APRIL 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 547

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Southland, open for Application.

District Land and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 17th April, 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 22nd June, 1893, at the annual rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run | Section. | Survey District. | Area. | Rent per Annum.
No. | | | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
20 | 797 | Hokonui | .. | 2,653 2 0 | 33 3 5

Open hilly country, with small area at north-east end ploughable; vegetation chiefly silver-tussock, with box scrub in some of the southern slopes; fairly good grazing-land; height above sea-level, from 800ft. to 1,926ft. Distance from Benmore Railway-station, about 11 miles, by roads partly formed.

21 | 798 | Hokonui | .. | 3,560 1 0 | 26 14 0

Hilly country, with small area at north-east corner ploughable; from 700 to 800 acres of very poor land, over-grown with box scrub, balance ranging from poor to fair quality for grazing purposes; well watered; height above sea-level, from 850ft. to 2,200ft. Distance from the Benmore Railway-station, about 11 miles, by roads partly formed.

22 | 799 | Hokonui | .. | 1,632 0 0 | 20 8 0

About 284 acres fair land, fit for cultivation, balance ranges from poor to fairly-good grazing-land, well watered; vegetation, silver-tussock, tutu, fern, and box scrub; height above sea-level, from 650ft. to 1,500ft. Distance from the Benmore Railway-station, about 10 miles.

2 | {65 to 68} | Wairaki | .. | 1,970 1 0 | 24 12 7
| and |
| 74 |

Open swampy undulating pastoral country, cold, wet clay soil, about 500 acres agricultural, the rest pastoral; height above sea-level, from 750ft. to 1,200ft. Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station, about 16 miles. This run will be burdened with £10, being value of sheep-yards, and £5, being value of hut.

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 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 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.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Application.

District Land Office,
Blenheim, 24th April, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Friday, the 16th June, 1893, at the annual rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Survey District. | Run No. | Block. | Area. | Rent per Acre. | Annual Rent.
| | | Acres. | d. | £ s. d.
Wakamarina | 42 | XII., XVI. | 350 | 3 | 4 7 6
Linkwater .. | | IX. | 500 | 3 | 6 5 0
Wakamarina | 43 | XVI. | 600 | 3 | 7 10 0
" | 44 | " | 600 | 3 | 7 10 0
" | 45 | " | 300 | 3 | 3 15 0
" | 46 | " | 240 | 3 | 3 0 0
" | 47 | " | 540 | 3 | 6 15 0
Linkwater .. | 48 | XIII. | 380 | 3 | 4 15 0
" | 49 | " | | | |

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 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 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

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.