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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased 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.

Alfred Healey Stevens, late of Tauranga, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 6th day of June, 1895.

Harry Richards, late of Racecourse Hill, Riccarton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, station cook. Filed on the 3rd day of June, 1895.

Charlotte Elizabeth Tulley, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, spinster. Filed on the 7th day of June, 1895.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Swine-fever.
—No. 413.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1895.

It having been reported to me that the disease known as "swine-fever" exists amongst pigs belonging to Mr. J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, farmer, and running on his farm-lands, comprising Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, in Block XIII., North Molyneux District, I therefore, in accordance with section 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock Act, 1893," hereby declare such lands to be an infected place from which no swine, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Crown Lands Notices.

Pastoral Lands in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 27th May, 1895.

Notice is hereby given that a yearly license, from the 1st July, 1895, to occupy for pastoral purposes, under section 116 of "The Land Act, 1892," Section 10, Block XV., Maniototo District, will be offered at auction on the 10th July, 1895. Area, 419 acres 2 roods 16 perches; upset annual rental, £31 10s.

The purchaser will be required to deposit the year's rent and license-fee (£1 1s.) on fall of hammer.

Possession will be given on day of sale.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 11th June, 1895.

Notice is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on and after Wednesday, the 31st July, 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.
Marlborough Land District.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Run No. 51.—30 acres cleared and in grass, remainder fern, scrub, manuka, and birch ; well-watered, very broken, soil good in gullies ; accessible by road, about fourteen miles from Blenheim. Weighted with £130, value of improvements.

Run No. 63.—Principally fern, scrub, and birch bush ; good soil in gullies ; accessible by road, about seventeen miles from Blenheim.

Run No. 64.—40 acres cleared and in grass, remainder very broken, with good soil in gullies, fern, scrub, and birch bush ; accessible by road, about seventeen miles from Blenheim. Weighted with £300, value of improvements.

Run No. 65.—90 acres cleared and in grass, remainder very broken, with good soil in gullies, fern, scrub, and birch bush ; accessible by road, about seventeen miles from Blenheim. Weighted with £200, value of improvements.

Run No. 66.—10 acres cleared and in grass, remainder fern, scrub, and birch bush ; accessible by road, about seventeen miles from Blenheim. Weighted with £200, value of improvements.

Run No. 67.—42 acres cleared and in grass, remainder fern, scrub, and birch ; well watered ; accessible by road, about fifteen miles from Blenheim. Weighted with £130, value of improvements.

Run No. 68.—Principally bush, portion scrub and fern ; clay soil, well watered ; accessible by formed track from Mautau-a-mau Bay.

Run No. 70.—All bush, very broken on northern slopes, very good soil in south-western corner.

Run No. 71.—All bush, very broken on northern slopes, well watered.

Run No. 72.—Nearly all heavy birch bush, steep slopes, poor soil, portion of good land with mixed bush near southern end ; well watered.

Run No. 75.—All bush ; small flat, remainder hilly ; well watered ; accessible by formed track.

Runs numbered 68 to 75 are situated from eleven to thirteen miles from Picton via Torea Neck.

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 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.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.