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| Sectional | Area. | Rent per | Half-yearly |
| Run No. | | Acre. | Rent. |
| | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 225J | 168 0 0 | 0 7½ | 2 12 6 |
| 225H | 794 0 0 | 0 7½ | 12 8 2 |

BLACKSTONE AND IDABURN SURVEY DISTRICT.

Subdivisions of part of Run 225, which has been resumed for settlement. This country was recently occupied by Messrs. Ross and Glendining, and is comprised within High-field Station. Run 225J is level and shingly ; Run 225H is broken. The land is open, of fair quality, watered, and of an average altitude of 2,000ft. Rocks here and there present themselves. The proposed Otago Central Railway traverses Run 225H, and is adjacent to Run 225J. Naseby lies about thirteen to fifteen miles distant.

Valuation for fencing, £10 5s., is payable immediately after ballot on Run 225H. Mr. C. Brown is to be allowed one month's time from date of sale to remove fencing erected by him on Run 225J.

GIMMERBURN SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 225 | 263 2 0 | 0 10½ | 5 15 6 |
| 225S | 493 2 0 | 0 10½ | 9 9 11 |
| 225L | 946 0 0 | 0 9 | 17 14 9 |
| 225K | 889 0 0 | 0 7½ | 13 17 10 |
| 225A | 1,154 0 0 | 0 7½ | 18 0 8 |
| 225M | 589 0 0 | 0 9 | 11 0 11 |
| 225N | 744 0 0 | 0 10½ | 16 5 6 |

Subdivisions of parts of Pastoral Runs 225B and 225D, resumed for settlement. Messrs. Ross and Glendining lately occupied this country, which is comprised within Highfield Station. It is open, broken, agricultural and pastoral land, partly covered with rocks. The soil is black, and of good quality. A good road runs from Naseby, which is about thirteen miles distant, to Run 225. Distance from proposed Otago Central Railway, about five miles. The land is watered, and of an average altitude of 2,300ft.

Valuations for improvements are payable immediately after ballot, as follow: Run 225L, £11 14s.; Run 225K, £24 6s.; Run 225A, £39 3s.

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 January, 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.†

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Reserves, Taranaki, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 11th December, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned reserves will be submitted to public auction, in terms of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," at the Crown Lands Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, 14th February, 1894, at 12 noon.

SCHEDULE.

OPUNAKE RAILWAY RESERVE.

| No. | Area. | Upset Rent | Half-yearly |
| | | per Acre. | Rent. |
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 2 .. | 5 2 12 | 0 6 0 | 0 16 7 |
| 3 .. | 5 3 0 | 0 6 0 | 0 17 3 |
| 12 and 13 .. | 27 3 0 | 0 8 0 | 5 11 0 |

Term of lease, seven years. No rent is payable for the first two years, but the lessee must clear the land of gorse and fence the boundaries within one year of his lease, and lay the land in grass in the sixth year. This reserve is contiguous to the Town of Opunake, between the Otahi and Waiaru Streams.

ELTHAM-OPUNAKE RAILWAY RESERVE.

| No. | Area. | Upset Rent | Half-yearly |
| | | per Acre. | Rent. |
| | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 8 .. | 16 1 8 | 0 1 0 | 0 8 2 |

Term of lease, ten years. The land to be cleared and laid down in English grasses within five years from date of lease.

The reserve is situate between Section 39, Block X., and Section 29, Block XIII., Opunake Survey District. Full particulars may be obtained on application at this office.

Terms of Sale.—In the case of Subdivisions 2, 3, 12, and 13, the lease-fee of £1 1s. to be deposited on the fall of the hammer; and in the case of Subdivision 8 the half-year's rent, in addition to the lease-fee, to be deposited.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.