Jan. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 129

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Level, gravel formation, poor soil; vegetation, silver and blue tussock; height above sea-level from 200ft. to 600ft.; distance from Otatau Railway-station about twenty-three miles.

3 | 111 | 343 2 0 | 4 5 11
Hilly and broken, clay formation, poor land; vegetation, manuka scrub and fern; height above sea-level from 400ft. to 600ft.; distance from Otatau Railway-station about eighteen miles by road.

4 | 110 | 183 0 0 | 2 5 9
Peat bog and swamp, poorly grassed; height above sea-level about 250ft.; west boundary fenced with stakes and seven wires, south boundary fenced with stakes and six wires; distance from Otatau Railway-station about sixteen miles by good road.

5 | 112 | 342 2 0 | 5 7 0
Hilly and broken, limestone formation, fair soil; vegetation, silver and red tussock, and fern; height above sea-level about 800ft.; south boundary fenced with stakes and six wires; distance from Otatau Railway-station about twenty-one miles by road.

6 | 113 | 1,618 0 0 | 20 4 6
Undulating country, poor soil, formation yellow clay; vegetation, silver and red tussock, and fern, also stunted manuka scrub; height above sea-level from 400ft. to 800ft.; distance from Otatau Railway-station about twenty-two miles by road.

TUTURAU SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block X.

7 | 26 | 1,350 1 8 | 16 17 7
Hilly and broken, soil poor; vegetation, silver tussock, with some mixed bush; well watered; height above sea-level, from 800ft. to 1,400ft.; distance from Mataura Railway-station about twelve miles by road.

TARINGATURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

159 | .. | 3,468 0 0 | 65 0 0
Land rather broken; vegetation, flax, silver tussock, and fern; altitude about 600ft. to 1,000ft.; carrying capacity from 1,000 to 1,200 sheep; distance from Dipton about seven 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, 1893.

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.”

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.

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

District Land and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 12th January, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 28th February, 1893, at the annual rental noted opposite each run:—

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

All hill, poor soil, covered with mixed bush, principally birch on ridges; second-class pastoral country; twenty-five miles from Havelock by boat.

WAITOHI VALLEY.

III. | Cloudy Bay .. | 430 0 0 | 5 7 6
All hill, clay soil, at the back of freehold sections fronting on main road, manuka scrub and mixed bush, mostly birch on ridges; second-class pastoral country; eight miles from Picton.

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, 1893.

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.”

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.
  HENRY G. CLARK,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.