Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1491

Crown Lands Notices.

THE CHEVIOT ESTATE.

NOTICE is hereby given that
FIFTY-FOUR FARMS,
comprising 12,482 acres of First- and Second-class Agricultural Land, will be open for application for
LEASE IN PERPETUITY
on and after Monday, the 13th day of November, 1893, at the Land Offices, Christchurch, Timaru, and Cheviot.
Rents from 2s. to 11s. per acre per annum.
Areas from 83 acres to 485 acres.

Also,
THREE GRAZING-FARMS,
comprising 2,506 acres, for Lease for twenty-one years.

SIXTY-SIX VILLAGE-SETTLEMENT ALLOTMENTS
will be open for selection for LEASE IN PERPETUITY.
Rents from 3s. to 12s. per acre per annum.
Areas from 4½ acres to 77 acres.

Also, for Sale by Auction, on the 17th November, at the Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch, at 11 a.m.,
FOR CASH OR ON TERMS,
FORTY-NINE FARMS,
comprising 11,936 acres of First- and Second-class Agricultural Land.
Upset prices from £3 to £12 per acre.
Areas from 31 acres to 573 acres.

And Thirty-three SECTIONS in the new
TOWN OF MACKENZIE.
Prices, £7 10s. to £30.

THE MANSION HOUSE AND 5,000 ACRES
of Land will also be offered for Sale in one lot, for Cash or Terms, on the 17th November. Upset, £25,000. Should the house and land not be sold, then 2,896 acres will be offered in 6 sections, on same terms. Prices, £2 15s. to £5 12s. per acre.

Plans and terms, with full particulars of the lands and a brief description of each section, can be obtained at any Land Office in the colony.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Town of Kihikihi for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th September, 1893.

IN accordance with a resolution of the Land Board it is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lots in the Township of Kihikihi, having previously been offered for sale by public auction, shall, on and after the 29th day of November next, be open for application for lease for a term of ten years at the annual rentals set forth below.

SCHEDULE.
TOWN OF KIHIKIHI.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.
Term of lease: Ten years, without right of renewal.
Rent payable half-yearly in advance.
No compensation for improvements will be paid during either the currency or at the termination of the leases; but lessees will have the right to remove all fencing and buildings prior to expiration of leases.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Land and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 16th September, 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 7th November, 1893, at the rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

High and broken country; northern aspect; front half well grassed with silver-tussock; back portion rocky, and poorly grassed with snow-tussock; contains also about 1,130 acres of birch bush; height above sea-level, from 1,300ft. to 5,000ft.; distance from Mossburn Railway-station about 15 miles. This run will be burdened with £76 16s., being half the value of boundary-fence.

33 | 133 | .. | Takitimo | 2,321 3 39 | 21 15 5
" | 2 | X. | Centre Hill | |
" | 1 | XVIII. | " | |

Hilly, poor land; poorly grassed with snow-tussock and a sparse mixture of silver-tussock; yellow-clay formation; southern aspect; height above sea-level, from 1,200ft. to 1,900ft.; distance from Mossburn Railway-station, about 12 miles. This run will be burdened with £94 4s., being half the value of boundary-fence.

34 | 132 | .. | Takitimo | 2,531 1 12 | 23 14 7
" | 1 | X. | Centre Hill | |
" | 2 | XI. | " | |
" | 2 | XVII. | " | |
" | 2 | XVIII. | " | |

Undulating poor land; poorly grassed with snow-tussock and a sparse mixture of silver-tussock; yellow-clay formation; eastern aspect; height above sea-level, from 1,300ft. to 1,900ft.; distance from Mossburn Railway-station, about 11 miles. This run will be burdened with £54 12s., being half the value of boundary-fence.

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.

• Place of abode or occupation.