Mar. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 421

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 3rd March, 1894.

N OTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on and
after the 2nd May, 1894, at the half-yearly rental noted op-
posite the runs. In case of more than one application for
the runs on the same day, priority of selection will be
decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

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 below.

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 be
   paid immediately the application is declared successful;
   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 March, 1895.

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.

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 pur-
   chaser 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 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 in and for the Colony of
New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in Canterbury to be offered for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 18th February, 1894.

I T is hereby notified that the pastoral licenses of the
under-mentioned runs will be submitted to public
auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christ-
church, on Wednesday, the 2nd May, 1894, at 11 a.m., sub-
ject to the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

AKAROA COUNTY.

These runs are situated on the spit between Lake Elles-
mere and the sea, embracing the sea-frontage thereof from
near Birdling's Railway-station to near Taumutu, a distance
of about fifteen miles. The area comprises stony sandy
soil or shingle, and sand-wastes, with tussock and other
native grasses growing in places. There is no permanent
water on these runs, though it is possible that artesian-wells
might be successfully sunk.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers
   of the licenses on the day of sale.

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, 1895, and
   shall include, in addition, the whole period between the date
   of possession and the said 1st March, 1895.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions
   amongst others:—

(1.) 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;

(2.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or
burning of timber or bush on the land comprised
in the license;

(3.) 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 Com-
missioner; and

(4.) 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 the fall of the hammer, and the purchaser shall
   make a declaration 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 existing upon the Crown lands offered
   for license.

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

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