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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Small Grazing-run, Auckland, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th May, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application on
and after Wednesday, 11th July, 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.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—EAST TAUPO COUNTY.

All very broken pastoral country, about one-half heavy
tawhai forest, remainder open country, tussock-grass and
tea-tree; accessible only by native track from Tokaanu, or
from Tokaanu-Taupo Road; distant about twelve miles
from Tokaanu, and twenty-six from Taupo.

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 declara-
   tion 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 pay-
   ment 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.

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.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leaseholds of Reserves in Westland for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 3rd May, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leaseholds of sub-
divisions of Reserves Nos. 451, 463, and 465 will be
offered by public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on
Tuesday, the 26th day of June, 1894, at the hour of 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, for the term of fourteen years, at the
annual rentals set out hereunder, and with valuations for
improvements added as shown below.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

The above are subdivisions of part of old Cattle Reserve
No. 451, Hokitika R. Valuation of improvements: Section
859, 10s.; Section 860, £6; Section 861, £4; Section 862,
£2 10s.; and Section 863, £1. The improvements consist
chiefly of fencing.

The above are subdivisions of Reserve No. 463, Cobden
Quay, Kanieri Township. Valuations for improvements as
follow: Section 1, £10; Section 5, £20; Section 6, £15;
Section 7, £15; Section 8, £17; Section 9, £40; Section 10,
£88; Section 11, £75; Section 12, £22; Section 13, £14;
Section 14, £32; Section 15, £3; Section 16, £43.

The above are subdivisions of Reserve No. 465 (Govern-
ment Buildings), Kanieri Township. Valuations for im-
provements as follow: Section 17, £54; Section 18, £39;
Section 19, £35; Section 20, £12; Section 21, £60; Sec-
tion 24, £2 10s.

Bidding to be by bonus, and subject to payment of valua-
tion for improvements.

Plans may be seen, and full particulars as to lease, &c., at
the Land Office, Hokitika.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and
consist of one year's rental in advance, bonus (if any), lease-
fee, £1 1s., and the valuation for improvements (if any).

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.