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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 in-
crease or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commis-
sioner 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 pur-
   chaser 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 in-
   directly 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 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 Land and Survey
Office, Christchurch.

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

Leases of Small-grazing Runs, Southland, open for
Application.

District Land and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 16th March, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-
mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for
application, at this office, on Thursday, the 25th May,
1893, at the annual rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Level, poorly grassed with white tussock and fern, gravel
formation, about 500 acres swamp; height above sea-level
from 600ft. to 850ft; distance from Mossburn Railway-sta-
tion about thirty-one miles.
19 | 124 | Takitimo .. | 3,622 1 20 | 45 5 7
Level, poorly grassed with white tussock and fern, gravel
formation, about 800 acres swamp; height above sea-level
from 600ft. to 850ft; distance from Mossburn about thirty-
one miles.
24 | 125 | Takitimo .. | 4,986 0 0 | 62 6 6
Hilly country, poor land, vegetation white tussock and
fern, gravel formation; height above sea-level from 600ft. to
1400ft. This run will be burdened with £10, being the value
of sheep-yards.

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, 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.

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.
  G. W. WILLIAMS,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Lands in Cromarty Township, Wilson's River
Goldfields.

District Land and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 1st March, 1893.

THE following township lots in Cromarty will be sub-
mitted to public auction, at the Land Office, Invercar-
gill, on Friday, the 28th April next, at 11 o'clock.

SCHEDULE.

CROMARTY.—BLOCK II.
11 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 19 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
12 | 0 0 30 | 7 10 0 | 20 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
13 | 0 0 32 | 7 10 0 | 21 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
14 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 22 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
15 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 23 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
16 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 24 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
17 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 25 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
18 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | | |
CROMARTY, BLOCK IV.
1 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 7 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
2 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 8 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
3 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 9 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
4 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 10 | 0 2 0 | 7 10 0
5 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 11 | 0 2 0 | 7 10 0
6 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 12 | 0 2 0 | 7 10 0

Lithographs may be obtained at the Survey Office, Inver-
cargill. The sections in Block III. are temporarily with-
held pending the requirements for public purposes being
determined.

Terms: One-fifth cash on fall of the hammer, balance
within thirty days of date of auction.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.