APRIL 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 633

Crown Lands Notices.

Land at Cheviot withdrawn from Grazing-farm and opened for Pastoral License.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,” I, John McKenzie, Minister of Lands for the time being, appointed under “The Land Act, 1892,” do hereby revoke the notice of the 14th March, 1894, published in Gazette No. 23, of the 22nd March, 1894, setting apart lands at Cheviot for lease as grazing-farms, in so far as it relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto; and I do further declare that the land described in the said Schedule hereto will be submitted for pastoral license for the term of one year, at Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 15th day of May, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Alteration of the Terms and Conditions of the Lease of Grazing-farms at Cheviot.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,” I, John McKenzie, Minister of Lands, do declare that clause 4 of the terms and conditions of the lease of grazing-farms at Cheviot, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 27, of the 5th April instant, is hereby revoked; and I do further declare that the clause hereunder given will be one of the conditions of sale of the grazing-farms at Cheviot for sale on the 14th May, 1894.

4. No person can lease more than 5,000 acres, or an area of leasehold and freehold combined which shall exceed 5,000 acres.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Southland, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th April, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 13th June, 1894, 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.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Tussock country, well watered; part can be ploughed; has a fair sprinkling of English grasses; height above sea-level, from 600ft. to 1,000ft.; distance from Dipton, about eight miles and a quarter. This run will be burdened with £70 18s., being half the value of boundary-fences.

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 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 accompany the application; 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 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 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.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve at Auckland for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th April, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease for a term of fourteen years of the plantation reserve, Section 218, Takapuna Parish, containing 5 acres 2 roods 7 perches, will be offered at public auction at this office on Friday, the 22nd day of June proximo, at 11 a.m. Upset annual rent, £1 10s.

Description: Open land on the Birkenhead to Lucas Creek Road, about four miles from the Birkenhead Wharf.

Term of Lease: Fourteen years from the 1st July, 1894, without any right of renewal.

Rent payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st January and 1st July in every year.

No valuation for improvements will be allowed during either the currency or at the termination of the lease, but the lessee will have the right to remove fences and buildings that may be erected by him.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lease in Southland Land District for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 30th March, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lease will be submitted to public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Wednesday, the 23rd May, 1894, at noon:—

Run No. 509, Eyre Mountains, Southland County, 40,600 acres. Chiefly barren mountain-tops; vegetation, silver-tussock, fern, and snow-grass. Height above sea-level, from 1,000ft. to 6,000ft.; distance from Mossburn Railway-station, about eleven miles. Term, 21 years from 1st March, 1895; upset annual rent, £5.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.