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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

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

District Land Office,
Invercargill, 14th June, 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 16th August, 1893, at the rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

About 1,000 acres of bush and scrub of no commercial value, very swampy on flats, and about 30 acres peat-bog, very broken, rough country, pastoral, very stony; well watered; height above sea-level from 1,200ft. to 3,000ft. Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about twelve miles. This run is burdened with £10, being value of sheep-yards, and also £150, being 300 chains of half of boundary fence at 10s. per chain, which will be of use to the incoming tenant.

10 | 85 | .. | Wairaki .. | 7,070 0 0 | 88 7 6

About 1,500 acres birch bush and scrub, the rest pastoral country, very stony; well watered; height above sea-level from 900ft. to 2,700ft. Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about twelve miles. This run is burdened with £8, being value of hut, and £180, being value of half of boundary fence, 360 chains, at 10s. per chain.

| 86 | .. | Wairaki .. | 1,456 0 0 | 22 15 0

About 50 acres birch bush and scrub, the rest tussock country, pastoral, stony soil, several outcrops of iron-ore; well watered; height above sea-level from 1,200ft. to 1,900ft. Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about twelve miles.

12 | | .. | Wairaki .. | 870 0 0 | 16 6 3

About 100 acres birch bush and scrub, the rest tussock country, pastoral, stony soil; well watered; height above sea-level from 1,200ft. to 1,900ft. Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about twelve miles.

13 | 88 | .. | Wairaki .. | 1,193 3 20 | 18 13 10

Tussock country, pastoral, stony soil; well watered; height above sea-level from 1,100ft. to 1,600ft. Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about eight miles.

14 | 89 | .. | Wairaki .. | 1,053 0 0 | 16 9 1

Tussock country, pastoral, stony soil; well watered; height above sea-level from 1,100ft. to 1,700ft. Distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about eight miles. This run is burdened with £28, being value of half of boundary fence, 56 chains, at 10s. per chain.

23 | { 8 | XIII. } | Centre Hill | 5,854 1 5 | 7
| { 10 | XIV. } |
| { 1 | X. } |
| { 1 | XVI. } |

Pastoral country, partly level, but mostly steep spurs, with good tussock grass; height above sea-level varies from 1,300ft. to 3,328ft. Distance from Mossburn Railway-station about ten miles.

25 | 126 | .. | Takitimo .. | 3,386 1 0 | 42 6 7

Hilly country, front half well grassed with fern, white and blue tussock, back half poorly grassed, rocky, rugged, and steep; bush about 150 acres; height above sea-level from 1,400ft. to 5,000ft. Distance from Mossburn Railway-station about twenty-seven miles by good summer road.

26 | 127 | .. | Takitimo .. | 4,693 0 0 | 58 13 3

Hilly country, front half well grassed with fern, white and blue tussock, back half poorly grassed; height above sea-level from 1,200ft. to 5,000ft. Distance from Mossburn Railway-station about twenty-two miles by good summer road. This run is burdened with £48 8s., being half the value of boundary fence.

30 | 128 | .. | Takitimo .. | 3,896 2 0 | 48 14 2

Hilly and stony country, well grassed with tussock, sunny and northern aspect; well watered; height above sea-level from 1,200ft. to 5,000ft. Distance from Mossburn Railway-station by good summer road about nineteen miles.

31 | 129 | .. | Takitimo .. | 3,069 3 0 | 47 19 4

Hilly and stony country, well watered, and grassed with white tussock; sunny and northern aspect; height above sea-level from 1,300ft. to 3,568ft. Distance from Mossburn Railway-station about fourteen miles by good summer road. This run is burdened with £43 4s. 6d., being half the value of boundary fence.

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.

Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 24th April, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lots in the Kihikihi Township will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 23rd day of June proximo, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
TOWN OF KIHIKIHI.