Aug. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1231

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 appli-
cation, at this office, on Tuesday, the 29th August, 1893, at
the rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA AND WAITAKI COUNTIES.

Survey | Run | Block. | Area. | Rent | Half-yearly
District. | No. | | | per Acre. | Rent.

TUAPEKA COUNTY.

Beaumont .. | 137 | .. | 1,760 | 0 7 | £ 25 13 4
" .. | 137A | .. | 1,875 | 0 7 | 27 6 11
" .. | 137B | .. | 2,000 | 0 7 | 29 3 4
" .. | 137C | .. | 1,750 | 0 6 | 21 17 6
" .. | 137D | .. | 1,706 | 0 6 | 21 6 6

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

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 Rail-
way-station eleven miles distant. Valuation for house and
fencing, £57 14s.

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 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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Suburban Lands for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Land and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th July, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
suburban lands will be submitted to public auction,
at the District Land and Survey Office, Auckland, on
Wednesday, the 13th September, 1893, at 11 a.m.

MANUKAU COUNTY.—SUBURBS OF POKENO.

Section. | Area. | Upset Price
| | per Section.
| | £ s. d.
222 | A. R. P. | 12 0 0
224 | 5 2 34 | 8 0 0
231 | 3 3 12 | 2 10 0
232 | 1 0 25 | 1 0 0
245 | 0 2 0 | 4 10 0
244 | 1 3 0 | 1 0 0
241 | 0 2 0 | 2 0 0
242 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0
243 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0
259 | 0 2 0 | 1 10 0
260 | 0 3 0 | 3 10 0
262 | 1 2 9 | 4 0 0
263 | 1 2 31 | 4 0 0
264 | 1 3 29 | 1 10 0
266 | 0 2 24 | 1 0 0
267 | 0 1 38 | 1 0 0
272 | 0 1 37 | 10 0 0
274A | 4 3 2 | 2 0 0
275 | 0 3 20 | 8 0 0
276 | 3 2 28 | 6 0 0
280 | 2 2 32 | 4 10 0
281 | 2 0 38 | 6 0 0
282 | 3 0 0 | 6 0 0
284 | 2 3 0 | 4 0 0
285 | 1 3 39 | 2 0 0
285A | 1 0 0 | 2 2 0
286 | 1 0 7 | 0 10 0
287 | 0 0 39 | 2 0 0
289 | 0 3 8 | 10 10 0
5 0 7 |

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, £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.