Dec. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1731

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Auckland, open for Application.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th December, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 25th January, 1893, at the annual rental noted opposite each run:—

SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 245, PARISH OF WAIMANA.— AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ENDOWMENT.

Run No.1, broken land, nearly all fern, tea-tree and tupaki, with exception of small patches of bush. Run No. 2, broken land, heavy fern, tea-tree, and tupaki ; one-third bush. Run No. 3, two-thirds heavy bush (tawa), rest heavy fern and tupaki. Run No. 4, two-thirds heavy bush (rata, puriri, and tawa), broken land, rest fern and tupaki. Run No. 5, one-third heavy bush, large tea-tree, and rewarewa, rest high fern, tea-tree, and tupaki.

All these runs are situated near the Township of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, and are very suitable for sheep, the land being dry but well watered.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, at a rent to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to lessee as provided by “The Land Act, 1892,” section 182. Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form printed hereon.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run is compulsory, and commences within three years in bush or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, unless the lessee obtain the consent of the Land Board to reside on other land in his occupation.

4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one year’s rental by the end of the first year, two years’ rental by the end of the second year, and four years’ rental at the end of the sixth year; and on bush land, in addition thereto, improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an acre if first-class land, or of 5s. an acre if second-class land.

5. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. for the lease must accompany the application; the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term of the lease. The next payment of rent will become due on the 1st September, 1893.

6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the land; but he can select 150 acres around the homestead, through which no road can be taken or other public privilege exercised without compensation.

DECLARATION.

I, , of* , 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, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease of Run No.† .
3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use of any other person or persons whatever.
4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such lease.
5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such run.
6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the colony, either by myself or jointly with any other person, which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

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.”

(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 18 , before me, , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Public Auction of Sections in the Township of Makotuku.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the sections in the Township of Makotuku enumerated in the accompanying Schedule will be offered for sale for cash by public auction, at the Survey Office, Wanganui, on Thursday, the 9th February, 1893, at 3 p.m.

SCHEDULE.
MAKOTUKU TOWNSHIP.

Block II.

| 20 | 0 1 10 | 7 10 0 | 33 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 21 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 34 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 22 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 35 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 23 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 36 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 24 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 37 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 25 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 38 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 26 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 39 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 27 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 40 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 28 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 41 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 29 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 42 | 0 1 2 | 6 10 0 |
| 30 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | | | |
| 31 | 0 1 0 | 6 10 0 | | | |
| 32 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 | | | |

Block III.

| 63 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 73 | 0 1 0 | 6 10 0 |
| 64 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 74 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 65 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 75 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 66 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 76 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 67 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 77 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 68 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 78 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 69 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 79 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 70 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 80 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 71 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 81 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 72 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 82 | 0 1 0 | 6 10 0 |

Block IV.

| 43 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 53 | 0 1 0 | 6 10 0 |
| 44 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 54 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 45 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 55 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 46 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 56 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 47 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 57 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 48 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 58 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 49 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 59 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 50 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 60 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 51 | 0 1 0 | 6 0 0 | 61 | 0 1 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 52 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 62 | 0 1 0 | 6 10 0 |

This township forms a portion of the Waimarino Block, and is situated on the west bank of the Makotuku River, on the main road between Karioi and Pipiriki, being distant about eighteen miles from the latter place. The land is level and covered with mixed bush consisting of rimu, matai, tawa, hinau, maire, and the usual undergrowth. The soil is good throughout.

Plans may be seen at the principal post-offices in the district and at this office, where full particulars can also be obtained.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Public Auction of Sections in the Township of Ohakune.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the sections in the Township of Ohakune enumerated in the accompanying Schedule will be offered for sale for cash by public auction, at the Survey Office, Wanganui, on Thursday, the 9th February, 1893, at 3 p.m. :—