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SCHEDULE.

WAITAKI COUNTY.

Survey
District.

Section.

Block.

Area.

Rent per Acre.

Half-yearly Rent.

Domet .. 2 X. A. R. P.
" .. 2 XI.
Kakanui .. 1 I. 13,540 0 0 3d. 84 12 6
" .. 1 II.
" .. 1 VIII.
Kyeburn .. 1 XIII.
" .. 1 XIV.

Subdivisions of parts of Pastoral Runs Nos. 300 and 301.
The country is of sound grazing quality, containing about
4,000 acres of well-grassed land, about 4,000 acres fairly-
grassed, and the remainder poorly-grassed and broken. It
averages an altitude of 2,800ft., is well watered, and fronts
the main Livingstone-Naseby Road. The run contains a
capital homestead-site, around which are several hundred
acres of arable land. Livingstone is six miles and Tokarahi
Railway-station eleven miles distant. Valuation for house
and fencing, £57 14s., which amount must be paid immediately the result of the ballot is declared. This run was
lately surrendered by James Chapman.

Domet .. 1 X.
" .. 3 XI.
Kyeburn .. 1 X. 9,640 0 0 3d. 60 5 0
" .. 2 XIII.
Kakanui .. 2 I.

Subdivisions of parts of Pastoral Runs 300 and 301. This
is a very compact run, good aspect, and it is well grassed
throughout, silver-tussock on lower slopes and snow-grass on
higher levels. Situated about nine miles from Livingstone,
and about fourteen from Tokarahi Railway-station; average
altitude about 2,800ft. above the sea-level. Lately surrendered by Robert Little. Valuation for improvement,
£13 5s. This amount must either be lodged with application, or must be paid immediately the result of the ballot is
declared.

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 purchaser of a lease of Run No.†

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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. P. MAITLAND,
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.

Small Grazing-runs, Taranaki, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 25th April, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the
District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on and
after Wednesday, the 27th day of June, 1894, at the annual
rental noted opposite each run. In the 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.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

No. of Run. Block. Survey District. Area. Rate per Acre. Annual Rental.

5 IX., X. Opaku .. 1,358 0 3 16 19 6
*6 V., VI., IX., Opaku .. 2,616 0 3 32 14 0
X.

• Weighted with £100, value of improvements.

These lands are situate on the Patea River, access being
obtained by the Maben Road and by the Ball Road, the
latter being formed for dray-traffic as far as Run No. 3,
within two miles of the block, thence by a good pack-track
into the block. The country is very rough; that portion of
No. 5 next to the Patea River is not so broken. On the
south-west corner of No. 6 fifty acres of bush have been
felled and grassed. The soil is of fair quality, and well
watered. The timber is light, consisting of rata, rimu, tawa,
and the usual undergrowth.

Plans and further particulars may be obtained on application at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.