AUG. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1231

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.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of 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.

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.

Westland Land District.—Auction Sale of Pastoral Licenses.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 12th July, 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 Wednesday, the 29th day of August 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 resumption 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.