1806. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
      [No. 94

NOTE.—One-fourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen years is returned to the local body, to be spent in improving the access to the land.

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.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

Lease of Pastoral Runs, Southland Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 25th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon on Wednesday, the 24th day of January, 1894:—

Run 487, Fiord County: 11,400 acres; upset rental, £2 10s. Bush land; situated between the Grant Burn and the Waitutu River, and about thirty-six miles west of Orepuki.

Run 488, Fiord County: 14,300 acres; upset rental, £2 10s. Bush land; situated between the Waitutu River and a line parallel to this river and about three miles east of same, and about thirty-three miles west of Orepuki.

Run 489, Fiord County: 11,700 acres; upset rental, £2 10s. Bush land; situated between the Wairaurahiri River and a line parallel to and about three miles west of same, and about thirty miles west of Orepuki.

Run 490, Fiord County: 12,000 acres; upset rental, £2 10s. Bush land; situated between the Wairaurahiri River and the Edwin Stream, and about twenty-six miles west of Orepuki.

Run 503, Fiord County: 176,130 acres; upset rental, £16. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 5,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Charles and George Sounds.

Run 504, Fiord County: 204,800 acres; upset rental, £20. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 4,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Thomson and Charles Sounds.

Run 505, Fiord County: 88,000 acres; upset rental, £8. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 6,000ft. above sea-level; situated between the South-west Arm and the South Fiord of Lake Te Anau.

Run 506, Fiord County: 139,200 acres; upset rental, £13. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 4,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Bradshaw and Smith Sounds and Maniori Lake.

Run 507, Fiord County: 81,900 acres; upset rental, £7. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 4,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Breaksea and Dusky Sounds.

Run 508, Fiord County: 159,700 acres; upset rental, £15. High, broken, and mostly bush-clad country, some parts being over 4,000ft. above sea-level; situated between Dusky Sound and Preservation Inlet.

Term of lease, twenty-one years.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale by Auction of Lease of University Reserve No. 28, Greymouth.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 4th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of subdivisions of University Reserve No. 28, Town of Greymouth, set out hereunder, will be offered by public auction at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Thursday, the 28th December, 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 particulars 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.

Native Land Court Notices.

District of Taranaki.—Notice of Time and Place for Inspecting Plan after Partition Order.—Oeo, Block I., Subdivision C of Section 1.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1893.

WHEREAS at a Court held at Opunake, on the 6th day of June, 1890, and following days, a partition order was made respecting the aforesaid block of land, and Pehira Taikomako and others were declared to be the owners thereof: And whereas the south-eastern boundary-line of the said block as surveyed has of necessity deviated from that drawn by the Court on the plan of the said block which was before the Court:

Now notice is hereby given that the plan of the partition of the said block will be deposited for inspection at the Post-office at Opunake, from the 18th day of December, 1893, to the 23rd day of December, 1893.

All objections are to be lodged with the Registrar, Native Land Court, Wellington, on or before the 30th day of December, 1893.

H. F. EDGER, Registrar.

“The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881,” and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Trust Commissioner will, under the authority and for the purposes of the said Acts, hold a Court at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, on the 20th day of December, 1893, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, for investigating the cases mentioned in the Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons interested in the said cases, and having objections to the said dealings, are hereby notified to attend.

H. F. EDGER,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

TE POUUE.
93-453. Mortgage, dated the 19th day of October, 1893, from Hera te Ata and others to William Gascoigne Beard and another.

RANGITOTO (D’URVILLE ISLAND, PART OF).
93-454. Lease, dated the 29th day of May, 1893, from Ngamuka Kawharu and others to James Frederick Ross.

PAHIKO, NGAKARORO NO. 6.
93-455. Transfer, dated the 27th day of November, 1893, from Wirihana Rangihaeata to Hakaraia te Whena.

MANAWATU KUKUTAUAKI NO. 4c, NO. 1.
93-456. Transfer, dated the 14th day of November, 1893, from Hakaraia te Whena to Hona Taupo and another.

AWAHORONU A NO. 5.
93-457. Transfer, dated the 14th day of November, 1893, from Hona Taupo and another to Hakaraia te Whena.