Feb. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 305

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

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

N OTICE 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 agricultural 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 March, 1896.

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†
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.

Lands in Auckland for Sale by Auction.

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

I T 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, 10¼ 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.

N OTICE 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 following 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