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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

CLASS II.—PASTORAL-AGRICULTURAL LANDS, being Lands
adapted in part for Pasturage and in part for Agricultural
Purposes, but suitable for Subdivision in Areas not exceed-
ing Five Thousand Acres.

C. W. ADAMS,
HENRY CLARK,
ANDREW McKERROW, } Commissioners.

Southland Runs classified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th January, 1893.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Com-
missioners appointed in pursuance of section 189 of
"The Land Act, 1892," have reported to His Excellency the
Governor that the lands described in the Schedule hereto
have been classified by them as therein noted.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

CLASS I.—PASTORAL LANDS, being Lands suitable exclusively
for Pasturage, and not capable of being used with Profit
in Areas of a carrying capacity of less than Five Thousand
Sheep.

| Run | Acres. | Description. |
| No. | | |
| 423 | 1,700 | Situated in Block XIII., Oteramika Survey District. Bounded towards the south by the Waituna Lagoon; towards the west by Block V.; towards the north by Sections 7 and 6 of Block XIII.; and towards the east by Fergusson Creek. |
| 352A | 28,710 | Situated in the Eyre Survey District. Bounded towards the south-east and south by Runs 214F, 214E, 214D, 214c, and Section 71, Eyre District; towards the north-east generally by the Kingston Railway-line, Sections 49, 60, 50, 48, and 109, Eyre District, and by the Mataura River; towards the north-west by Run 418 and its south-east boundary produced to the Eyre Creek; and towards the south-west by the Eyre Creek: excepting out of the land herein described Sections 46 and 47, Eyre District. |

G. W. WILLIAMS.
CUTHBERT COWAN.
JOHN McINTYRE.

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

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 9th December, 1892.

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

SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 245, PARISH OF WAIMANA.—
AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ENDOWMENT.

| Run No. | Area. | Rental | Annual Rental. |
| | | per Acre. | |
| | Acres. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 1 | 1,640 | 0 0 3 | 20 10 0 |
| 2 | 2,244 | 0 0 3 | 28 1 0 |
| 3 | 1,777 | 0 0 3 | 22 4 3 |
| 4 | 1,283 | 0 0 3 | 16 0 9 |
| 5 | 1,803 | 0 0 3 | 22 10 9 |
| 6 | 1,171 | 0 0 3 | 14 12 9 |

Run No.1, broken land, nearly all fern, tea-tree and tupaki,
with exception of small patches of bush. Run No. 2, broken
land, heavy fern, tea-tree, and tupaki; one-third bush. Run
No. 3, two-thirds heavy bush (tawa), rest heavy fern and
tupaki. Run No. 4, two-thirds heavy bush (rata, puriri, and
tawa), broken land, rest fern and tupaki. Run No. 5, one-
third heavy bush, large tea-tree, and rewarewa, rest high
fern, tea-tree, and tupaki.

All these runs are situated near the Township of Whaka-
tane, Bay of Plenty, and are very suitable for sheep, the land
being dry but well watered.

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 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 September, 1893.

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 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 in and for the Colony of
New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.