Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 203

Small Grazing-runs open for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 23rd January, 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 28th February, 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.

Kyeburn District: Section 5, Block I., contains open agricultural land of an undulating nature, fairly well watered; situated about two and a half miles from Naseby on the main road. Maniototo District: Block III., Sections 26 and 27 contain open undulating pastoral land, not well watered; situated within easy distance from Naseby, and accessible by good road: Section 28 contains open undulating pastoral land, and is situated about three miles from Naseby; the road has not yet been formed to this section: Section 29 contains open agricultural and pastoral land, soil light, fairly well watered; situated about three and a half miles from Naseby on the main road. Naseby District: Section 46, Block I., contains undulating agricultural land, not well watered; situated within a mile of Naseby. The altitude of all these sections is 1,800ft.

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 132. 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.

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† __.

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.

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.

Pastoral Leases, Otago Land District, for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 17th January, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 28th day of February next, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.)

Run 362b (Class I.), Waitaki County.—Area, about 29,700 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £75. Situated about ten miles from Naseby, near the head of the Otamatakau River, and is watered by its branches; altitude, 3,000ft. to 5,000ft. Present licensee, Naseby Pastoral Investment Company (Limited).

Run 236b (Class II.), Vincent County.—Area, about 37,152 acres; term, six years; upset annual rental, £600. Part of the Tarras Station, embracing runs formerly numbered 236b, 236c, 236d, 237d, and 237e; situated about fourteen miles north-east of Cromwell, and extending from the Clutha River to the summit of the Dunstan Mountains; watered by the Lower Lindis and its tributaries; altitude, 800ft. to 5,000ft. Present licensees, Messrs. Spence and Parker.

Run 51a (Class II.), Tuapeka and Bruce Counties.—Area, about 10,460 acres; term, five years; upset annual rental, £150. Situated on the Waipori River, in Waipori District, about four miles west of Berwick; altitude, 1,000ft. to 2,000ft. Present licensee, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited).

Run 140a (Class II.), Tuapeka County.—Area, about 5,840 acres; term, five years; upset annual rental, £40. Situated about two miles south of Tapanui, on the slopes of the Blue Mountains; altitude, 1,300ft. to 2,300ft. Present licensee, Mr. William Sheath.

Run 228b (Class II.), Maniototo County.—Area, about 3,200 acres; term, fifteen years; upset annual rental, £50. Situated one mile south of St. Bathan’s, between Manuherikia River and Dunstan Creek; altitude, 1,600ft. to 2,200ft. Present licensee, Mr. F. G. Dalgety.

Run 258 (Class II.), Southland and Clutha Counties.—Area, about 13,550 acres; term, three years; upset annual rental, £200. Part of Clutha Trust Endowment, embracing runs formerly numbered 258 and 258a; situated three miles south of Kuriwao, between Waipahi River on the north-east and Catlin’s River on the south-east; altitude, 700ft. to 2,000ft. Present licensee, Mr. Alexander Burt.

Run 129 (Class II.), Clutha County.—Area, about 11,600 acres; term, five years; upset annual rental, £190. Part of Clutha Trust Endowment, lying to the south-east and adjoining Run 258, and situated about nine miles south-west of Warepa Railway-station in a direct line; watered by the Upper Catlin’s River; altitude, 1,000ft. to 2,300ft. Present licensees, Messrs. Brough Brothers.

Sections 44, 50, and 52, Block I., and Sections 13 and 14, Block XV., Crookston District (Class II.), Tuapeka County.—Area, about 295 acres; term, five years; upset annual rental, £2. Situated two miles north of Beaumont, or one mile south of Bastings; the highest point is 980ft. Present licensee, Mr. Adam Stevenson.

Section 1a, Block X., Waipori (Class II.), Bruce County.—Area, about 1,064 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £10. Situated on the Meggat Burn, about five miles west of Berwick; the highest point is 1,900ft. Present licensee, Mr. W. R. Moore.

Run 134a, Waitaki County.—Area, about 22,580 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £200. Situated about five miles south of Livingstone, between the northern and southern branches of the Kakanui River, and extending back to the summit of the Kakanui Mountains; altitude, 2,000ft. to 5,000ft. Last licensee, Mr. William Gardiner.

Run 335b, Vincent County.—Area, about, 27,050 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £10. Situated four miles north of Gladstone, on the east shore of Lake Hawea, and is bounded on the south by the Timaru River; altitude, 1,100ft. to 6,000ft. Last licensee, Mr. Hector McLean.

Run 337 and 337a (grouped), Lake County.—Area, about 49,540 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £15. Situated about twenty miles by land, and twelve miles