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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Sections 1, Block IX., and 5, Block V.: 292 acres; upset price, £219; weighted with £21 5s., cost of survey, and £550, value of improvements.

Section 6, Block VI.: 170 acres; upset price, £35; weighted with £21 5s., cost of survey, and £364, value of improvements.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit at auction will be forfeited.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Canterbury for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 7th March, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral run will be submitted to public auction, at the Local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, on Wednesday, the 24th April, 1895, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LICENSE UNDER "THE LAND ACT, 1892,"
WAIMATE COUNTY.
Part of Haldon Station.

Term of License.—Fifteen years.

This run is situated on the western side of the Grampian and Kirkliston Ranges, between the Hakateramea and Waitaki Rivers, and comprises pastoral country ranging in altitude from about 2,000ft. to about 5,600ft. above sea-level, and forming the back portion of the Haldon Station. The South Canterbury rabbit-fence intersects the north-eastern portion of the run.

Conditions.

1. Possession of the run will be given to the purchaser of the license on the day of sale.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892": Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of "The Land Act, 1892," shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1896, and shall include, in addition, the whole period between the date of possession and the said 1st March, 1896.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions amongst others:—
   (1.) That if the licensee or any person claiming an interest through or under him shall make or cause to be made any agreement or contract, or shall give or cause to be given or taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever directly or indirectly commit or be privy to a fraud upon, "The Land Act, 1892," the license shall be liable to be forfeited and revoked;
   (2.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license;
   (3.) That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner; and
   (4.) That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no right to the soil or timber or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year's rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the purchaser shall make a declaration in terms of section 195 of "The Land

Act, 1892." The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in each year during the term of the license. Should the half-yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any fencing existing upon the Crown lands offered for license.

DECLARATION.

I, , of , do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892," am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease or license of pastoral lands.

2. That I am purchasing the lease or license of such land solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

3. That I am not the holder of any lease or license in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any lease or license in contravention of section 193 of the said Act.

4. That I am not the holder of a small grazing-run in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such run.

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 for the Colony of New Zealand.

Full particulars, plans, forms of declaration, &c., may be obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

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

Sections in Stratford Township for Sale by Public Auction for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 31st January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892," that the under-mentioned township sections will be put up to public auction, at this office, at the upset price noted opposite each section, on Wednesday, the 27th day of March, 1895.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Town of Stratford.