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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Section 34, about four-fifths poor shingly soil, remainder good swampy soil. Section 35, about three-fourths good easily-drained flax swamp, remainder poor shingly soil. Section 36, one-half good easily-drained flax swamp, remainder fairly-good tussock- and manuka-covered land. Section 37, poor, dry shingly soil, covered with tussock and manuka scrub.

TERMS OF SALE.

Rents are payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Nelson. The first half-year's rent to be paid on the day of sale, together with a fee of £1 1s. for the lease.

Not more than one rural section may be leased by one person.

On each of Town Sections 3, 4, 11, and 12, Block I., Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Block II., and Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block III., buildings of the value of at least £200 must be erected within one year from date of lease.

Plans and forms of lease may be obtained at the District Land and Survey Office, Nelson, or at the District Land and Survey Office, Christchurch; at the Post-offices, Culverden and Waiau; and also at the Baths, Hanmer Plains.

J. S. BROWNING,
Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run liable to Forfeiture.

District Land and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 10th November, 1892.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” notice is hereby given to the executors of Charles Brown, occupiers of Run 14, that the license is liable to forfeiture; and if the rent due thereon, together with the full amount of penalty, be not paid within three months from date hereof, the same will be declared forfeited.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 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.:—

SCHEDULE.
VILLAGE OF OHAKUNE.

This township is situated on the main road between Karioi and Pipiriki, and is distant about twenty-four miles from the latter place. The sections being offered are near the confluence of the Mangateterahi Stream with the Mangawhero River. The land is level and partly open. The forest on the bush portion being rimu and birch.