Aug. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1229

"The Land Act, 1892," the license shall be liable to be
forfeited and revoked ;

That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning
of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license ;

That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of
gorse, broom, and sweet-briar on the land comprised in the
license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause
to be removed all gorse, sweet-briar, broom, or other noxious
weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner ;
and

That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land
comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or
spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer
appointed by him to inspect the ground.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage
   over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no
   right to the soil, or timber, or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year's rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be
   paid on the fall of the hammer, and the purchaser shall
   make a declaration in terms of section 195 of "The Land
   Act, 1892." The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance,
   on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in
   each year during the term of the license. Should the half-
   yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a
   penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in
   respect of any fencing at present existing upon the Crown
   lands offered for license.

DECLARATION.

I, , of , do solemnly and sincerely
declare—

1. 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 or license of pastoral lands.

2. That I am purchasing the lease or license of such land
   solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or in-
   directly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons
   whomsoever.

3. That I am not the holder of any lease or license in any
   part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any lease or
   license in contravention of section 193 of the said Act.

4. That I am not the holder of a small grazing-run in any
   part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such run.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believ-
ing 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 for the Colony of
New Zealand.

Full particulars, plans, forms of declaration, &c., may be
obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Napier, and the local Land Office, Gisborne.

THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner, Crown Lands.

Town Lands in Southland for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 21st June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following lots in the
Township of Oban, Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island,
will be submitted to auction in the Land Office, Invercargill,
at noon, on Thursday, the 14th day of September, 1893.
Terms: One-fifth part price on fall of hammer; balance,
together with grant-fee, within thirty days of date of sale.

OBAN TOWNSHIP.

Upset price, £5 per lot.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands, Auckland, for Sale.

District Lands and Survey Department,
Auckland, 20th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned town,
suburban, and rural lands will be offered for sale by
public auction, at the Land Office, Auckland, on Thursday,
the 24th August proximo, at 11 o'clock a.m.

All very broken forest land, with clay soil, situated about
four miles from Kaeo Post-office, and containing timber as
follows: S.E. pn. 3, about 140,000ft. of kauri; S.W. 8,
135,000ft. kauri and 20,000ft. totara; S.W. 9, 27,000ft. kauri
and 24,000ft. totara; Section 19, 20,000ft. kauri and 60,000ft.
totara; Section 23, about 66,000ft. kauri and 40,000ft. totara;
Section 24, about 21,000ft. kauri and 55,000ft. totara; Section
25, 85,000ft. kauri and 21,000ft. totara; Section 26, about
260,000ft. kauri and 540,000ft. totara; Section 28, about
200,000ft. kauri and 20,000ft. totara; Section 30, 30,000ft.
kauri and 14,000ft. totara.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid
on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-
grant fee, within thirty days thereafter.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th July, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that lease of the under-men-
tioned small grazing-run will be open for application,
at this office, on Wednesday, the 20th September, 1893, at
the rental noted.