1676
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

December next, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
at the upset prices noted, for the term of fourteen years;
improvements of value of £200 attaching to Subdivision 28A
(in favour of the Greymouth Hospital).

Plans may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, and the
Resident Magistrate's Court, Greymouth; other full par-
ticulars as to conditions of lease, &c., may be ascertained at
the Land Office, Hokitika.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and
consist of one year's rental in advance, lease-fee £1 1s., and
the valuation for improvements, if any.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Hawke's Bay, open for License on
Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 31st October, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
pastoral runs will be open for license for the term of
twenty-one years, on application, on and after Friday, the
1st December, 1893, at the annual rental noted below. In
case of more than one application for the same run on the
same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on
the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

On Run No. 1 there are about 5,600 acres of open fern
country, the remainder being mixed bush. About half the
run is undulating and level, the rest rather broken. On
Run No. 2 about 2,100 acres are open fern land, the balance
being bush.

The soil on both runs is light pumice, and they are well
watered. They are accessible by pack-track from Wairoa,
distant forty-eight miles, and from Mohaka, about twenty-
eight miles.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers of
   the licenses on the day of the Land Board approving their
   application.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more
   than one run under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892":
   Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a
   carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two
   thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggre-
   gate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or
   cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V.
   of "The Land Act, 1892," shall not be the holder of any
   run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1894, and
   shall include in addition the whole period between the date
   of possession and the said 1st March, 1894.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions,
   amongst others:—
   That if the licensee or any person claiming an interest
   through or under him shall make or cause to be made any
   agreement or contract, or shall give or cause to be given or
   taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or
   evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever
   directly or indirectly commit or be privy to a fraud upon,
   "The Land Act, 1892," the license shall be liable to be
   forfeited and revoked;
   That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning
   of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license;
   That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of
   gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the
   license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause
   to be removed all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious
   weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner;
   and

That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land
comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or
spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer
appointed by him to inspect the ground.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage
   over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no
   right to the soil, or timber, or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year's rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be
   paid on application, and the purchaser shall make a declara-
   tion in terms of section 195 of "The Land Act, 1892." The
   rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of
   March and the 1st day of September in each year during the
   term of the license. Should the half-yearly rental at any
   period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per
   cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in
   respect of any fencing at present existing upon the Crown
   lands offered for license.

DECLARATION.

I, , of , do solemnly and sincerely
declare,——

1. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of
   "The Land Act, 1892," am desirous of becoming the pur-
   chaser of a lease or license of pastoral lands.
2. That I am purchasing the lease or license of such land
   solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or in-
   directly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons
   whomsoever.
3. That I am not the holder of any lease or license in any
   part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any lease or
   license in contravention of section 193 of the said Act.
4. That I am not the holder of a small grazing-run in any
   part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such run.
   And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
   lieving 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 for the Colony of
New Zealand.

Full particulars, plans, forms of declaration, &c., may be
obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Napier, and the local Land Office, Gisborne.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Pastoral Runs, Kaingaroa Plains, Auckland
Land District, for Sale at Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pas-
toral runs will be submitted to public auction, at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Wednes-
day, the 27th day of December next, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

KAINGAROA PLAINS, TAUPŌ.

Open land, covered with rough tussock. Term of lease,
twenty-one years.

Full particulars, plans, forms of declaration, &c., may be
obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Auckland, and the Land Office, Tauranga.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner, 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.