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5. No person shall be allowed to acquire or to hold more
   than one section, and no person who is the owner or occupier
   of land under the said Act which with the land applied for
   would exceed in area 640 acres shall be capable of applying
   for or holding any section.

6. The lessee must reside on the land leased within one
   year from the date of lease, and thereafter such residence
   shall be continuous.

7. 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 thereafter, but within six years from the date
   of his lease, to a value equal to another 2½ per
   cent. of the price of the land;
   and in addition thereto shall, within six years from the date
   of his lease, put substantial improvements of a permanent
   character to the value of £1 for every acre of land.

Substantial improvements of a permanent character mean
and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of bush,
gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or scrub, cultivation, planting
gardens, fencing, draining, making roads, sinking wells or
water-tanks, constructing water-races, sheep-dips, making
embankments or protective works of any kind, in any way
improving the character or fertility of the soil, or the erec-
tion of any non-movable building.

8. The lessee must fence the land leased with a ring-fence
   within the second year of the term; and such fence must
   be sufficient to comply in all respects with "The Fencing
   Act, 1895," or any other law to regulate the fencing of land
   which shall for the time being be in force.

9. The lessee must once a year properly cut and trim all
   live fences now on the land, or which may be planted upon
   the land during the term, and stub all gorse not growing as
   fences, and also stub all broom, sweetbriar, and other
   noxious plants.

10. The lessee must not take more than three crops, one
    of which must be a root-crop, from the same land in succes-
    sion; and either with or immediately after a third crop of
    any kind the land must be sown down with good permanent
    cultivated grasses and clovers, and be allowed to remain as
    pasture for at least three years from the harvesting of last
    crop before being again cropped.

11. At all times during the lease the land, if the area of
    the whole exceed 10 acres, must be so farmed that not less
    than one-third of the farm be maintained in permanent
    pasture.

12. The lessee must not cut the cultivated grass or clovers
    for hay or seed during the first year from the time of sowing
    as aforesaid.

13. The lessee must not burn any straw grown upon the
    land.

14. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from
    weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and water-
    courses which now are or may be upon the land, and the
    Commissioner of Crown Lands or any Crown Lands Ranger
    of the district shall have the power at any time to enter
    upon and make any drain through the land that he may
    deem necessary.

15. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any
    of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the
    trimming of live fences and stubbing gorse, broom, and
    sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and
    keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, it
    shall be lawful for the said Commissioner to have such work
    done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee.

16. All buildings, fences, and other improvements erected
    upon the land shall be kept in good order and repair.

17. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and
    assessments during the term.

18. Subject as aforesaid, the provisions of "The Land Act,
    1892," and regulations made thereunder with respect to ap-
    plications for and the grant of leases in perpetuity, shall
    apply, so far as applicable, to all applications for leases
    under "The Land for Settlements Act, 1894."

Schedule.—Declaration on applying for a Lease under "The
Land for Settlements Act, 1894."

I, A.B., 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 for Settlements Act, 1894," am applying for the
   purchase of a lease.

3. That I am acquiring such lease solely for my own use
   and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or
   benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

4. That, including the lands now applied for, I am not the
   owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by
   myself or jointly with any other person or persons, of any
   land acquired under "The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,"
   or of any lands anywhere in the colony, exceeding in the
   whole 640 acres of land (or 320 acres in the case of a married
   woman).

5. That I have not, within one year from the date hereof,
   surrendered a lease in perpetuity of the lands for a lease
   whereof I am now applying.

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."

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.

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

Native Land Court Notices.

"The Native Land Court Act, 1894."—Sittings of Court
adjourned.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1895.

N OTICE is hereby given that the sittings of the Native
Land Court advertised to take place at Greytown on
the 16th, 18th, and 20th days of December, 1895, have all
been adjourned to the 8th day of January, 1896, at the same
place.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 3rd December, 1895.

In the matter of the will of IRITANA PARAPARA, of Te Araroa,
deceased.

A PPLICATION having been made by Manahi Parapara
that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:
It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such appli-
cation must lodge a caveat, in manner prescribed, within
two calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 4th December, 1895.

In the matter of the will of EPAPARA TE WHAO, late of
Whaingaroa, deceased.

A PPLICATION having been made by Hira Huirama
that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:
It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such appli-
cation must lodge a caveat, in manner prescribed, within
two calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

JAS. W. BROWNE,
Registrar.

Application to the Validation Court under "The Native Land

(Validation of Titles) Act, 1893."—No. 53.

In the Validation Court,
HOLDEN AT GISBORNE.

In the application of PERA TE HIKUMATE and MAATA TE AO,
children of Wi Haronga, and FREDERICK GREEN SKIPWORTH
and PAHOTI TE AMARU, as executors and administrators of
the estate of the said Wi Haronga, late of Gisborne,
deceased; and in the matter of the Whatatupoko Block.

A. WE, PERA TE HIKUMATE and Maata te Ao, of
Gisborne, in the Colony of New Zealand, aborigi-
nal natives of New Zealand, and children of the above-
named Wi Haronga, deceased, and entitled under his will
to his estate, and Frederick Green Skipworth, of Gisborne
aforesaid, licensed interpreter, and Pahoti te Amaru, of
Gisborne aforesaid, aboriginal native, executors of the will