Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 251

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 23rd January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at
the District Lands Office, on and after the 28th February,
1895, at the half-yearly rental noted opposite the runs. In
case of more than one application for the runs on the same
day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the
following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—MANIOTOTO COUNTY.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Kyeburn District: Section 5, Block I., contains open agri-
cultural land of an undulating nature, fairly well watered;
situated about two and a half miles from Naseby on the
main road. Maniototo District: Block III., Sections 26 and
27 contain open undulating pastoral land, not well watered;
situated within easy distance from Naseby, and accessible
by good road: Section 28 contains open undulating pastoral
land, and is situated about three miles from Naseby; the
road has not yet been formed to this section: Section 29
contains open agricultural and pastoral land, soil light,
fairly well watered; situated about three and a half miles
from Naseby on the main road. Naseby District: Section
46, Block I., contains undulating agricultural land, not well
watered; situated within a mile of Naseby. The altitude of
all these sections is 1,800ft.

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† .
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

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned suburban
and rural lands will be submitted for sale by public
auction, at this office, on Friday, the 22nd day of March,
1895, at 11 a.m.:

Town of Hamilton West: Lot 58, 1 rood 13 perches; upset
price, £6 12s. 6d.

Weymouth Suburbs (Manukau County): Lot 39, 9 acres
3 roods 8 perches; upset price, £19 12s. Lots 43 and 44,
each 5 acres; upset price per lot, £10.

Paparoa Parish (Otamatea County): Section N.E. part 76,
10½ acres; upset price, £7 17s. 6d. Open land, about six
miles from Pahi, and intersected by the main road.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee £1, within
thirty days thereafter, otherwise the one-fifth 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.

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 23rd January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at
the District Lands Office, on and after the 20th March, 1895,
at the half-yearly rental noted opposite the runs. In case
of more than one application for the runs on the same day,
priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the follow-
ing day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—LINKWATER SURVEY
DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.

These runs adjoin the Town of Picton; they are well
watered, and are mostly covered with bush, principally
birch.

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.