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grant fee, £1, within thirt days thereaft er, otherwise the
part of the purchase-mone y paid by way of depo sit will be
forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null
and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Comm issioner of C rown Lands.

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Hawke's Bay, open for
Application.

District Land and Surve y Office, 
N apier, 18th August, 1893.

N OTICE is hereb y given that leas es of the under-men-tioned small grazing-runs will be open for application
at this office on Wednesda y, the 18th October, 1893, at the
rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Pastor al Country.

| Run No. | District. | Area. | A nnual Rental. |
|--------|----------|--------|-----------------|| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 26 | Hangar oa | 2,990 0 0 | 46 14 6 |
| 27 | " | 3,049 0 0 | 47 12 10 |

On Run 26 there are about 300 a c res of fern and scrub,
b alance being light b ush and large man uka; on Run 27 there
is light b ush with d en se und erscrub.
The so il in both runs is fair, being p apa formatio n, overla id
by light pumice depo sit; b roken country, and well watered;
s uitable for pastoral p urposes.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of leas e is twent y -one years, with the o ption
   of renewa l for a further period of twent y -one years, at
   a rent to be fixed by valuation, and improv ements being
   secured to lessee as provided by "The Land Act, 1892, "
   section 182. Each lessee is required to make the declara-tio n as per form p rinted hereon.
2. No person can leas e more than one run.
3. Res idence on the run is compulsory, and commences
   within three years in b ush or s wamp land, and within one
   year in open or p artly open land, unless the lessee obtain
   the consent of the Land Board to res ide on other land in his
   occupation.
4. Permanent improv ements must be effected equal to one
   year's renta l by the end of the first year, two years' renta l
   by the end of the second year, and four years' renta l at the
   end of the s ixt h year; and on b ush land, in addition thereto,
   improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an a cre if
   first-class land, or of 5s. an a cre if second-class land.
5. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the leas e must ac-company the application and decla r ation; the rent to be
   paid half-yearly in advance during the term of the leas e.
   The next payment of rent will become due on the 1st
   Se ptember, 1894.
6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the
   land; but he can select 150 a c res around the homestea d
   throug h which no road can be taken or other public privil ege
   exercised without comp ensation.

D ECLARATION.

I, , of* , do solemnly and sincerely declare,--

1. That I am of the age of sev enteen years and upwa rds.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the prov isions of
   "The Land Act, 1892," am desirous of becoming the pur-chaser of a leas e of Run No.†
3. That I am p urchasing such leas e so lely for my own use
   and benefit, and not directly or indir e c tly for the use of any
   other person or persons wha t ever.
4. That I am not already the holder of any such leas e in
   any part of the colon y, nor have I any interest in any such
   leas e.
5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part V I. 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
   leas e or license of any kind what ever anywhere in the colon y,
   either by myself or jointly with any other person, which,
   exclusive of the land I am now purchas ing the leas e of, will
   exceed in area 1,000 a c res.
   And I make this solemn declara tio n consc i entiously be-lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
   General Assembly of New Ze aland intituled "The Justices
   of the Pea ce Act, 1882. "
   (Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 18 , before
me, , a Justice of the Pea ce in and for the Col ony of
New Ze aland.

• Place of abode or occupa tio n. †Here specify.

[No. 65

L and in Town of Opotiki for Leas e.

District Lands and Surve y Office, 
Auckland, 5th August, 1893.

I T is hereb y noti fied that the under-mentioned leas e will
be submitted to public a uction at the Land Office,
Taurang a, on Wednesda y, the 4th October pro ximo, at 11
a.m.

TOWN OF OPOTI KI.

The leas e for a term of fourteen years of Lo t 15, Section 2,
containing 1a. 1r. 27p.; up set annual rent, £1.
Ter ms of leas e: R ent to be paid y early in advance. Lessee
ma y remove all f encing and buildings that may be erect ed
by him prior to the exp iration of the term of leas e, but will
hav e no right to valuation or comp ensation for improv ements
or right of renewa l of leas e.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Comm issioner of C rown Lands.

N ative Land Court Notices.

D eter mination of the Ownership of Land.

N ative Land Court Office, 
Auckland, 17th August, 1893.

W HER EAS by an Order in Council, da t ed the 25th day
of October, 1889, it was ordered and declared that
the investigation and deter mination of the ownership of the
land described in the schedule hereto, and also the deter mi-nation and individualisation of title to the said land, and
the mode of gr anting the same, and any matter or question
which during such investigation may a rise in relation to the
interests of Natives in the said land, should be, and the same
were thereb y, brought within the jur isdiction of the N ative
L and Court:
Now, notice is hereb y given that at a sitting to be held at
R a w ene, Hoki anga, on the 3rd day of October, 1893, the
C ourt will proceed to inquir e into and deter mine the several
matters b rought within its jur isdiction as hereinafter re-cited.

W. J. M ORPETH,
Regis trar.

SCHEDULE.

A ll that p a rcel of land in the District of Hoki anga, known
as Section 9, Block V I I., Mangam uka Surve y District, con-taining by admea surement 150 a c res, more or less. Bounded
tow ards the north-west by Te K ume Stream; towards the
east and south generally by the Orua River; and towards
the west by the Otauhau Block: numb ered 254 in red:
1200, 450, 400, 2455, and 470 links; be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less.

Application for Pro bate.

N ative Land Court Office, 
G is borne, 17th August, 1893.

In the matter of the will of MATA TAIHEKE, or TAIHEKE,
of R u at aniwha, W a iroa, dec eased.

A PPLICAT ION having been made by P aku Her emaia
that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:
It is hereb y noti fied that all persons oppos ing such applica-tio n must lodge a caveat, in manner presc r i bed, within two
ca lendar months after the date of the G azette containing
this notice.

H. C. J A C KSON,
Deput y Regis trar.

"The N ative L ands F rauds Prevention Act, 1881," and
the N ative L ands F rauds Prevention Act 1881 A menda-ment A cts, 1888 and 1889.

N ative Land Court Office, 
Auckland, 19th August, 1893.

N OTICE is hereb y given that a Trus t Commis sioner will,
under the authority and for the purposes of the said
Acts, hold a C ourt at Helensville on the 18th day of S ep-tember, 1893, for investiga t ing the transactions rela tive to
lands mentioned in the S chedule hereunder, at which time
and place all persons having any objections to the said
transa c tions are hereb y noti fied to attend.

W. J. M ORPETH,
Regis trar.

SCHEDULE.

W A IMATA NO. 2.
93-19. L eas e da t ed the 25th day of N o vember, 1892, made
by Haimona Pir ika, of Te Houh anga, to Peter Brown, of
W aimate, K aipara.