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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

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, provided 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 becoming 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 comprised 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 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, 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 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.