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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 3rd August, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at the District Lands Office, on and after the 10th October, 1894, at the half-yearly rental noted opposite the runs. In case of more than one application for the runs on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

A subdivision of Pastoral Run 170B, part of Beaumont Station, recently held by Mr. George Smithson. It fronts, and is watered by the tributaries of, the Clutha River. Access to the land may be gained from Lawrence by bullock-dray, twenty-three miles; also by main road Lawrence to Beaumont, twelve miles, and thence by track, three miles. The run comprises open broken country, of very fair quality, with small areas fit for cultivation. Flax, manuka scrub, and a little clover are scattered over it. Altitude, 195ft. to 1,867ft. Valuation for fencing, £12 4s. 9d., to be paid on application, or immediately result of ballot is declared.

Waitaki County.

| Maruwenua | 2 | XVI. | 656 3 17 | 0 10 | 13 13 9 |
| " | 3 | " | 587 2 23 | 0 10 | 12 5 0 |
| " | 6 | " | 571 1 28 | 0 9 | 10 14 2 |
| " | 7 | " | 593 0 0 | 0 9 | 11 2 5 |
| Kakanui | 1 | IV. | 1,270 0 0 | 1 2 | 37 0 10 |
| " | 3 | " | 1,625 1 36 | 0 10 | 33 17 1 |

Subdivisions of Tapui and Tokarahi Stations, containing good grazing-land, considerable portions of which are fit for cultivation. Each run is well watered, and, with the exception of Section 3, Block IV., Kakanui District—which is accessible by dray-track—they front a formed road. Their distance from Livingstone varies from two to six miles. The above are at present in occupation of Messrs. A. G. Sutherland, Grant, McGimpsey, McCone, Smith, and W. Sutherland respectively. Valuations for improvements, to be paid with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, are as follow: Marawenua District—Block XVI., Section 2, £175; Section 3, £125; Section 6, £124; Section 7, £284. Kakanui District—Block IV., Section 1, £357 5s.; Section 3, £175.

Taieri County.

| Maungatua | 23 } | XI. | 1,821 0 29 | 0 3 | 11 7 8 |
| " | 24 } | | | | |

Elevated snow-grass country, mostly covered with snow in winter, but fair for grazing in autumn and summer. Lies immediately above the Recreation Reserve, at Woodside, on Mount Maungatua; fronts the old Waipori Road, seven miles from Outram Railway-station; aspect, east and north-east. Valuation for fencing, £43 14s., must either be paid on application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared. Mr. James D. Heenan was last in occupation of these sections.

SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Waitaki County.

| Kakanui | 2 | II. } | | | |
| " | 1 | III. } | | | |
| " | 3 | " | 10,376 0 0 | 0 4 | 86 9 4 |
| " | 1 | VII. | | | |
| " | 2 | VIII. | | | |
| Kyeburn | 2 | XIV. | | | |

With the exception of 2,000 acres on the south-west end, this run is well grassed throughout, and is watered by a number of small streams. The north-east portion contains some arable land. Distance from Livingstone by formed road, four miles, and from Tokarahi Railway-station, ten miles. The average altitude of the country is 2,600ft. Mr. and Mrs. John Mulholland recently surrendered the above, which was comprised in Tokarahi Station. Valuation for improvements, £827, must either be lodged with application or be paid by the applicant immediately he is declared successful at ballot.

| Kakanui | 2 | III. } | 5,180 0 0 | 0 2½ | 26 19 7 |
| " | 1 | VI. } | | | |
| " | 2 | VII. } | | | |

Part of Tokarahi Station. The north portion of the run is good, whilst the south is cold and poor. Generally speaking, it contains fairly-good grazing-country, having an average altitude of 2,800ft. Distance from Livingstone Township, five miles, and from Tokarahi Railway-station, eleven miles. Valuation for improvements, £196, must either be paid with application, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared. Mr. John Porter is at present in occupation of the land.

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 September, 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.

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.