1606 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 84

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.

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.

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.

Town, Suburban, Rural, and Pastoral Lands open for Sale or Lease in the Otago Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 14th September, 1893.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned town, suburban, rural, and pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction, for sale or lease, as is more particularly noted in the Schedule, on Tuesday, the 5th December, 1893.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.