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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.

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 | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | 19 | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
12 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 20 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0
13 | 0 0 30 | 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.

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.

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

| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
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, 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.