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 Com-
missioner; 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 pur-
   chaser 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 in-
   directly 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 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 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.

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 | Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent per | Half |
| District. | | | | Acre. | yearly |
| | | | | | Rent. |
| 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 rail-
way-station at Ryan's Crossing, and eighteen miles from
Hyde; altitude, from 1,300ft. to 1,500ft.

WAITAKI COUNTY.

Maruweua| 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 ap-
plication or immediately the result of the ballot is declared,
£192 7s. This run was lately surrendered by John Suther-
land.

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 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 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.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands, Westland, open for Lease on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 2nd November, 1894.

IN accordance with section 197 of "The Land Act, 1892,"
I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned pastoral
runs, having been submitted to public auction and not sold,
will be open for application, at the upset rental, on and
after the 18th day of December, 1894:—

Run No. 57, Mariner's Peak, 7,500 acres.
Run No. 70, Haast and Waiat Rivers, 12,500 acres.
Run No. 80, Mount Argentine, 6,000 acres.
Run No. 90, Bald Hill Range, 5,500 acres.

Subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892,"
Part VI. All for the term of ten years each, and at the
annual rental of £1 per 1,000 acres. Possession to be given
on the date of granting of application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.