JULY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 21st May, 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, Christchurch, on and after Wednesday, the 18th July, 1894, at the annual rentals noted below. In case of more than one application being received for either of the runs on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—MACKENZIE COUNTY.—
BURKE AND TENGAWAI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

First-class Pastoral Country.

These sections are situated adjacent to and south of Burke’s Pass, being subdivisions of parts of the original Three Springs and Rollesby Stations, and comprise generally mountainous and hilly open tussock country of good quality, rocky and shingly on the main tops and spurs, with patches of undulating land and small flats. The sections are fairly well watered by springs and streams. The elevation of the country ranges from 1,700ft. to about 3,600ft. above sea-level; and it is subject to heavy falls of snow, which lie on the higher lands during the winter. The access is by the main roads connecting Burke’s Pass with Fairlie and Albury, the distances from these places to the nearest points on the sections being respectively about one mile, twelve, and seventeen miles. The Duck Stream and other branch roads are unformed. These sections, except for the drawback of being subject to falls of snow, are by quality of soil and situation well adapted for pastoral pursuits.

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 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.† __.
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.

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

License of Pastoral Run for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 21st May, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the pastoral run set out below will be offered by public auction at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 10th day of July next, at the hour of 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the price and for the term given, and subject to any rights of renewal or resumption as may be prescribed by the Land Acts.

Maps may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars as to conditions of sale, license, &c., and as to declarations to be taken, may be ascertained.

Payment to be made on the fall of the hammer, and to consist of six months’ rent in advance and license-fee, £1 1s.

Run No. 118, 2,500 acres, between Hokitika and Kokatahi Rivers, comprising the whole of Koitirangi Hill; limestone formation, bush feed, cattle country; average altitude, 600ft.; access by Special-settlement Road and Hokitika River-bed. Bounded on the north by Cropp’s Swamp and surveyed lands; on the east by G. C. line; on the south by Hokitika River; and on the west by Hokitika River and surveyed land.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner Crown Lands.