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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known,
are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties
being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Mark Dickson, late of Auckland, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, traveller. Filed on the 18th day of
March, 1895.

Edward McGirr, late of Ashburton, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Canterbury, farmer. Filed on the 18th day of
March, 1895.

William McFarlane, late of Otama, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 23rd day of March,
1895.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Pastoral Lands, Otago Land District, for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 23rd March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral
lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown
Lands Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 30th day of April,
1895, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS.
(Under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892.")

204B, Maniototo County; area, 3,360 acres; term, 14
years; upset annual rental, £84. Valuation for improve-
ments, £83 2s.

Open broken land, well watered. Adjoins the Township
of Hamilton, and is situated about eleven miles distant from
Newtown Railway-station. This run is convenient to the
school. Altitude, 1,500ft. to 3,500ft.

204D, Maniototo County; area, 5,450 acres; term, 14
years; upset annual rental, £68 2s. 6d. Valuation for im-
provements, £95 8s.

Open broken land, well watered, part of which is under
snow for a certain season of the year. Situated four miles
from Sowburn Post-office, and nineteen miles from New-
town Railway-station. Altitude, 3,000ft. to 4,000ft.

204E, Maniototo County; area, 2,370 acres; term, 14
years; upset annual rental, £39 10s. Valuation for improve-
ments, £70 16s.

This run is similar in description to Run 204D. Altitude,
2,000ft. to 3,500ft.

204F, Maniototo County; area, 3,100 acres; term, 14
years; upset annual rental, £51 13s. 4d. Valuation for
improvements, £55 10s. Altitude, 2,000ft. to 4,000ft.

205H, Maniototo County; area, 1,240 acres; term, 14
years; upset annual rental, £15 10s. Valuation for improve-
ments, £53 16s.

Open broken land, well watered. Situated three miles
from Newtown Railway-station, two miles of which dis-
tance is by track only. Altitude, 3,000ft. to 4,000ft.

Sections 60 and 61, Block I., Tiger Hill District, Vincent
County; area, 415 acres 1 rood 25 perches; term, 10 years;
upset annual rental, £5.

Situated about one mile west of Ophir, on the Main Dun-
stan Road. Last licensee, Mr. John Cole Chapple.

Run 14, Lake County; area, 18,800 acres; term, 14 years;
upset annual rental, £15.

Situated four miles north-east of Glenorchy. Altitude,
2,000ft. to 7,000ft. Last licensee, Mr. George Sibley Fulton.

Run 18, Lake County; area, 43,700 acres; term, 14 years;
upset annual rental, £25.

Lying to the north of Run 14 above mentioned, and
situated on the east bank of the Rees River, about eight
miles above Glenorchy. Altitude, 1,800ft. to 7,000ft. Last
licensees, Messrs. Valpy and Co.

Runs 471 to 474, Lake County; area, 25,660 acres; term,
21 years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated in the valleys
of the Hollyford and Pykes Rivers, about sixteen miles
north-west of Kinloch. Altitude, 100ft. to 3,000ft. Last
licensee, Mr. John McQuillan.

Runs 204B, 204D, 204E, and 204F are some of the sub-
divisions of late Pastoral Runs 204 and 204A, recently held
by Messrs. Rowley and Hamilton.

Messrs. Rowley and Hamilton are to be allowed fourteen
days from day of sale in which to remove their stock.

Valuations, where specified, must be paid on day of sale.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."

Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by
section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the first half-
year's rent (together with license-fee, £1 1s.) on the fall of
the hammer.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 23rd March, 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 30th April, 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.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—MANIOTOTO COUNTY.

These runs, which are subdivisions of the late Pastoral
Runs 204 and 204A, recently held by Messrs. Rowley and
Hamilton, contain open broken land, well watered. Runs
204 and 204A are situated one mile from Sowburn, and
fifteen miles from Newtown Railway-station. Run 204C is
situated close to Hamilton's Township, and is eleven miles
distant from Newtown Railway-station. The altitude varies
from 1,500ft. to 3,500ft. Valuations for improvements, pay-
able with application or immediately the result of the ballot
is declared, are as follows: Run 204, £36 11s.; Run 204A,
£65 1s.; Run 204C, £140 16s. The present licensees are to
be allowed fourteen days from day of sale to remove their
stock.

| Rock and Pillar | 205C | 1,565 0 0 | 0 7½ | 24 9 1 |
| " | 205I | 1,213 0 0 | 0 7½ | 18 19 1 |

These runs, which are subdivisions of the late Pastoral
Run 205C, recently held by Mr. J. C. Buckland, contain open
broken land, well watered, and are situated close to Hyde
Town. Valuations for improvements, payable with the appli-
cation or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, are
as follows: Run 205C, £104 12s.; Run 205I, £40.

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 132.
   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 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.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.