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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

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

District Land Office,
Blenheim, 8th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-men-
tioned small grazing-runs will be open for application,
at this office, on Thursday, the 27th July, 1893, at the rental
noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Situate at back of freehold sections in Kaituna Valley, on
main road, Blenheim to Nelson; soil ranging from inferior
on ridges to fair in gullies; partly scrub and partly bush;
about twenty miles from Blenheim and seven miles from
Havelock.

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 132.
   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 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 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 be-
lieving 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 WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Licenses, Marlborough Land District, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 17th June, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that licenses of the under-mentioned
pastoral runs will be submitted to public auction at the
District Land and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the
15th day of August, 1893, at 11 a.m.

If any one but the late licensee becomes the purchaser,
the value of the improvements (£20 16s. 8d.) must be paid on
the fall of the hammer, to be handed to the late licensee.

Arapawa .. Run No. 89 (late Opihi Run) 210 0 0 0 17 6
Arapawa .. Run No. 90 (late Uruti Run) 875 0 0 3 12 11
Arapawa* .. Run No. 91 (late Treble Run) 200 0 0 0 16 8

Covered with fern, scrub, and light bush; clay soil; from
twenty-four to twenty-seven miles from Blenheim by water,
and from twelve and a half to sixteen miles from Picton by
bridle-track. Term: Ten years from 1st March, 1894.

Linkwater .. Run No. 87 (late part of Onahau Run) 1,180 0 0 4 18 4
Linkwater .. Run No. 88 (late part of Okiwa Run) 1,140 0 0 4 15 0

Covered with fern, scrub, and light bush; about six miles
from Picton by water. Term: Ten years from 1st March,
1894.

Linkwater .. Run No. 95 .. 300 0 0 1 5 0

Situate at back of freehold sections in Waitohi Valley,
about half a mile from Picton-Blenheim Railway; mo-
derately steep hills; soil ranging from inferior on ridges
to fair in gullies; higher ridges birch, lower slopes scrub and
mixed bush; about three miles from Picton. Term: Ten
years from 1st March, 1894.

Wakamarina .. Run No. 80 .. 360 0 0 1 10 0

Partly open, partly fern, scrub, and light bush; about two
miles from Havelock on main road to Nelson; back of free-
hold sections. Term: Ten years from 1st March, 1894.

Onamalutu .. Run No. 84 .. 290 0 0 1 4 2

Situate at the back of freehold sections fronting the main
line of road from Blenheim to Nelson; moderately steep
hills; soil varying from inferior on ridges to fair in the
gullies; higher ridges birch, lower slopes scrub and mixed
bush; about fifteen miles from Blenheim and twelve miles
from Havelock. Term: Ten years from 1st March, 1894.

Onamalutu* .. Run No. 74 (late Riley Run) 850 0 0 3 10 10

Situate at the back of freehold sections in Kaituna Valley,
fronting main road Blenheim to Nelson; all hill soil, varying
from fair in gullies to inferior on ridges; partly open, partly
bush and scrub; about fourteen miles from Blenheim and
thirteen miles from Havelock. Term: Ten years from 1st
March, 1894.

Cloudy Bay and Linkwater Run No. 83 .. 3,400 0 0 7 1 8

Clay hills; partly open, partly fern, scrub, and bush; soil
inferior; about fifteen miles from Blenheim. Term: Ten
years from 1st March, 1894.

Cloudy Bay .. Run No. 27 .. 2,080 0 0 8 13 4
Cloudy Bay .. Run No. 92 (late part of Raydale Run No. 1) 1,008 0 0 4 4 0

Fern, scrub, and light bush; about eight miles from Blen-
heim. Term: Ten years from 1st March, 1894.

• Possession will be given on 1st March, 1894.