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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

"The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1892."

NOTICE is hereby given that an application in terms of the above-mentioned Act, and the rules thereunder made, as such application is more particularly described in the Schedule hereto, has been duly filed in the office of the Registrar of the Native Land Court at Wellington.

Native Land Court Office, Wellington, 15th June, 1893.

H. F. EDGER, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

"The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1892."

NOTICE is hereby given that an application in terms of the above-mentioned Act, and the rules thereunder made, as such application is more particularly described in the Schedule hereto, has been duly filed in the office of the Registrar of the Native Land Court at Wellington.

Native Land Court Office, Wellington, 21st June, 1893.

H. F. EDGER, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Crown Lands Notices.

Pastoral Run in Otago forfeited.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th June, 1893.

NOTICE to pay rent due on Section 37, Block VI., Table Hill District, held by Thomas Anthony Douglas, under pastoral license No. 482, having been given to the said licensee by advertisement in the Gazette of the 9th, 16th, and 23rd February, 1893, and such rent being still unpaid, I hereby declare the said license forfeited, in pursuance of section 215 of "The Land Act, 1893."

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, open for Application.

District Land Office,
Blenheim, 14th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that lease of the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 2nd August, 1893, at the rental noted.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Partly open, partly fern, scrub, and light bush ; about seventeen miles from Picton by water.

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.

SIDNEY WHEATMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.