MAR. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 351

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 believ-
ing 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 applica-
tion 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.

Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent | Annual
| | | per Acre. | Rent.
| | | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
MACKENZIE COUNTY.—TEKAPO, BURKE, AND OPUHA SURVEY
DISTRICTS.

36476 | XVI., IV., | 1,900 0 0 | 0 0 9 | 71 5 0
| XIII. |

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—BURKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

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

These runs are situated on or adjacent to the main road
between Fairlie and Burke's Pass, which are distant respec-
tively 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 eleva-
tion 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 Canning-
ton 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 declara-
   tion 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 ac-
   company 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 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.
  J. W. A. MARCHANT,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Suburban 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 for-
feited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and
void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.