656 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 28

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 following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—MANIOTOTO COUNTY.

FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.
Upper Taieri .. | 204 | 3,430 0 0 | 0 6 | 42 17 6
.. | 204A | 3,210 0 0 | 0 6 | 40 2 6
Rock and Pillar | 204C | 3,900 0 0 | 0 6 | 48 15 0

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, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, are as follows: Run 204, £86 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 19 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 application 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 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 Run No.†

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land for Sale by Auction at Blenheim.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned land will be offered for sale by auction, at the Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 1st day of May, 1895, at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

LINKWATER SURVEY DISTRICT.
Hampshire Hills Run.

Section 4, Block V.: 64 acres; upset price, £40; weighted with £8 15s., cost of survey, and £175, value of improvements.

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, £85; 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.

Village Sections for Sale by Public Auction at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892," that the following village sections will be submitted to public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 15th day of May, 1895, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

These sections adjoin the Cross Creek Railway-station, and consist of sideling open land upon a clay and sandstone formation; a small proportion of each section is level, and Section 4A is all flat.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be deposited on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited. There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on purchasers of these sections.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.