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crop before being again cropped; and he must not cut the
cultivated grass for hay or seed the first year of the course.

10. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any of
    the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the trim-
    ming of live fences and stubbing gorse, broom, and sweet-
    briar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and keeping
    open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, it shall be
    lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to have such
    work done, and to recover the cost of the same from the
    lessee.

11. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in
    good order and repair.

12. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assess-
    ments during the term.

13. Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance during
    the term of the lease.

14. The lessee shall have no right to purchase any part of
    the land.

15. The Government reserves a right of ingress and
    egress to the telegraph line which passes through some of
    the lands to be disposed of.

16. A right to search for and take gravel for making or
    maintaining roads from any of the lands disposed of is
    reserved ; payment to be made for surface damage only.

17. On the expiration or other determination of the lease
    the former lessee shall not have any right of renewal, but
    shall be entitled to full valuation from the incoming lessee
    for improvements of a substantial character, appropriate to
    the lease, effected on the land.

18. In any case where it is determined that any lands in-
    cluded in any lease shall not again be offered for further
    lease, then the amount of the valuation of the improve-
    ments as aforesaid shall be paid to the outgoing lessee or
    occupier, less any arrears of money due to the Crown by him
    in respect of such lands, and such amount shall be paid out
    of the Cheviot Estate Fund.

19. Such improvements shall mean and include reclama-
    tion from swamps, clearing of bush, gorse, broom, sweetbriar,
    or scrub, fencing, draining, sinking wells or water-tanks, con-
    structing water-races, sheep-dips, making embankments or
    protective works of any kind, and in addition to the foregoing
    the erection of any building requisite or necessary for the
    purpose of working the land as a grazing-farm ; and the value
    of all such improvements shall be ascertained one month at
    least before the expiry of the existing lease, in such manner
    as the Minister may direct.

20. If a lease is forfeited for breach of conditions, such
    valuation shall be made on recovering possession of the
    land.

21. Payment of any valuation for improvements shall be
    made to the Receiver of Land Revenue by the new lessee of
    such land before he is admitted into possession, and moneys
    so paid to the Receiver shall not be deemed part of the
    Cheviot Estate Fund.

22. The amount of the valuation for such improvements,
    in case of the land being relet, when paid by the new lessee,
    shall be paid by the Receiver of Land Revenue to the
    original lessee or other persons entitled, and, in case of for-
    feiture, less any rent which may be due to the Crown at the
    date of such forfeiture, and the cost of recovering possession
    of the land, and also the charges and expenses of reletting
    such land, and making, issuing, and completing any fresh
    lease.

DECLARATION.

I, , of , do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and up-
   wards.
2. That I am applying for a lease of grazing-farm No. .
3. That I am applying for 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 the holder of any run under Part VI. of
   "The Land Act, 1892," nor have I any interest in any such
   run.
5. 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 applying for the lease
   of, will exceed in area 5,000 acres.
6. That I am applying for the said land subject to the
   provisions of "The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,"
   and "The Land Act, 1892."

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."
A.B.

Declared at , this day of , 189 ,
before me—C.D., a Justice of the Peace in and for the
Colony of New Zealand.
B

Agricultural Lands open for Selection on Lease in
Perpetuity.

Section. Block. Area. Capital Value. Rent per Acre. Rent per Year.
Per Acre. Total Value.

Lowry Peaks Survey District.—First-class Agricultural Land.
A. B. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
18| XII. | 338 0 0|6 14 0 2,264 12 0|6 8|4| 56 12 4

Between 200ft. and 300ft. above sea-level; 75 acres flat,
balance undulating agricultural land, 7in. to 9in. good soil;
good English grass has been down eight years; well watered
at this season. The section is weighted with a sum of £54,
being value of boundary and subdivision fencing and planta-
tion, which sum must be paid on allotment.

These improvements are exclusive of the original Govern-
ment boundary and subdivision fences which were on the
land when this section was disposed of in November, 1893.

2| XVI. | 298 0 0|6 11 0| 1,951 18 0|6 6|6| 48 15 11

Between 200ft. and 450ft. above sea-level; undulating
agricultural land, 7in. to 9in. good soil; in English grass,
been down fifteen years; watered at this season. The
section is weighted with a sum of £67, being value of
boundary and subdivision fencing and cultivation, which
sum must be paid on allotment.

These improvements are exclusive of the original Govern-
ment boundary-fence which was on the land when this
section was disposed of in November, 1893.

Cheviot Survey District.—Second-class Agricultural Land.
2| VII. | 100 1 0|5 0 0| 501 5 0|5 0 |.12 4 8

Well-grassed downs, undulating, mostly ploughable, broken
by gullies; good black soil, surface-sown; two miles by good
dray-road from homestead.

The successful applicants shall be responsible for and
shall refund to the adjacent owners half the cost of all
boundary-fences not previously paid for.

Terms and Conditions for the Occupation of Lands on
Lease in Perpetuity.

1. The lease shall be for a term of 999 years, to be reckoned
   from the next 1st day of January or July following the date
   thereof, and shall in addition include the period between the
   date of lease and such day.

2. The yearly rental in respect of such lease shall be the
   amount equal to 5 per cent. on the capital value of such land,
   and shall be payable in equal parts, half-yearly, in advance,
   on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each year
   to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch.

3. Every applicant shall make the declaration prescribed,
   and shall, immediately after the application has been ap-
   proved, deposit a sum equal to one half-year's rent of the
   land applied for. Such payment shall be in discharge of
   the half-year's rent due on the 1st day of January or July
   following the date of application. He shall also pay the
   sum of £1 1s. for the preparation of the lease and the regis-
   tration thereof.

4. A selector may apply for any number of sections,
   whether contiguous or not, up to the limit of 640 acres;
   but he can become the owner or occupier of 640 acres only
   in contiguous sections, including the land already owned by
   him. Sections on both sides of a road are considered con-
   tiguous or touching each other.

5. A married woman may become the owner of 320 acres
   of land in contiguous sections, notwithstanding any land
   that her husband may be entitled to acquire or may hold,
   and a married woman may also become a lessee under a will
   or by virtue of an intestacy.

6. When applications are made on the same day for the
   same land, or part of the same land, then the order of selec-
   tion shall be decided by ballot.

7. The lessee must reside on the land selected within one
   year from the date of selection, and thereafter such resi-
   dence shall be continuous for a period of ten years. The
   Land Board may dispense with residence if the lessee reside
   and continue to reside on lands contiguous to the lands held
   under lease.

8. The lessee shall put on the land comprised in his lease
   substantial improvements as under:—
   (a.) Within one year from the date of his lease to a value
   equal to 2½ per cent. of the price of the land;
   (b.) Within two years from the date of his lease to a
   value equal to another 2½ per cent. of the price of
   the land;
   (c.) And within six years from the date of his lease to a
   value equal to another 2½ per cent. of the price of
   the land;