Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 473

SMALL GRAZING-RUN LEASES UNDER PART VII. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1885.”

DESCRIPTION OF COUNTRY.

No. 1 is a very compact run, aspect good, and it is well grassed throughout, silver-tussock on the lower slopes and snow-grass on the higher levels; nine miles to Livingstone Township, fourteen miles to Tokarahi Railway-station; average elevation, 2,800ft. above sea-level.

No. 2 may be classed as follows: 4,000 acres of the frontage portion very well grassed, about 4,000 acres fairly grassed, and the balance broken and poorly grassed; six miles to Livingstone Township, eleven miles to Tokarahi Railway-station; average elevation, 2,800ft. above sea-level. This run contains a capital homestead-site.

No. 3, with the exception of about 2,000 acres on the south-west end, is well grassed throughout, the gullies are well sheltered, and the aspect is good; access by road about to be made will be very easy; four miles to Livingstone Township, ten miles to Tokarahi Railway-station; average altitude, about 2,800ft. above sea-level.

No. 4: The north half of this is good, the southern portion cold and poorly grassed; a good homestead-site has been included at the north end; when the Pisgah Ridge road is made, the access will be very good; five miles to Livingstone Township, eleven miles to Tokarahi Railway-station; average altitude, 2,800ft. above sea-level.

Nos. 5 to 16: Open, broken, mixed agricultural and pastoral country, good black soil, all watered; from two to six miles from Livingstone Township; Nos. 6, 7, and 8 from six to nine miles from Tapui Railway-station, remainder from six to ten miles from Tokarahi Railway-station.

General: The country as a whole is good, sound grazing-land, considerable portions of the smaller areas being capable of cultivation. A large sum has recently been spent in forming roads to open up these runs, and some further expenditure will be made to open the larger runs, if found necessary.

Possession will in all cases be given on day of sale, the terms of the leases dating from the 1st September, 1892.

No. 1 will be sold subject to valuation for half-share of existing boundary-fence on north-west corner from Dansey’s Pass southwards—106 chains, at 5s. per chain, half-value £13 5s. No. 4 subject to valuation for half-share of boundary-fence on eastern boundary—108 chains, at 7s. 6d. per chain, half-value £20 5s. These valuations will be payable within fourteen days from day of sale.

Purchasers will be required to pay a half-year’s rent, and lease- and registration-fees (31s.), on fall of hammer, and hand the auctioneer the declaration required by section 200 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, the option of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years being with the Governor; recurrent rent to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to lessee as provided by “The Land Act, 1885,” section 209. Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form below.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run is compulsory for six years, commencing within twelve months from commencement of lease, unless the lessee obtain the consent of the Land Board to reside on land in his occupation within ten miles of the run.

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.

5. The rent is to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term of the lease.

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.

NOTE.—One-fourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen years is returned to the local body, to be spent in improving the access to the land.

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, 1885,” am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease of the pastoral lands of† .

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.

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.