Run No. 93, 10,000 acres, Upper Hokitika River Valley: Comprises all the open lands on the Mita Range and the flanks of the dividing-range north of Mathias Pass; tussock country, in parts very rugged; good summer sheep-feed. Access by track to be made up leading spur from junction of Hokitika-Whitcombe Rivers, and also by spurs from Mathias River-bed in Canterbury. Average altitude, 3,900ft.

Run No. 119, 5,000 acres, Upper Makawiho River Valley: Includes all the lower slopes and terraces on both banks of river; heavily timbered; cattle-feed under scrub. Accessible by Makawiho River-bed.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Westland Land District.—Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 5th June, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral runs set out below will be offered by public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 31st day of July next, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the prices and for the terms given, and subject to any rights of renewal or resumptions as may be prescribed by the Land Acts or other constituted authority, and subject to the necessary declarations being taken. Maps may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars as to conditions of sale, and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and consist, with regard to the said licenses, of six months' rent in advance and license-fee of £1 1s.

Run No. 26, 7,000 acres, Manakaiau River: Cattle-feed country, principally flat bush lands, with hill-slopes immediately adjoining; commences a mile back from the sea-beach; accessible by the sea-beach and Manakaiau River-bed.

Run No. 77, 10,000 acres; in the Upper Cascade River Valley: Access by Jackson's River to Cascade Track; bush-feed cattle country, principally on hill-slopes and in river-valley; average altitude, 400ft.

Run No. 104, 5,000 acres, Doughboy Country: Average altitude, 150ft.; accessible by Kokatahi Road and river-beds; cattle-feed country, flat and hillsides; bush-track running through centre of block; bush-feed.

Run No. 105, 5,000 acres, Upper Taipo River: Average altitude, 1,000ft.; accessible by Taipo Track and river-bed; river-flats and mountain-sides; cattle-feed country.

Run No. 106, 2,350 acres, Paringa and Otoka Rivers: Average altitude, 500ft.; accessible by river-bed; grass flats, river-bed, and islands, and hill-slopes adjacent; principally cattle-country; bush-feed.

Run No. 114, 5,000 acres, Mount Willberg Range: Average altitude, 3,000ft.; open grass sheep-country on top and spurs of range; has good sunny aspect, and grass-lands with little trouble can be worked lower into scrub for good refuge when snows are down; access must be made by track up leading spur from Main South Road.

Run No. 115, 4,000 acres, Lower Waiho River: Average altitude, 300ft.; access by track and river-bed; principally open river-bed, with patches of scrub and some adjoining bush lands; generally good sheep-lands, with cattle-feed adjoining.

Run No. 117, 11,000 acres, Karangarua Range and Cassell's Flat, Karangarua River: Cattle- and sheep-country; bush-feed and grass in river-flat and on mountain-tops; lowest altitude 400ft., highest 4,500ft.; good wintering country for sheep at Cassell's Flat.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke's Bay, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 18th June, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 8th August, 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.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

The land is broken and rugged towards the west, but some good slopes are to be found towards the north-east and east. About 1,000 acres are covered with mixed forest, the remainder with fern and scrub. There are some small areas of flat land along the river-frontage, containing altogether about 60 acres. The soil is light and fairly good, and the country is well watered. Access can be obtained by a bridle-track from the Gisborne-Wairoa Road, distant twelve miles, at Te Reinga Falls.

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.

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.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.