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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 57

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.

Section. Block. Area. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.

6 and 7 V. 967 0 27 0 4½ 9 1 4

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 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. P. MAITLAND,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Auckland District for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,

Auckland, 10th July, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that leases of the under-mentioned lands, for the periods stated, will be offered at public auction at this office on Friday, the 14th day of September proximo, at 11 a.m.

Lease for a term of fourteen years: Village of Waiuku, south-east part of Lot 70A (portion of landing reserve); area, 3 perches; upset annual rent, £1. Lease offered subject to £50 for improvements (workshop).

Lease for a term of seven years: Takahue Survey District (Mangonui County), Section 6A, Block XV.; area, 4 acres 1 rood 27 perches (recreation reserve); upset annual rent, £2. Rent payable half-yearly in advance, on the 1st January and 1st July in every year.

No valuation for improvements will be allowed during either the currency or at the termination of the leases, but lessees will have the right to remove fences and buildings that may be erected.

GERHARD MUELLER,

Commissioner Crown Lands.

Lands in Town of Hamilton for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,

Auckland, 16th July, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned town lots will be submitted for sale by public auction at this office on Friday, the 14th day of September proximo, at 11 a.m.:-

Town of Hamilton West: Lots 476, 477, 1 acre each, upset price £30 per acre; Lots 478, 479, 480, each containing 2 roods 28 perches, upset price £20 5s. per lot. Museum endowment lands, near Hamilton Railway-station.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,

Commissioner Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Sitting of Court further adjourned.

Native Land Court Office,

Wellington, 25th July, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sitting of the Native Land Court at Hastings, which was adjourned to the 23rd day of July, 1894, has been further adjourned to the 25th day of July, 1894.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,

Registrar.

"The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act 1881 Amendment Acts, 1888 and 1889.

Native Land Court Office,

Auckland, 17th 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 House, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of August, 1894, at 11 a.m., 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.

MANGAAWAKINO No. 1.

94-89. Lease, dated the 28th day of May, 1894, made by Niwha te Ohu and Te Huia te Rira, trustees for Te Ripo Huia and others, of Mokau, to Henry Owen, of Masterton, and Arthur Owen, of New Plymouth.

MANGAAWAKINO No. 1.

94-90. Lease, dated the 28th day of May, 1894, made by Arapata te Rangituataka and others, of Mokau, to Henry Owen, of Masterton, and Arthur Owen, of New Plymouth.