Dec. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1897

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.

Cheviot Estate.—Tenders for Purchase of Gates.

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

TENDERS are invited for the purchase, singly or together, of twelve gates, the property of the Crown, situate on the public roads, Cheviot, as shown on plans to be seen at the Post-office, Cheviot, and at this office. Tenders, marked outside "Tender for Gates," and addressed to the undersigned, will be received up to noon of 23rd January, 1895.

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

Sale of Lands, Pomahaka Estate.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 5th December, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that Section 59, Block X., Sections 45 and 49, Block XI.; Sections 13 and 21, 7 and 8, Block XIII.; Sections 16 and 17, Block XIV. Pomahaka Survey District, may be applied for by the adjacent owners or by any other person on and after Tuesday, the 8th January, 1895, in any area not exceeding 640 acres.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

D

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 December, 1894, at 12 noon.

SCHEDULE.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.

Section. Block. Area. Upset Price per Acre. Total Upset Price.

Alford Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.

34244 IX., X. 85 0 0 1 10 0 127 10 0
36521 X. 6 1 10 1 10 0 9 9 5

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 distance 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.

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 19th November, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, the 23rd January, 1895, at the half-yearly rentals noted below. In case of more than one application for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Survey District. Section. Block. Area. Rent per Acre. Half yearly Rent.

Maniototo County.

A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.

Maniototo 16 XI. 517 0 30 0 9 9 13 11
" 19 " 502 0 0 0 9 9 8 3

Subdivisions of Pastoral Run 206F, Taieri Lake Station, containing open pastoral land of fair quality; situated about eleven miles from Naseby, two miles from the proposed railway-station at Ryan's Crossing, and eighteen miles from Hyde; altitude, from 1,300ft. to 1,500ft.

Waihaki County.

Maruwenua 48 IX. 1930 0 0 0 9 36 3 9

Open, broken, mixed agricultural and pastoral country, good black soil, well watered; situated close to Livingstone Township. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £192 7s. This run was lately surrendered by John Sutherland.