July 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1151

| Run | Section. | Block. | Survey District. | Area. | Rent per |
| No. | | | | | Annum. |

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.

A. R. P. £ s. d.

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.

11 | 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 | 87 | .. | 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 Night-
caps 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. |
| {10 | XIV. | Centre Hill | 5,854 1 5 | 73 3 7
| { 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 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.
  G. W. WILLIAMS,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Land and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 20th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned small grazing-run will be open for appli-
cation, at this office, on Tuesday, the 15th August, 1893, at
the rental noted.

SCHEDULE.
Marlborough Land District.

| Survey District. | Run | Area. | Rent | Half-yearly |
| | No. | | per Acre. | Rent. |
| | | Acres.| s. d. | £ s. d. |
| Linkwater .. | .. | 40 | 377 | 0 3 | 2 7 2 |

Situated at Black Point, Pelorus Sound. Steep hills; all
bush, except about 30 acres grass and fern. Southern por-
tion good land, northern fair. Highest point, 1,400ft.
About five miles from Havelock by water, and twelve miles
by track.

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 declara-
   tion 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.