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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

Run No. 15, broken pastoral country, shale formation at north end, all tussock country, well watered, height above sea-level from 1,000ft. to 2,093ft.; distance from the Nightcaps Railway-station about fifteen miles. This run will be burdened with £57 4s., being half the value of boundary-fences.

Run No. 16, hilly country, good pastoral land, well watered, all tussock country, height above sea-level from 1,000ft. to 1,500ft.; distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about twelve miles. This run will be burdened with £137 5s., being half the value of boundary-fences.

Run No. 17, hilly country, good pastoral land, well watered, all tussock country, height above sea-level from 1,000ft. to 1,600ft.; distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about twelve miles. This run will be burdened with £131 7s. 6d., being half the value of boundary-fences.

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.

Grazing Lease of Portion of Maungatoroto Forest for Sale by Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th March, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lot, being part of the land known as Maungatoroto Forest, on which the timber has been burnt or removed, will be offered for lease for grazing purposes, in terms of section 232 of “The Land Act, 1892,” for the term of twenty-one years, by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 26th April, 1893, at 11 a.m.:

Parish of Waipu, 770 acres; upset price, 4½d. per acre per annum.

Rentals to be paid half-yearly in advance.

Lessee will have the right to use the land for grazing purposes only.

Lessee will have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.

Free rights of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” shall be given to all persons duly authorised in that behalf.

Lessee may remove all fencing and buildings erected by them prior to the expiration of the term of the lease, but will have no right to valuation or compensation for improvements, or right of renewal of the lease.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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