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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases and Licenses in Taranaki forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands have been forfeited by resolutions of the Taranaki Land Board dated the 4th and 18th March, 1895.

SCHEDULE.

Section 7, Block III., Ngatimaru: Held by John Bell on lease in perpetuity.
Section 40, Block VI., Ngatimaru, Held by J. McCarthy on lease in perpetuity.
Section 29, Block VI., Ngatimaru: Held by W. E. Brown on lease in perpetuity.
Section 9, Block VIII., Huiroa: Held by Norman Priggen on occupation with right of purchase.
Section 9, Block V., Ngatimaru: Held by J. H. Wooldridge on lease in perpetuity.
Section 23, Block VI., Ngatimaru: Held by E. Reid on lease in perpetuity.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Leases and Licenses Forfeited and Surrendered in Southland.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned leases and licenses were forfeited or the surrenders accepted by the Southland Land Board on the under-mentioned dates.

SCHEDULE.

DEFERRED-PAYMENT LICENSES.

Section 68, Block XIX., Invercargill Hundred: Held by W. H. Lees; forfeited 1st April, 1891.
Section 74, Block XIX., Invercargill Hundred: Held by T. R. Dillon; forfeited 13th October, 1891.

PERPETUAL LEASES.

Section 3, Block VII., Holmesdale Village: Held by A. A. Lawson; forfeited 24th April, 1894.
Section 28, Block XIV., Chatton Village: Held by John Mulvaney; forfeited 16th October, 1894.
Sections 15 to 18, Block IV., Sections 23 to 25, 28 to 32, Block V., Longwood District: Held by Edward Earle; forfeited 13th November, 1894.
Sections 64 and 83, Block II., Seaward Bush Township: Held by Robert Millard; forfeited 15th January, 1895.

LEASE IN PERPETUITY.

Section 7, Block VII., Mokoreta District: Held by David Macarthur; surrendered 27th November, 1894.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Canterbury, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 2nd April, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on and after Wednesday, the 15th May, 1895, at the annual rental noted below. If more than one application be received for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

MACKENZIE COUNTY.—BURKE AND TENGAWAI SURVEY DISTRICTS.

First-class Pastoral Country.

| Sec- | Survey | Block. | Area. | Rent per | Annual |
| tion. | District. | | A. R. P. | Acre. | Rental. |
| 36458 | {Burke .. | IV. | 932 2 0 | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| | {Tengawai | I., V.} | | 1 2 | 54 7 11 |

This section is situated adjacent to and north-east of Burke’s Pass, being a subdivision of part of the original Three Springs Station, and comprises generally mountainous and hilly open tussock country of good quality, rocky and shingly on the main tops and spurs, with patches of undulating land and small flats. The section is fairly well watered by springs and streams. The elevation of the country ranges from 1,700ft. to about 3,500ft. above sea-level, and it is subject to heavy falls of snow, which lie on the higher lands during the winter. The access is by the main road connecting Burke’s Pass with Fairlie, the distances from these places to the nearest points on the section being respectively about two and ten miles. The section, except for the drawback of being subject to falls of snow, is by quality of soil and situation well adapted for pastoral pursuits. The section is weighted with £75 9s., being the value of fencing, which sum must be paid at the time of application, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared.

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

Lease of Pastoral Land, Nelson and Marlborough, for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 28th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land, known as the Tophouse Run, containing 28,748 acres, will be offered for lease by public auction for the term of twenty-one years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 8th May, 1895, at 11 a.m.

Sections 4 and 7, Motupiko and Rintoul Survey District, 24,400 acres.

Sections 3 and 6, Motupiko and Rintoul Survey District, 1,250 acres.

Part of Reserve D, 1,098 acres.

Part of Reserve D, 2,000 acres.

Upset rental, £60 per annum. Weighted with valuation for improvements, to be specified before the sale.

The above run will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

JOHN S. BROWNING,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.