Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 345

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.—MANIOTO TO 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 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.

• Place of abode or occupation. + Here specify.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 30th October, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be open for sale or selection on and after the 27th February, 1895, and may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on lease in perpetuity.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Land low-lying, covered with timber only fit for firewood; soil good; height above sea-level about 50ft. Distance from Invercargill about seven miles.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.