Feb. 13.].

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for sale by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunecin, 13th January, 1896.

IT is hereby notifled that the under-mentioned pastoral
lands will be submitted to public auctiou, at the CrOWIl
Lands Office, Dunecln, on Friday, the 28th day of February
next, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LANDS.

(Under Part YI. of "The Land Act, 1892.")
206r, Class I., Maniototo County: Area, 5,040 acros; term,
fourteen years; upset annual renta], £25. Lying between
the Kye burn Hundred and the summjt of the Kaka.nui
Range, the south corner of the run adjoining the Pa]merston-
Naseby main road, 4 miles distaut from Kye burn Township.
A]titude, 1,900ft. to 5,000ft. Prescnt licensee, George Currie.
260B, Class II., T aieri County: Area, 9,440 acros; term,
soven years; upset annual renta], £100. Sjtuated between
the Lee Hundred and the D eep Stream, about 19 miles
beyoucl Outram on the old Duustan main road. A]titude,
1,100ft to 2,100ft. Prescnt licensee, George N ichol.
Sections 8 and 9, Block II., Beaumont, Sections 1 to 6,
Block VIII., same district, and Sections 74A and 75, Block
IIJ., T uapeka West, Class II., T uapeka County: Area,
3,796 acros; term, ten years; upset annual renta], £60.
Situated 5 miles north-west of Lawreuce, on the west bank
of the T uapeka River, and iutcrsected by B owler's C reek.
A]titude, 400ft. to 1,300ft. Prescnt licensee, John T hompsoa.
Sections 10, 12, and 13, Block I., Duuback District,
Class II., Waihemo County: Area, 588 acros; term, seven
yours; upset annual renta], £30. Sjtuated 7 miles north-
west of Pa]merston; accessible from Duuback or Pa]merston.
Highest point, 1,211ft. Prescnt licensee, John S utherland.
Possession will be given on the 1st March, 1897.
Valuations for improvemcnts in respect of the above runs

m ust be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunecln,
before the licensee will be let into possessiou.
S uch valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-
proof fenee, in no case exceed three times the amount of the
avcrage annual renta] paid under the expircd or expiring
license during the term thereof, and five times such amount

in cases where the annual renta] does not exceed £50.
The above runs will be sold generally in accordanee with
the provisious of Part YI. of "The Land Act, 1892."
Purchasers must dcposit stat utory declarations required
by section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the first

half-year's rent (togethcr with license-foo, £1 1s.) on fall of
the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
C ommissioner of C rown Lands.

Lands in the Cheviot E state open for Sale upon Application.

D istrict Lands and S urvey Office,
Ch ristchurch, 20th January, 1896.

IT is herehy notifled, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892," and "The Cheviot E state Disposition Act, 1893," that
the under-mentioned lands will be open for application on
and after Thursday, the 27th February, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

C ANTERB URY LAND DISTRICT.—C heviot S urvey District.
G R A ZING-F A R M O P E N FOR L EASE ON A PPL I C A TION.

First-class Land.

This section comprises open, hilly, flat, low downs, and
undulating land, flat-topp ed easy spurs, and some rough and
ferny gullies with scrub near the bottom. The sea-faces are
steep and broken. The formatiou comprises sandstone,
slate, limestoue, and clay; the soi] is fairly deep, and
generally of good quality. The vegetation cou sists of
tussock, clover, cock'sfoot, and other native and eultivated
grasses. The section is watered by interseeting gullies; its
elevatiou rauges from sea-level to about 1,100ft., the mean
being 600ft., and it has a generally good aspect. There is a

hom estead-sjte situatcd on the flat near the mouth of the
River Jed, about four miles by road from the Township of
Mackenzie. The land is well adaptcd for grazing. The
section is weighted with a sum of £50 1s., being half -value

of fencjng on the boundarics adjoining Lots 13, Block YII.,
and 2, Block VIII., Cheviot S urvey District, which sum

m ust be paid on allotment,
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Possession of the section will be given to the successful
applicant on the 1st March, 1896.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE OF GRAZING-FARMS.

1. The term of lcase is twcnty-onc years.
2. Every applicaut shall make the declaratiou preseribed,
   and shall, immediately after the application has been ap-
   proved or declared successful at the ball ot, dcp osit a sum
   cqual to oue half-year's rent of the land applied for. Such
   payment shall be in disch arge of the half-year's rent due on
   the 1st day of September or 1st day of March following the
   date of application. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for
   the preparatiou of the lcase and the registration thereof.
3. In case of more than oue application being lodg ed on
   the same day for the same farm, priority of selection shall
   be decided by ball ot.
4. No person can lcase more than 5,000 acros, or an area

of lcasehold and fr eehold combined which shall exceed 5,000
acres.
5. Residcnce on the farm is compulsory, and shall com-

mence within oue year, unless the lessee obtain the consent

of the Land Board to resi de on other land in his occupatiou.
6. Permanent improvemcnts must be effectcd equal to one

year's renta] by the end of the first year, to one and a half
ycars' renta] by the end of the second year, and to two and
a half years' renta] at the end of the six th year. The im-
provements which have been already made upon the land
sh all be reckoncd as improvemcnts under this elause.
7. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from
weeds, and keep open all creeks, drained, ditehcs, and water-
eourses which now are or may be upon the land, and the
C ommissioner of C rown Lands shall have the power at any
time to enter upon and make any d rain or road through the
land that he may de em necessary.
8. The lessee must once a year properly cut and trim all
li ve fenees now on the land, or which may be planted upon
the land during the term, and stub all gorse not growing as

fenees, and also stub all broom, sweetbriar, and other
noxi ous plants.
9. In the event of the lessee cultivating any of the land

included in his lcase, he must take alternately white and
root or green erops, or three green erops; and on the rem oval

of the third erop the land must be sown with good perma-
nent eultivated grasses and clovers, and be allowed to remain

as pasture for at least two years from the harv esting of the
last erop before being again cropped; and he must not cut
the eultivated grass for ha y or seed the first year of the
course.
10. In the event of the lessee fa iling to eomply with any

of the eovenants hereinbefore mentioned rel ating to the
trimming of live fenees and stubbing gorse, broom, and
sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weed s, and
keep ing open all creeks, drained, ditehcs, and watercourscs,

it shall be lawful for the C ommissioner of C rown Lands to

hav e such work done, and to recovcr the cost of the same
from the lessee.
11. All buildings erectcd upon the land shall be kept in
g ood order and repair.
12. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assess-

ments during the term.
13. R ent shall be pay able half-yearly in advance during
the term of the lcase.
14. The lessee shall have no right to purchase any part of
the land.
15. The Government rescrves a right of ing ress and egress
to the telegraph line which passes through some of the lands
to be disposcd of.
16. A right to search for and take g ravel for making or
ma intaining road s from any of the lands disposcd of is
reserved; payment to be made for surface damage only.
17. On the expiratiou or other determinatiou of the lcase
the former lessee shall not have any right of ren ewal, but
sh all be entitl ed to full valuatiou from the inc oming lessee
for improvemcnts of a substantial character, appropriate to
the lcase, effectcd on the land.
18. In any case where it is determined that any lands in-
eluded in any lcase shall not again be offered for further
lcase, then the amount of the valuatiou of the improvemcnts

as aforesaid shall be paid to the outgoing lessee or occupier,
less any arrears of money due to the C rown by him in re-
spcct of such lands, and such amount shall be paid out of
the Cheviot E state Fund.
19. S uch improvemcnts shall mean and include reclamation
from swamps, clearing of brush, g orse, broom, sweetbriar,

or scrub, feneing, drainage, sinking well s or water-tanks, con-
structing water-races, shecp-dips, making embankments or
proteetive works of any kind, and in addition to the foregoing
the erection of any building requ isite or necessary for the
p urpose of working the land as a grazing-farm; and the value

of all such improvemcnts shall be ascertained one month at
least before the expiry of the existing lcase, in such manner

as the Minister may direct.
20. If a lcase is forf eited for br each of conditions, such
val uation shall be made on recovcring possessiou of the land,