April 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 549

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 1,400ft. 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 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 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.

Rural Lands in Southland open for Sale or Selection.

District Land and Survey Office, Invercargill, 15th February, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892," either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Thursday, the 25th May next:—

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Sections 114 to 120 and 123, Waiau District, level, poor soil; vegetation, silver-tussock and fern, also a little mixed bush; gravel formation; height above sea-level from 300ft. to 350ft.; distance from Otautau Railway-station about twenty-five miles by good road. Section 118, Takitimo District, hilly, good soil, 190 acres, mixed bush; vegetation, silver-tussock and fern; limestone formation; height above sea-level from 400ft. to 1,400ft.; distance from Otautau Railway-station by road about thirty-five miles.

Wallace.. | Waiau .. | 108 | .. | 689 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 344 15 0 | 0 6 | 8 12 5 | 0 48 | 6 17 11

Level, gravel formation, light soil; vegetation, silver and blue tussock; height above sea-level about 200ft.; distance from Otautau Railway-station about twenty-four miles by good road.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.