MAY 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 851

Crown Lands Notices.

Auction of Pastoral Lease, Southland Land District
(under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”).

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 21st May, 1895.

I T is hereby notified that Run No. 515 will be submitted
to public auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, on
Wednesday, the 10th July, 1895, at noon.
Run No. 515, Port William, Stewart Island County.—1,000
acres undulating country, from 10ft. to 1,000ft. above sea-
level, principally covered with bush and scrub; distance
from Half-moon Bay, about eight miles. Term, twenty-
one years from 1st March, 1896. Upset annual rental, £5.
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.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 20th May, 1895.

N OTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at
the Land Office, Dunedin, on and after Wednesday, the
17th July, 1895, at the 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 follow-
ing day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WAITAKI COUNTY.—KUROW SURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Hilly land, of good grazing quality; adjoining Township
of Kurow. Valuation for improvements, payable with
application, or immediately the result of the ballot is
declared, £32 11s. 3d.

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.

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

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

University Reserves, Patea County, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 6th May, 1895.

N OTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sub-
divisions of the University Reserve, Carlyle and Opaku
Survey Districts, will be offered for sale by public auction at
the Town Hall, Waverley, on Wednesday, the 3rd July, 1895,
at 12 o'clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

UNIVERSITY RESERVE LEASES, PATEA COUNTY.

CARLYLE SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | V. | 350 | 1 0 | 8 15 0 | 620 0 0
2 | " | 300 | 1 3 | 9 7 6 | 473 10 0

OPAKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | XI. | 654 | 0 6 | 8 3 6 | ..
1 | XII. | 720 | 0 6 | 9 0 0 | ..
1 | XV. | 420 | 1 6 | 15 15 0 | 821 0 0
2 | " | 1,050 | 0 6 | 13 2 6 | 1,410 0 0
3 | " | 1,070 | 0 4½ | 10 0 8 | 322 0 0
4 | " | 1,000 | 0 6 | 12 10 0 | 424 15 0
5 | " | 665 | 0 6 | 8 6 3 | 210 0 0
6 | " | 970 | 0 6 | 12 2 6 | ..

This reserve is situated about nine miles and a half from
Waverley, and lies between the Okahutiria Road and the
Whenuakura River. All broken forest-country, except
where clearings have been made by the present lessees. The
southern end of the block is accessible by the Kohi Road,
which is a good cart-road. The Okahutiria is formed as a
bridle-road to near the southern boundary of Section 5, and
the remainder is under contract.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

The leases will be for a term of thirty years, commencing
from the 1st July, 1895; upset rental per annum as noted
in the Schedule.

Rent is to be paid half-yearly in advance on the 1st Janu-
ary and the 1st July in each year. In the event of the out-
going lessee becoming the highest bidder for the new lease, a
year's rent and a lease-fee of £1 1s. to be paid on the fall of
the hammer. Should any other person become the highest
bidder, the amount of valuation for improvements to be paid
on the fall of the hammer, together with a half-year's rent,
and lease-fee.

There being no improvements effected on Section 1,
Block XI., Section 1, Block XII., and Section 6, Block XV.,
Opaku, the highest bidder will pay a half-year's rent and
lease-fee only.

Valuation for improvements made during the term of new
lease will be paid by incoming tenant up to £2 per acre; but
no valuation will be paid by the Crown or University Coun-
cil in the event of the land not being again leased.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Public Reserves, Wellington, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1895.

I T is hereby notified, in terms of “The Public Reserves
Act, 1881,” that the leases of the under-mentioned
sections will be offered at public auction, at the Public Hall,
Levin, on Tuesday, the 18th June, 1895, at 11 o'clock a.m.
Plans and form of lease can be seen and particulars ob-
tained at this office.
The terms of the leases will be as stated opposite each
section.
No allowance whatsoever shall be payable on account of
improvements effected by the lessees.