JULY 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1149

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

District Land Office,
Dunedin, 17th July, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 29th August, 1893, at the rental noted opposite each run.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA AND WAITAKI COUNTIES.

This country, known as part of Bellamy Station, was held partly by Mr. Samuel Henry, and partly by the New Zealand Mortgage and Investment Association (Limited), under pastoral licenses determined on the 31st March, 1893. It is chiefly open ridgy land, growing silver and snow tussock, with a little grass. Run No. 137 contains a little birch bush; and Runs Nos. 137A, 137B, and 137C contain a little manuka scrub and fern. The distance of the runs from Lawrence varies from nine to thirteen miles, and their altitude from 800ft. to 2,400ft. Run No. 137D is subject to valuation for fencing, £46 15s. 9d.

| Beaumont.. | 170B | .. | 1,570 | 0 7 | 22 17 11 |
| " .. | 170C | .. | 1,270 | 0 6 | 15 17 6 |
| " .. | 170D | .. | 1,560 | 0 7 | 22 15 0 |
| " .. | 170E | .. | 1,590 | 0 7 | 23 3 9 |

Subdivisions of Run No. 170B, part of Bellamy Station, which was held by Mr. Alexander Brown, under license determined on the 31st March, 1893. The land is of fairly good quality, broken, and mostly open. It contains manuka scrub, flax, fern, and a little bush, with native grasses and clover. Portions of the runs might be utilised for growing root-crops. They are well watered by branches of the Clutha River. Run No. 170B is accessible by bullock-dray, about twenty-three miles from Lawrence, or by bridle-track three miles to Beaumont, and thence twelve miles by main road to Lawrence. Runs Nos. 170C and 170E are twelve and a half to thirteen miles from Lawrence by main road. Run No. 170D is accessible by bullock-dray from Lawrence, twenty-four miles distant, or from same locality by bridle-track and main road, via Beaumont, sixteen miles. This country varies in altitude from 700ft. to 1,930ft., the ascent in places being abrupt. Valuations for improvements are payable as follow: Run No. 170B, £12 4s. 9d.; Run No. 170D, £26 12s. 9d. The improvements in both instances consist of fencing.

WAITAKI COUNTY.

| Domet .. | 2 | X. |
| Kakanui .. | 2 | XI. |
| " .. | 1 | I. |
| " .. | 1 | II. |
| Kyeburn .. | 1 | VIII. |
| " .. | 1 | XIII. |
| " .. | 1 | XIV. |
| | | | 13,540 | 0 4 | 112 16 8 |

Subdivisions of parts of Pastoral Runs Nos. 300 and 301. The country is of sound grazing quality, containing about 4,000 acres of well-grassed land, about 4,000 acres fairly grassed, and remainder poorly grassed and broken. It averages an altitude of 2,800ft., is well watered, and fronts main Livingstone-Naseby Road. The run contains a capital homestead-site, around which lie several hundred acres of arable land. Livingstone is six miles, and Tokarahi Railway-station eleven miles distant. Valuation for house and fencing, £57 14s.

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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 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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Suburbs of Nongotaha, Auckland, for Sale.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lots in the Suburbs of Nongotaha, Rotorua, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Courthouse, Rotorua, on Tuesday, the 8th day of August proximo, at 11 o'clock a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

SUBURBS OF NONGOTAHA.

These lots are situated about 3½ miles from Rotorua Township, at the junction of the Oxford, Tauranga, and Rotorua Roads, and near the Railway-station.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.