SEPT. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1429

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 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.

Lease of Reserve near Mount Wellington, Auckland.

District Lands and Survey Office,

Auckland, 20th August, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-noted reserve will be offered for lease for a term of fourteen years at the Land Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 12th day of October proximo, at 11 a.m.:-

Suburbs of Auckland: Lot 55A, Section 12 (between St. John's College, Tamaki, and Mount Wellington), containing 241 acres; upset annual rent, £6.

Term of Lease: Fourteen years, without right of renewal. No compensation for improvements during either the currency or at the termination of the lease. One half-year's rent and lease fee (£1 1s.) to be paid on fall of the hammer. The lease is for grazing purposes only, and does not carry with it any right to remove metal or stone.

GERHARD MUELLER,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Licenses, Marlborough, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,

Blenheim, 3rd August, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral licenses hereunder mentioned will be offered by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 3rd October, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

Run No. 76, 370 acres; Run No. 77, 350 acres; Run No. 78, 150 acres; Run No. 96, 480 acres; Run No. 97, 300 acres; Run No. 98, 125 acres.

Term, three years from 1st March, 1895. Upset annual rent of each run, 1s. (if demanded). One of the conditions is that the rabbits are to be kept down to the satisfaction of the Stock Department.

These runs occupy the shingle banks of the Wairau River, and are covered more or less with vegetation consisting of tea-tree, tussock, toetoe, &c. The main channel of the river forms the boundary between the runs. Situate about ten miles from Blenheim.

S. WEETMAN,

Commissioner Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,

Wellington, 21st September, 1893.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1895, the period of literature will be the latter end of the eighteenth century, and the special books will be Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar" and Thackeray's "Esmond."

W. P. REEVES,

Minister of Education.

Native Land Court Notices.

"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, 3rd September, 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, High Street, Auckland, on Monday, the 1st day of October, 1894, at 2 p.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.

LOT 30, PARISH OF ONEWHOERO.

94-105. CONVEYANCE, dated the 18th day of July, 1894, made by Charles Marshall and Harriet Underwood, both of Ngaruawahia, to Mathew Hunter, of Mercer.

MAIRETAHI BLOCK.

94-107. Mortgage, dated the 12th day of July, 1894, made by Te Hira Pateoro and others, of Orakei, to Edmund Thomas Dufaur, of Auckland.

MAIRETAHI BLOCK.

94-108. Conveyance, dated the 12th day of July, 1894, made by Te Hira Pateoro and Te Keene to Wiremu Reweti, both of Orakei, to Kirihipina Pateoro, of Orakei.

TE ANA BLOCK.

94-110. Conveyance, dated the 8th day of February, 1894, made by Peneamine Tanui and Wiremu Renata, both of Whitianga, as trustees for Te Weu Tuukioki and Pepe Tuuki-oki, to Catherine Louis, of Mercury Bay.

LOT 41, PARISH OF PEPEPE.

94-111. Conveyance, dated the 13th day of July, 1894, made by Himiona te Oke, of Huntly, to William Joseph Ralph, of Auckland.

LOT 62 OF THE SUBDIVISION OF LOT 4, PARISH OF WAI-PAREIRA.

94-113. Mortgage, dated the 21st day of August, 1894, made by Annie Lewisson, of Auckland, to the Melanesian Mission Trust Board.