Dec. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1909

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 25th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-men-
tioned small grazing-runs will be open for application,
at this office, on Wednesday, the 24th January, 1894, at the
rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL LAND.

Run No. 58, Onamalutu Survey District, 210 acres; an-
nual rent, £2 12s. 6d.

Run No. 59, Onamalutu Survey District, 665 acres; an-
nual rent, £8 6s. 3d.

These runs are situated at the back of freehold sections in
Kaituna Valley, on Main Road, Blenheim to Nelson; partly
scrub and partly bush; about twenty miles from Blenheim
and seven miles from Havelock.

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 declara-
   tion as per form printed below.

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 be
   paid immediately on the application being declared success-
   ful; 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, 1894.

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 pur-
   chaser 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 be-
lieving 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.
  S. WEETMAN,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands in the Taranaki District by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 11th December, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sec-
tions will be submitted to public auction, at the
Crown Lands Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the
14th February, 1894, at 12 noon.

SCHEDULE.
Town of Huiroa.

This township is situate at the junction of the Makuri and
Douglas Roads, about fifteen miles from Stratford. The
sections are all covered with bush, the timber being prin-
cipally tawa, with kahikatea, matai, rimu, and rata.

Town of Opunake.

Situate on the Main South Road.

Patea District.

Situate on the Turuturu Road, and distant from Hawera
about a mile and a half, in a northerly direction.

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

Plans, &c., may be obtained at the principal post-offices
and railway-stations throughout the district, and full par-
ticulars upon application at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.