Jan. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 11

FIRST-CLASS LAND—continued.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

Hawera .. | Ngaire .. | 15 | XII. | 167 0 0 | 2 4 6 | 371 11 6 | 2 15 7½ | 23 4 6 | 0 2 2¹⁄₁₀ | 9 5 9
All forest, about 60 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral, forest mixed, good soil, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaire .. | 16 | XII. | 112 0 0 | 2 8 6 | 271 12 0 | 3 0 7½ | 16 19 1 | 0 2 5¹⁄₁₀ | 6 15 9
All forest, about 80 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral, good flats and low hills, mixed forest, good soil, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaire .. | 17 | XII. | 270 0 0 | 1 10 6 | 411 15 0 | 1 18 1½ | 25 14 9 | 0 1 6³⁄₁₀ | 10 5 11

Hawera .. | Ngaire .. | 18 | XII. | 290 0 0 | 1 18 0 | 551 0 0 | 2 7 6 | 34 8 9 | 0 1 10⁸⁄₁₀ | 13 15 6
All forest, about 50 acres, agricultural, remainder pastoral, mixed forest, good soil.

Hawera .. | Ngaire .. | 20 | XII. | 124 0 0 | 2 7 6 | 294 10 0 | 2 19 4½ | 18 8 2 | 0 2 4½ | 7 7 3
All forest, about 70 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral hills, mixed forest, good soil, well watered, bush heavy on flats, mostly pine.

Stratford .. | Ngaire .. | 21 | XII. | 180 0 0 | 2 6 0 | 414 0 0 | 2 17 6 | 25 17 6 | 0 2 3⁶⁄₁₀ | 10 7 0
All forest, about 50 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral hills, good papa soil, mixed forest, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaire .. | 22 | XII. | 173 0 0 | 2 1 0 | 354 13 0 | 2 11 3 | 22 3 4 | 0 2 0⁶⁄₁₀ | 8 17 4
All forest, about 40 acres agricultural, remainder good pastoral hills, mixed forest, good soil, well watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaire .. | 23 | XII. | 155 0 0 | 2 3 6 | 337 2 6 | 2 14 4½ | 21 1 5 | 0 2 2¹⁄₁₀ | 8 8 7
All forest, chiefly good pastoral hills, somewhat broken, mixed bush, good soil, watered.

Stratford .. | Ngaire .. | 24 | XII. | 75 0 0 | 2 3 6 | 163 2 6 | 2 14 4½ | 10 3 11 | 0 2 2¹⁄₁₀ | 4 1 7
All forest, with exception of Maori clearing of 15 acres, about 20 acres agricultural, remainder pastoral, mixed forest, good soil, fairly watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaire .. | 31 | XV. | 266 0 0 | 1 17 6 | 498 15 0 | 2 6 10½ | 31 3 6 | 0 1 10½ | 12 9 4
All forest, about 100 acres terraced and undulating land, agricultural, remainder good pastoral, part east of Ararata Stream, steep broken hills, mixed forest, good soil, papa formation, well watered.

Hawera .. | Ngaire .. | 32 | XV. | 255 0 0 | 1 18 0 | 484 10 0 | 2 7 6 | 30 5 8 | 0 1 10⁸⁄₁₀ | 12 2 3
All forest, about 120 acres terraced and undulating agricultural land, remainder good pastoral, part east of Ararata Stream, broken hillsides, mixed forest, good soil, papa formation, well watered.

The shortest road into this block is by the Anderson Road, by which it is about nine miles from Eltham Railway-station. The road is formed for about two miles as a cart-road, and there is a pack-track for the remainder. It can also be approached from Hawera by the Whareroa and Rotokare roads, which are formed to within a mile of the block, but felled and cleared a mile within the block. The extension of this formation is to be continued at once.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Taranaki .. | Egmont .. | 20 | VII. | 111 1 6 | 0 15 0 | 83 9 4 | 0 18 9 | 3 14 7 | 0 0 9 | 2 1 9
All forest, swampy in places, but generally dry, cut up by small streams, generally level, soil light volcanic, mixed up with grit ; timber consists of rimu, rata, pukatea, and towai. Situate five miles and a half from Inglewood by the Dudley Road, which is felled the whole way, but formed only part of the way.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands, Land District of Canterbury, to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System, under Section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th November, 1891.

I T is hereby notified that the under-mentioned section will be opened for application on Wednesday, the 13th January, 1892, under section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885,” for perpetual lease, for a term of thirty years, renewable, subject to the conditions of residence and improvements prescribed by the Land Acts. Every application must be accompanied by a statutory declaration (in form below) and by £2 10s., the amount of the first six months’ rent, and a fee of £1 10s. Should there be more than one application on the same day, the right to occupy shall be determined by lot:—

ASHBURTON COUNTY.—ASHBURTON SURVEY DISTRICT.
Reserve 264, Lot 12, Block VII., 50 acres; price per acre, £2; capital value, £100; rent per acre, 2s.; half-yearly rental, £2 10s.

This section is situated on the south-eastern side of the Main South Railway, about two miles north-east of the Dromore Railway-station, and comprises light arable land. A sum of £100 shall be paid at the time of application for the improvements on the land, consisting of dwelling-house, fencing, crops, water-race, &c.

DECLARATION ON TAKING A LEASE, OR BECOMING A TRANSFEREE OR SUB-LESSEE OF A LEASE UNDER SECTION 161.
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 tendering for the purchase [or is desirous of becoming the transferee or sub-lessee] of a lease of Section __, Block __, District __.
3. That I am purchasing 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, 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.”

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 189, before me, ____, a Justice of the Peace.

Full particulars as to conditions, and plans and forms of application, may be obtained at the Land Office, Christchurch, where applications will be received, on and after the date specified, between the hours of 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., except on Saturdays, when the office closes at 1 p.m.

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