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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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.

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.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 18th June, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at
the District Lands Office, Dunedin, on and after Wednesday,
the 8th August, 1894, at the half-yearly rental noted opposite
the run. 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.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—WAIPORI
SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

High, ridgy country, fairly well grassed. Distance from
Outram, ten to twelve miles by formed road.

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 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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

“The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881,” and
the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amend-
ment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 9th July, 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 Supreme Court Buildings, Auckland,
on Wednesday, the 15th day of August, 1894, for investigating
the transactions relative to the lands mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder, at which time and place all persons
having any objections to the said transactions are hereby
notified to attend.

J. A. WILSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

RARAPUKA NO. 2A.

94–79. TRANSFER, dated the 31st day of May, 1894, made by
Nopera Keepa and others, of Kaipara, to John Phillipps,
of Auckland.

LOT 132, PARISH OF WAIOTAHII.

94–85. Conveyance, dated the 12th day of June, 1894, made
by Jemima Shera, of Auckland, to Andrew Steele, of Opotiki.

KUAOTUNU NO. 2A, NO. 3.

94–87. Transfer, dated the 4th day of July, 1894, made
by Hemi Wa, of Mangakabia, to Te Aira Rangiarua, of
Auckland.

“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, 16th July, 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 Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court,
Wellington, on the 1st day of August, 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,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

WAIKOUAITI, BLOCK XII., SECTION 35.

94–225. TRANSFER, dated the 30th day of June, 1894, from
Teone Hape Pohio to Tamati Parata, M.H.R.