Oct. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1537

Lease of Small Grazing-run, Otago, open for Application.

District Land Office,
Dunedin, 20th September, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for application, at this office, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1893, at the rental noted.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Swinburn | 203A | A. R. P. 2,910 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 0 6 | £ s. d. 36 7 6

Subdivision of Pastoral Run 203A, Longlands Station; recently occupied by Mr. J. H. Preston. Cold country; highest altitude, 2,395ft.; situated on main Palmerston-Naseby Road, and adjacent to Shag River.

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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Auckland Land District, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th October, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 27th day of December, 1893, at the annual rentals noted below.

In the event of more applications than one being received on the same day for the same run, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

RAGLAN COUNTY.—PARISH OF KARAMU.
(Being Subdivisions of Section 174, Auckland University College Endowment.)

Run No. 1, 1,214 acres; annual rental, £15 3s. 6d.
Run No. 2, 1,329 acres; annual rental, £22 17s. 3d.
Run No. 3, 612 acres; annual rental, £7 13s.
Run No. 4, 1,296 acres; annual rental, £16 4s.
Run No. 5, 611 acres; annual rental, £7 12s. 9d.
Run No. 6, 986 acres; annual rental, £12 6s. 6d.
Run No. 7, 969 acres; annual rental, £12 2s. 3d.
Run No. 8, 1,477 acres; annual rental, £18 9s. 3d.
Run No. 9, 1,006 acres; annual rental, £12 11s. 6d.

Situated from two to four miles from Whatawhata, and about ten miles from Raglan, and comprises nearly all broken forest land of limestone formation and of good quality. The runs will make good grass-country when cleared.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Towns of Alexandra East and West for Sale, Auckland Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th October, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned town lots will be submitted for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 29th day of December next, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TOWN OF ALEXANDRA EAST.
(Classified as Suburban.)

88 .. .. .. ..
98 .. .. .. ..
121 .. .. .. ..
125A, 126, 126A .. .. .. ..
132, 132A, 133 .. .. .. ..
137, 137A, 138, 138A, 139, 140 .. .. .. ..
142, 142A .. .. .. ..
145, 145A, 147 .. .. .. ..
153, 154 .. .. .. ..
156 .. .. .. ..
217, 218, 218A, 219, 219A, 220, 220A, 221, 221A, 222 .. .. .. ..
227, 228, 231 .. .. .. ..
237 .. .. .. ..
275, 275A, 276, 277, 277A, 278, 278A .. .. .. ..
284, 284A .. .. .. ..
308, 308A .. .. .. ..
322, 322A .. .. .. ..
335 .. .. .. ..
342, 342A, 344, 344A .. .. .. ..
352, 352A .. .. .. ..
372 .. .. .. ..
374, 374A .. .. .. ..
379, 379A .. .. .. ..
384, 384A .. .. .. ..
386A .. .. .. ..
389, 389A, 390, 391, 391A, 392, 392A, 394, 394A, 395, 395A, 390A .. .. .. ..
396, 396A, 397, 397A, 399, 401, 405, 405A .. .. .. ..
403, 403A .. .. .. ..
406, 406A, 408, 408A, 409, 409A, 411, 413, 414, 415 .. .. .. ..
416, 417, 418 .. .. .. ..
432, 433, 434 .. .. .. ..
437A, 438 .. .. .. ..
490, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 498, 499, 500, 501, 503 .. .. .. ..
506 .. .. .. ..
514 .. .. .. ..
519 .. .. .. ..