1152 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 77

in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to the
satisfaction of the Commissioner, forfeit his interest in the
land selected.

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY APPLICANT.

I, , of , in the Land District, and
Colony of New Zealand, , 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 applying for a lease of Section
   , Block , District.
3. That I am applying for such lease solely for my own
   use and benefit, and for the purpose of cultivation, and not
   directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person
   whomsoever.
4. That 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 one acre.
5. That I have not, within seven years from the date
   hereof, surrendered a lease with perpetual right of renewal.
   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."
   (Signature.)
   Declared at , this day of , 18 , before
   me, , Justice of the Peace.

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

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Southland Land
District.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 3rd September, 1891.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale
or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887," either for cash, on deferred
payments, or for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector,
on and after Wednesday, the 21st October, 1891. In cases
where more than one application is received for the same
section, priority of choice will be decided by lot on the follow-
ing day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Invercargill:—

Section. Block. Area. Cash Price Deferred- Perpetual-
per Acre. payment lease Rent
Price per per Acre.
Acre.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Longwood District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
3 | XV. | 313 0 6 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0
4 | " | 264 0 38 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0
5 | " | 289 1 12 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0
9 | " | 204 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 1 0

Situated on the coast between Orepuki and Waiau Mouth;
land consisting of partly open and partly bush-clad terraces;
produces excellent grasses when bush is cleared.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waikawa Survey District.

1 | VI. | 316 0 20 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Four-fifths bush, balance open undulating, manuka and
birch timber, soil poor.

2 | VI. | 323 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
One-half manuka scrub and mixed bush, undulating,
mixed agricultural and pastoral.

3 | VI. | 508 0 28 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Four-fifths red-pine and manuka bush, mixed with birch,
soil thin and poor.

4 | VI. | 297 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Four-fifths manuka and red-pine and birch bush, balance
scrub and flax, undulating, poor soil.

5 | VI. | 320 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
One-fifth mixed bush and manuka scrub, balance scrub,
flax, and fine grass, poor soil.

6 | VI. | 318 1 24 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Four-fifths mixed bush, back portion steep, balance scrub
and flax, agricultural and pastoral, poor soil.

7 | VI. | 319 1 4 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 0 6
Two-thirds mixed bush, back portion steep, balance scrub
and flax, agricultural and pastoral, poor soil.

Section. Block. Area. Cash Price Deferred- Perpetual-
per Acre. payment lease Rent
Price per per Acre.
Acre.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
8 | VI. | 311 1 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
One-half mixed bush, back portion steep, balance scrub
and flax, agricultural and pastoral, fair soil.

9 | VI. | 308 3 9 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
One-half manuka and green scrub, small pine and birch
bush, back portion steep, fair soil.

10 | VI. | 226 3 8 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
One-half manuka and green scrub and birch bush, fair soil,
balance box- and black-scrub and flax.

The above sections are all well watered, and lie from one
and a half to four miles back from nearest formed road,
and from eight and a half to eleven miles from Waikawa
Harbour.

Longwood Survey District.

12 | XV. | 257 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
Light bush, manuka, mapo, kapuka, &c., level, subject to
flood.

13 | XV. | 248 3 23 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
14 | " | 300 3 1 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Light bush as above, with a few kamai and pine trees
interspersed, level.

15 | XV. | 176 3 33 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Light bush as above, with a few kamai and pine trees
interspersed, swampy, level.

16 | XV. | 193 3 10 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Light bush as above, with a few kamai and pine trees
interspersed, undulating.

17 | XV. | 150 1 32 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Light bush as above, with a few kamai and pine trees
interspersed, swampy, level.

18 | XV. | 228 2 28 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
19 | " | 228 3 7 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Light bush as above, with a few kamai and pine trees
interspersed, undulating.

20 | XV. | 145 0 18 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Light bush as above, with a few kamai and pine trees
interspersed, level.

21 | XV. | 207 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
Light bush, manuka, mapo, kapuka, &c., level, subject
to flood.

This block is all bush, level land, gravel formation, light
soil, good for growing grass after bush is felled and burnt
off. Nearest railway-station, Orepuki, about eight and a
half miles. The nearest formed road is about two and a half
miles distant; further formation is going on.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Sale and Lease, Nelson Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 25th September, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that the sections enumerated here-
under will be offered for sale and lease, by public auction,
at this office, on Wednesday, the 4th day of November, at
noon:—

For Cash.

Section 5, Block VII., District of Wai-iti; 87 acres 2 roods
36 perches; upset price, £43 10s.

Conditions: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on
the fall of the hammer; the balance, with Crown-grant fee,
within one month from date of sale.

For Lease for Fourteen Years.

Hanmer Springs Reserve.

Section 1, Block II., District of Lyndon; 3 roods 11
perches; upset price, £3.

Conditions: Six months' rent and 21s. lease-fee must be
paid by the successful bidder at the close of the auction.

JNO. S. BROWNING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.