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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

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, £217, must either be paid with
application, or immediately the result of the ballot is de-
clared. 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 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 Land Court Act, 1886," and its Amendments.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the
Native Land Court sitting at Whanganui on the 1st day of October, 1894, or as soon thereafter as the business
of the Court will allow.

Registrar's Office, Wellington, 22nd August, 1894.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PARTITION.

REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS.