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Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make any drain or road through the land that he may deem necessary.

8. The lessee must once a year properly cut and trim all live fences now on the land, or which may be planted upon the land during the term, and stub all gorse not growing as fences, and also stub all broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious plants.

9. In the event of the lessee cultivating any of the land included in his lease, he must take alternately white and root or green crops; and on the removal of the third crop the land must be sown with good permanent cultivated grasses and clovers, and be allowed to remain as pasture for at least two years from the harvesting of the last crop before being again cropped; and he must not cut the cultivated grass for hay or seed the first year of the course.

10. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the trimming of live fences and stubbing gorse, broom, and sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee.

11. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in good order and repair.

12. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term.

13. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the lease must be paid immediately after the application has been approved; rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance during the term of the lease.

14. The lessee shall have no right to purchase any part of the land.

15. On the expiration or other determination of the lease the former lessee shall not have any right of renewal, but shall be entitled to full valuation from the incoming lessee for improvements of a substantial character, appropriate to the lease, effected on the land.

16. In any case where it is determined that any lands included in any lease shall not again be offered for further lease, then the amount of the valuation of the improvements as aforesaid shall be paid to the outgoing lessee or occupier, less any arrears of money due to the Crown by him in respect of such lands, and such amount shall be paid out of the Cheviot Estate Fund.

17. Such improvements shall mean and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of bush, gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or scrub, fencing, draining, sinking wells or water-tanks, constructing water-races, sheep-dips, making embankments or protective works of any kind, and in addition to the foregoing the erection of any building requisite or necessary for the purpose of working the land as a grazing-farm; and the value of all such improvements shall be ascertained one month at least before the expiry of the existing lease, in such manner as the Minister may direct.

18. If a lease is forfeited for breach of conditions, such valuation shall be made on recovering possession of the land.

19. Payment of any valuation for improvements shall be made to the Receiver of Land Revenue by the new lessee of such land before he is admitted into possession, and moneys so paid to the Receiver shall not be deemed part of the Cheviot Estate Fund.

20. The amount of the valuation for such improvements, in case of the land being relet, when paid by the new lessee, shall be paid by the Receiver of Land Revenue to the original lessee or other person entitled, and, in case of forfeiture, less any rent which may be due to the Crown at the date of such forfeiture, and the cost of recovering possession of the land, and also the charges and expenses of reletting such land, and making, issuing, and completing any fresh lease.

DECLARATION.

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

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am applying for a lease of grazing-farm No.†
3. That I am applying for 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 the holder of any run under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892," nor have I any interest in any such run.
5. 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 applying for the lease of, will exceed in area 5,000 acres.
6. That I am applying for the said land subject to the provisions of "The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893," and "The Land Act, 1892."

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.B.,
A Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

"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, 10th April, 1894.

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 Native Land Court, Whanganui, on the 23rd day of April, 1894, 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. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Deputy Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

OMURIHORI.

94-11. LEASE, dated the 28th day of July, 1893, from Te Hunga-o-te-rangi and others to Percival Clay Neill.

OMURIHORI.

94-12. Lease, dated the 28th day of August, 1893, from Te Hunga-o-te-rangi and others to Percival Clay Neill.

MANGATIPONA EAST No. 5.

94-33. Transfer, dated the 6th day of February, 1894, from Hone Hira to Finlay McLean.

KAIATE No. 1 (95N), (PART OF).

94-36. Lease, dated the 31st day of January, 1894, from Waata Wiremu Hipango to Oscar George Augustus Harvey.

KAI IWI (PART OF).

94-61. Lease, dated the 31st day of October, 1892, from Ngarino Horima and others to James Moore.

MANGATIPONA EAST No. 1.

94-67. Transfer, dated the 28th day of March, 1894, from Wunu Rangiwerohia to Finlay McLean.

MANAWAKOWARA No. 1.

94-68. Lease, dated the 29th day of March, 1894, from Hoani Mete to Elizabeth Roberts Duncan.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1894.

In the matter of the will of KOMENE RAWIRI NUKU, of Papawai, deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Hone Arawhata Turi (Te Whatahoro) that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:

It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such application must lodge a caveat, in manner prescribed, within two calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Deputy Registrar.

Sitting of Court adjourned.

Auckland, 2nd April, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Native Land Court at Whakatane, which was notified to sit on the 12th day of April, 1894, has been adjourned to the 19th day of April, 1894.

W. J. MORPETH,
Registrar.