1778
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88]

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.

Pastoral Lands, Westland, open for Lease on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 2nd November, 1894.

IN accordance with section 197 of "The Land Act, 1892,"
I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned pastoral
runs, having been submitted to public auction and not sold,
will be open for application, at the upset rental, on and
after the 18th day of December, 1894 :—

Run No. 57, Mariner's Peak, 7,500 acres.
Run No. 70, Haast and Waita Rivers, 12,500 acres.
Run No. 80, Mount Argentine, 6,000 acres.
Run No. 90, Bald Hill Range, 5,500 acres.

Subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892,"
Part VI. All for the term of ten years each, and at the
annual rental of £1 per 1,000 acres. Possession to be given
on the date of granting of application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Canterbury for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 26th October, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Immigrants'
Land Act, 1873," and "The Land Act, 1892," that
the under-mentioned rural lands will be offered for sale by
public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 19th Decem-
ber, 1894, at 12 noon.

SCHEDULE.
ASHBURTON COUNTY.

These sections are situated on opposite sides of the south
branch of the Ashburton River, Section 36521, on the north-
eastern side of the river, having frontage on the main road
from the Mount Somers Township to the coal-pits, the dis-
tance in a north-westerly direction from the Mount Somers
Railway-station being about seven miles. Section 34244, on
the south-western side of the river, adjoins the properties of
the late Hon. W. S. Peter and S. F. Barber, Esq. The River
Ashburton, at this point, can be easily forded at ordinary
times. The sections comprise open, level, ploughable land
of fair quality, shingly in patches, and partly surface-sown
with English grass.

Hinds Survey District.

| 36522 | IX. | 19 1 28 | 2 10 0 | 48 11 3 |

This section is situated adjacent to the properties of
J. Studholme, jun., Esq., and Messrs. Pateman and Stone,
having frontage on the Boundary Road, about four miles and
three-quarters south-westward from the Hinds Railway-
station, and comprises open, level agricultural land, of fair
quality.

TERMS OF SALE.

A deposit of one-fifth of the purchase-money shall be paid
on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with a
Crown-grant fee of £1, within thirty days thereafter, or the
deposit will be forfeited and the sale cancelled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at
this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th October, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown
lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the
Crown Lands Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 14th day of
December next, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WAITAKEREI Suburbs (Waitemata County): Lots 1, 2, and
3, each containing 4 acres 3 roods 32 perches; upset price
per lot, £10. Lot 4, containing 4 acres 3 roods 9 perches;
upset price, £10. Small lots adjoining the Waitakerei Rail-
way-station.

Pukekohe Parish: Lot 270, Section 2, 3 acres; upset
price, £21. Situated in the Pukekohe Settlement, about
two miles and a quarter from the railway-station.

Kaukapakapa Parish (Waitemata County): Section 81A,
4½ acres; upset price, £8 10s.

Terms of sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid
on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with
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 of Crown Lands.