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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

High, rocky, pastoral country, of poor character; about twenty miles from Blenheim. Term: Ten years from 1st March, 1894.

Upcot ..
.. | Run No. 75 (late Langridge Run No. 2) | 1,728 0 0 | 7 4 0 |

High, rough, broken tussock country, with shingle slips; about seventy miles from Blenheim. Term: From 1st July, 1894, to 1st July, 1896.

LICENSE for GRAZING PURPOSES from Year to Year under Section 116, “Land Act, 1892.”

Gore ..
.. | Run No. 94 .. | 1,000 0 0 | 4 3 4 |

Tawhini and scrub, with a little grass intermixed; fair soil; about twenty-five miles from Picton by water. This license will be from year to year.

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

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner, Crown Lands.

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

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

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 20th September, 1893, at the rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Open, undulating country; pastoral; hilltops stony, gullies clay soil; well watered; height above sea-level, from 1,230ft. to 1,530ft.; distance from Eyre Creek Railway-station about 40 chains. This run will be burdened with £5, being value of hut on same, and also with £28 8s. 9d., being half the value of rabbit-proof boundary-fence.

28 | 815 | Hokonui .. | 3,168 0 0 | 39 12 0 |

Open, hilly, pastoral country; stony soil, with tussock grass; well watered; height above sea-level, from 1,300ft. to 2,044ft.; distance from Lumsden Railway-station, about four miles.

29 | 816 | Hokonui .. | 2,879 0 0 | 35 19 9 |

Open, hilly, pastoral country; stony soil, with tussock grass; well watered; height above sea-level, from 1,200ft. to 2,053ft.; distance from Lumsden Railway-station, about five miles.

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 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 September, 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.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in the County of Wairoa for License, by Public Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Napier, 3rd July, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be submitted to public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, 30th August, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

On Run No. 1 there are about 5,600 acres of open fern country, the remainder being mixed bush. About half the run is undulating and level, the rest rather broken. On Run No. 2 about 2,100 acres are open fern land, the balance being bush.

The soil on both runs is light pumice, and they are well watered. They are accessible by pack-track from Wairoa, distant forty-eight miles, and from Mohaka about twenty-eight miles.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers of the licenses on the day of sale.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”: Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1894, and shall include in addition the whole period between the date of possession and the said 1st March, 1894.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions, amongst others:—

That if the licensee or any person claiming an interest through or under him shall make or cause to be made any agreement or contract, or shall give or cause to be given or taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever directly or indirectly commit or be privy to a fraud upon,