JAN. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 97

PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT,
1881."

| No. | Survey District. | Block. | Area. | Upset
| | | | | Annual
| | | | | Rental.
|-----|------------------|--------|-------|----------
| 182 | Pukaki | XIII. | 156 | £ s. d.
| | {Pukaki West.. | XV. | | 3 18 0
| 183 | {Strachey | III. | 180 | 4 10 0

Term of License.—Seven years, subject to termination
on twelve months' notice.

Run No. 206 is situated on the Ben Ohau Run No. 87,
adjacent to the River Twizel, between the Ohau and Pukaki
Rivers, and comprises well-grassed plains at an elevation of
about 1,500ft. above sea-level; Runs Nos. 215, 216, and 217,
and Reserves Nos. 182 and 183 are situated at the southern
extremity of Lake Pukaki, adjacent to the Pukaki Ferry;
and Run No. 218 is situated at the north-western extremity
of the lake, immediately to the south of the boundary creek
between Glentanner and Rhoborough Downs Stations. They
comprise hilly and flat pastoral country, some portions of
which are very stony, the vegetation consisting of tussock
and other native grasses. The general elevation ranges from
1,600ft. to 2,000ft. above sea-level. The coach-road from
Fairlie to Mount Cook runs through some of the blocks.

CONDITIONS.

The following conditions of licenses under "The Land
Act, 1892," will also, so far as possible, be applicable to
licenses under "The Public Reserves Act, 1881."

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers
   of the licenses on the day of sale.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more
   than one run under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892":
   Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a
   carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two
   thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggre-
   gate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or
   cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V.
   of "The Land Act, 1892," shall not be the holder of any
   run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1895, and
   shall include, in addition, the whole period between the date
   of possession and the said 1st March, 1895.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions
   amongst others:—
   (1.) That if the licensee or any person claiming an
   interest through or under him shall make or
   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 COUNTY. | | | | |
| | | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
| 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.
Maruweaua 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.

• Place of abode or occupation.