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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.

FORFEITED DEFERRED-PAYMENT LANDS, UNDER PART III. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1885.”

Dunback District, Section 14, Block V., Waihemo County; 269 acres 2 roods 14 perches. Upset price, 15s. per acre. Valuation for sod hut, garden, and fencing, £45 17s. Situated about seven miles south of Dunback Railway-station. Distance from Dunedin about fifty miles. Open land, broken, and of medium quality; watered.

Poolburn District, Section 3, Block III., Vincent County; 117 acres 3 roods 33 perches. Upset price, £1 per acre. Valuation for fencing and cultivation, £50. Situated in Ida Valley, about eleven miles from Ophir (Black’s), and 129 miles from Dunedin. Open level land of medium quality.

Terms of Payment: One-twenty-eighth part of the total price, and £1 1s. (license-fee), to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance in equal half-yearly instalments extending over a period of fourteen years.

The value of the improvements must be paid in cash on the fall of the hammer.

Purchasers must deposit the statutory declaration required by section 113 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

RURAL LANDS.

Glenkenich District, Section 1, Block XVIII., Tuapeka County; 7 acres 3 roods 23 perches. Upset price, £2 per acre. Valuation for house, garden, sheds, fencing, and cultivation, £73 10s. Situated about three miles and a half south of Tapanui, two miles from Pomahaka Railway-station. Distance from Dunedin, ninety-four miles; good, cleared bush land.

Greenvale District, Section 50, Block IV., Tuapeka County; 3 acres and 8 perches. Upset price, £3 per acre. Situated close to Heriot Railway-station, eight miles from Tapanui, 104 miles from Dunedin. Open agricultural land of good quality.

Lauder District, Section 21, Block V., Vincent County; 480 acres 1 rood 8 perches. Upset price, £1 1s. per acre. Valuation for hut and fencing, £257 2s. 6d. Situated about six miles from Matakauui Post-office. Distance from Dunedin, about 140 miles. Rail to Dunback or Middlemarch, thence by road. Open agricultural land, mostly level; loam with patches of shingle; watered.

Terms of Payment: One-fifth cash on fall of hammer; balance, with valuation for improvements and Crown-grant fee, within thirty days from day of sale.

TOWN LANDS.

Town sections in Kaitangata and Kurow Townships. Upset price, £30 per acre.

Terms of Payment: One-fifth cash down on fall of hammer; balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days from day of sale.

For further particulars apply at this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

Land open for Application under “The Naval and Military Settlers’ and Volunteers’ Land Act, 1891.”

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th May, 1892.

It is hereby notified, in terms of “The Naval and Military Settlers’ and Volunteers’ Land Act, 1891,” that the under-mentioned sections will be open for application by holders of remission certificates under the above Act, on and after Wednesday, the 6th July, 1892, at the District Land and Survey Office, Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

WAIPouA SURVEY DISTRICT.—BLOCK X.

WAIPA PARISH.