 0 0

All open undulating land.

WAIKATO COUNTY.

Parish of Komakorau (near Ngaruawahia).

234 42 1 2 2 2 6
236 24 0 0 1 4 0
237 27 3 8 1 8 0
238 33 1 9 1 13 6
249 37 0 30 1 17 6

Block. Section. Area. Annual Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d.

XI. 52 9 3 28 1 10 0
53 10 0 0 1 10 0
56 9 3 13 1 10 0
57 10 0 0 1 10 0
59 10 0 0 1 10 0
IX. 65 8 0 0 1 4 0
66 8 0 0 1 4 0
67 8 0 12 1 4 6
70 10 0 0 1 10 0
71 10 0 0 1 10 0
72 10 0 0 1 10 0
73 10 0 0 1 10 0
74 10 0 0 1 10 0
75 10 0 0 1 10 0
78 10 0 0 1 10 0
79 10 0 0 1 10 0
80 10 0 0 1 10 0
81 9 1 2 1 8 6
82 7 2 19 1 3 0
88 10 3 30 1 13 0
89 13 1 1 2 0 0

All level, open, and often swampy lands, easily drained. Soil good. Adjacent to Te Aroha Government Township and railway-line.

Application for all the above lands to be made at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland.

Section. Area. Annual Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d.

39 4 3 30 0 15 0
40 4 3 22 0 15 0
41 4 1 5 0 13 6
42 4 3 13 0 15 0
43 5 0 0 0 15 0
44 5 0 0 0 15 0
45 5 0 0 0 15 0
46 5 0 0 0 15 0
47 5 0 0 0 15 0
48 5 0 0 0 15 0
49 6 1 12 0 19 6
51 7 3 15 1 4 0
52 7 0 29 1 1 6
53 4 3 36 0 15 0