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3. That I am not the holder of any lease or license in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any lease or license in contravention of section 193 of the said Act.

4. That I am not the holder of a small grazing-run in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such run.

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 for the Colony of New Zealand.

Full particulars, plans, forms of declaration, &c., may be obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 6th March, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Land and Survey Office, Christchurch, on and after Thursday, the 20th April, 1893, at the annual rental noted opposite each run. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—TEKAPO, BURKE, AND OPUHA SURVEY DISTRICTS.

36477 | IV. | 1,356 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 67 16 0

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—BURKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

These runs are situated on or adjacent to the main road between Fairlie and Burke’s Pass, which are distant respectively nine and two miles, being subdivisions of part of the original Ashwick Station. They include the eastern slopes of the Two-thumb Range, and comprise steep broken spurs with lower slopes and flats, intersected by deep gullies, and are rocky and stony in places. The soil is generally of fair quality; the vegetation consists of tussock and other native and English grasses and tutu, with snowgrass on the higher lands. The country is generally well watered. The elevation above sea-level varies from about 1,900ft. to 4,700ft., consequently the area is subject to falls of snow, which lies on the tops during winter. Except for this drawback, the sections are well adapted for pastoral purposes.

WAIMATE COUNTY.—NIMROD SURVEY DISTRICT.

Run No. II., III.} | 3,700 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 185 0 0
38 | VI., VII.}

This run is situated on the eastern slopes of the Mount Nimrod Range, at the back of and adjacent to the Cannington and Pareora Estates, and comprises hilly and mountain open country, ranging from 1,500ft. to 5,000ft. above sea-level, with bush in some of the gullies, and with some flat land on the road-frontage suitable for a homestead-site. The lower slopes include land of fair average quality, carrying good tussock, native, and some English grasses. The high portions of the range are rocky, and subject to heavy falls of snow in the winter season. The run is watered by branches of the White Rock River, and is well adapted for pastoral purposes; is connected with the Cave Railway-station by formed road, and is distant therefrom about eleven miles.

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 for six years, 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 March, 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.

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, 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.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town and Rural Lands for Sale by Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd March, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned town and rural lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Auckland, on Wednesday, the 19th April, 1893, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE WEST (classified as Suburban).

Lot 99, 1 acre; upset price, £3.

Lots 480 and 481 (together), 2 acres; upset price, £6.

SUBURBS OF PAHI, OTAMATEA COUNTY.

Lot 100, 2 acres and 30 perches; upset price, £4 7s. 6d.

Lot 101, 5 acres 1 rood 13 perches; upset price, £10 15s.

Lot 40, 15 acres and 2 perches; upset price, £30.

SUBURBS OF NGARUAWAHIA NORTH.—MUSEUM ENDOWMENTS.

Lots 181 and 182, each containing 5 acres; upset price, £10 per section.

Lots 203 to 208 inclusive, each containing 5 acres; upset price, £10 per section.

Suburban lands near Ngaruawahia on the north side of the river.

PARISH OF ORUAWHARO, RODNEY COUNTY.

Section 12, 88 acres 1 rood 31 perches; upset price, £222 10s.

Broken forest land, containing 278 kauri-trees (about 750,000ft.), and ten totara-trees (about 8,000ft.); situated about five miles from Hakaru, and five miles from Mangawai.

PARISH OF HIKURANGI, WHANGAREI COUNTY.

East portion of Section 32, 10½ acres; upset price, £10 10s.

Open land; situated on main road to Hukerenui, three miles north of Hikurangi Post-office.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.