Nov. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1791

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Land in Marlborough forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th November, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the interest of Adam Waugh
in a lease in perpetuity over Sections 9, 10, and 11,
Block XII., Clifford Bay Survey District, was declared for-
feited by the Marlborough Land Board on the 14th October,
1895.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Leases and Licenses forfeited and surrendered in Southland.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th November, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned leases and
licenses were forfeited, or the surrender accepted, by
the Southland Land Board on the dates undernoted.

SCHEDULE.

DEFERRED-PAYMENT LICENSES.

Section 9, Block XXIII., Invercargill Hundred: Held by
Eleanor Sullivan; forfeited 23rd January, 1894.
Section 1, Block XVII., New River Hundred: Held by
John Wilson, jun.; forfeited 4th September, 1889.

PERPETUAL LEASES.

Sections 29 to 33, Block XV., Chatton Village: Held by
John Wilson; forfeited 23rd July, 1895.
Sections 79 and 80, Block XXII., Invercargill Hundred:
Held by Daniel Thomas; surrendered 27th March, 1894.

LEASES IN PERPETUITY.

Section 67, Block XV., Invercargill Hundred: Held by
William George Quicke; surrendered 25th June, 1895.
Section 116, Waiatu District: Held by Edward Davis;
surrendered 25th June, 1895.
Section 74, Takitimo District: Held by Henry Gibbs;
surrendered 23rd July, 1895.

OCCUPATION-WITH-RIGHT-OF-PURCHASE LICENSE.

Sections 2 to 4, Block XV., Paterson District: Held by
G. F. Allen and J. and G. A. Copland; surrendered 11th
June, 1895.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-run open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th November, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-run will be open for lease on applica-
tion at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch,
on and after Wednesday, the 18th December, at the annual
rental noted below. In case of more than one application
for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be
decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

Waimate County.—Nimrod and Waihao Survey Districts.
First-class Pastoral Country.

| Sec- | Survey | Block. | Area. | Rent | Annual |
| tion. | District. | | | per | Rental. |
| | | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 36389 {| Nimrod | XIII., XIV. | 4,836 0 0 | 0 9 | 181 7 0 |
| | Waihao | I., II. | | | |

This run is situated on the dividing-range between the
Hakateramea and Waihao Rivers, inland of Waimate, and
comprises high open hilly country, with generally broad and
flat ridges, intersected by deep gullies. The soil varies in
quality from fair to good—that on the main tops and
southern faces having a cold appearance, whilst other parts
are very rocky. The vegetation comprises the ordinary
silver-tussock and other native grasses, with an admixture
of English grasses; snow-grass is common on the higher
lands and southern faces. The general elevation of the
country ranges from about 1,500ft. to about 3,500ft. above
sea-level. The distance from Waimate by the Pentland
Hills Road is about twenty-eight miles, all but about three
miles of the distance being practicable for drays. The run
is also connected with the Sandhurst Railway-station by the
Hakateramea Valley and branch roads. The land is adapted
only for pastoral purposes, and during the winter is subject
to heavy falls of snow.

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 small grazing-runs is usually 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.

Owing to the altitude of the country and the absence of a
suitable homestead-site, the Land Board will be prepared to
consider an application from the successful applicant for
exemption from residence in terms of sections 142 and 143
of "The Land Act, 1892."

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, £1 1s. for the lease, and the sum
   of £273 7s., being the value of fencing and sheep-yards, 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, 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 exer-
   cised 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 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
   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 , 189 ,
before me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the
Colony of New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Town and Rural Sections, Rotorua, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 30th September, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
town and rural sections at Rotorua will be offered
for lease by public auction, for a period of ninety-nine years,
at the upset rentals noted below, at the Lands and Survey
Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 29th day of November,
1895, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

Town Section, Rotorua.

| Section. | Block. | Area. | Upset |
| | | A. R. P. | Annual Rent. |
| 5 | XXIX. | 0 1 0 | £ s. d. |
| | | | 3 0 0 |