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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 28

(2.) 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

(3.) 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 of Run 213
   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. The rent paid on
   the fall of the hammer shall be reckoned as the rent due in
   advance on the 1st September, 1894. 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.

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

Small Grazing-run, Hawke's Bay, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 28th March, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application on
and after Wednesday, 30th May, at the annual rental noted
below. In case of more than one application for the run on
the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot
on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

Run No. District. Area. Annual
Rental.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
9 Pohui .. .. 2,534 0 0 30 0 0

High hilly country, covered with fern and stunted manuka.
The spurs are in places narrow, rocky, and broken, and the
gullies deep, with steep faces; in others, the ridges and spurs
are broad, with easy faces, carrying a little grass. Soil, light
pumice. There is a little timber in the gullies, chiefly rimu
and red-birch, with a little stunted totara, sufficient for
fencing purposes; well watered. Distant forty miles from
Napier.

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 com-
   mences 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 pay-
   ment 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 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
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.

T. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands at Cheviot offered for Lease as Grazing-farms.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th March, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for lease as grazing-farms, at Christchurch,
on Monday, the 14th May, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL LAND.

Survey District. Section. Block. Area. Rent per Half-yearly
Acre. Rent.

Lowry Peaks.. 1 VII. 2,089 3 1½ 163 4 1
" .. 3 " 1,485 3 6 129 18 9
" .. 1 X. 1,241 3 0 93 1 6
" .. 3 XI. 1,878 3 0 140 17 0
" .. 1 XIV. 1,580 3 3 128 7 6
" .. 2 " 1,724 3 0 129 6 0
" .. 2 and 6 XVIII. 1,772 3 1½ 138 8 9
Cheviot .. 28 VII. 1,286 2 7½ 84 7 10
Lowry Peaks.. 3 XVII. 88 1 9 3 17 10
" .. 5 XVIII. 108 2 6 6 15 0

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years.

2. Every applicant shall make the declaration prescribed,
   and shall, immediately after the application has been ap-
   proved, deposit a sum equal to one half-year's rent of the
   land applied for. Such payment shall be in discharge of the
   half-year's rent due on the 1st day of March or September
   following. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the
   preparation of the lease and the registration thereof.

3. In case of more than one application being lodged on
   the same day for the same farm, priority of selection shall
   be decided by ballot.

4. No person can lease more than one farm.

5. Residence on the farm is compulsory, and shall com-
   mence within one year, unless the lessee obtain the consent
   of the Land Board to reside on other land in his occupation.

6. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to
   one year's rental by the end of the first year, to one and a
   half years' rental by the end of the second year, and to two
   and a half years' rental at the end of the sixth year. The
   improvements which have been already made upon the land
   shall be reckoned as improvements under this clause.

7. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from
   weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and water-
   courses which now are or may be upon the land, and the