Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 159

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.”

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 Wednesday, 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 disposed 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 sections 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 sections 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 payable 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 anywhere 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.

Lease of Reserves, Provincial District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 19th January, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned reserves will be offered by public auction, in accordance with section 23 of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” at the Courthouse, Waimate, on Monday, the 1st March, 1886, at 12 o’clock noon:—

Term of leases, seven years; first year’s rent to be paid on the fall of the hammer. Plan may be seen and particulars obtained at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Runs liable to Forfeiture.—Notice to Occupiers.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 14th November, 1885.

IN pursuance of clause 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” I hereby give notice that the runs mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be declared forfeited if the amount of rent due the 1st September last, together with the penalty for non-payment, is not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch, within three months of this date.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Land for Sale by Auction, Provincial District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 10th December, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned section of rural land will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, at noon, on Wednesday, the 24th March, 1886:—

Plan may be seen at the Land Office, Christchurch.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.