Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 349

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 must commence 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.

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.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Ashwick Station.—Pastoral Runs in the Mackenzie County to be offered for License by Public Auction.

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

IT is hereby notified that the pastoral licenses of the under-mentioned runs will be submitted to public auction at the Local Land and Survey Office, Timaru, on Wednesday, the 19th April, 1893, at 11 a.m., subject to the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—PART OF ASHWICK RUN.

These runs are situated on the Two-Thumb Range, about nine miles north-west of Fairlie Railway-station, being subdivisions of the original Ashwick Run, and comprise mountainous and high hilly country, generally rough and broken in character, intersected by gorges and deep gullies, the main tops and high spurs being almost barren. The vegetation consists of snowgrass on the tops and tussock on the lower spurs; tutu also grows plentifully on the lower slopes. The country is well watered by the Sawdon and Edwards Streams, and the tributaries of the Opihi and Opuha Rivers. The elevation ranges from about 1,900ft. to about 6,600ft. above sea-level, the higher portions being subject to heavy falls of snow, which lies on the tops during the winter months. The access is from Fairlie and Burke’s Pass by the Mackenzie County Road, and unformed branch-roads therefrom.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers of the licenses on the day of sale.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”: Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1894, and shall include in addition the whole period between the date of possession and the said 1st March, 1894.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions, amongst others:—

That if the licensee or any person claiming an interest through or under him shall make or cause to be made any agreement or contract, or shall give or cause to be given or taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever directly or indirectly commit or be privy to a fraud upon, “The Land Act, 1892,” the license shall be liable to be forfeited and revoked;

That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license;

That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweet-briar on the land comprised in the license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed all gorse, sweet-briar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner; and

That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no right to the soil or timber or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year’s rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the purchaser shall make a declaration in terms of section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892.” The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in each year during the term of the license. Should the half-yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any fencing at present existing upon the Crown lands offered for license.

DECLARATION.

I, , of , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease or license of pastoral lands.

2. That I am purchasing the lease or license of such land solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

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 Land and Survey Office, Christchurch.

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