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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

selected by the New Zealand Midland Railway Company
(Limited), in virtue of any right which the said company,
or any person or body lawfully claiming through or under
it, may have to or in respect of any unsatisfied land claim.
The effect of any such resumption shall be to determine the
licensee wholly or in part, as the case requires: if the resump-
tion be only as to part, then the rent in future shall be
reduced in proportion to the area resumed, and as may be
determined by the Board.
No compensation will be paid or payable by or on behalf
of the Crown by reason of the exercise of the power hereby
reserved. Provisions to the purport of this condition, and
necessary to give effect to the same, will be inserted in each
license granted to a purchaser.

DECLARATION.

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

1. 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 or license of pastoral lands.
2. That I am purchasing the lease or license of such land
   solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or in-
   directly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons
   whomsoever.
3. That I am not the holder of any lease or license in any
   part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any lease or
   license in contravention of section 193 of the said Act.
4. That I am not the holder of a small grazing-run in any
   part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such run.
   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 , 18 ,
   before me-- , a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of
   New Zealand.
   Full particulars, plans, forms of declaration, &c., may be
   obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey
   Office, Christchurch.
   J. W. A. MARCHANT,
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserve in Auckland for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th February, 1896.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lots
will be submitted for lease, for a term of fourteen
years, by public auction, at the Land Office, Auckland, on
Friday, the 27th day of March, 1896, at 11 o'clock a.m.
Town of Port Waikato.
Lots 10 and 11, containing 1 rood 38 perches (Government
Buildings Reserve). Upset annual rent, £5.
Subject to £60 for improvements.
No compensation for improvements will be allowed for
during either the currency or at the termination of the lease.
The buildings now standing shall be kept in good repair
by the lessee, and on expiry of the term of fourteen years
shall be delivered up in fair marketable order and repair.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 20th January, 1896.
IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral
lands will be submitted to public auction at this office
on Friday, the 28th day of February, 1896, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."
Possession will be given on 1st March, 1897.
Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required
by section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the sum of
the half-year's rent and license-fee on fall of the hammer.

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Valuations for improvements must be paid to the Receiver
of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensee will be
let into possession. The amount of such valuations shall,
exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case
exceed three times the amount of the average annual rental
paid under the expiring lease or license during the term
thereof, or five times such amount in cases where the annual
rent does not exceed £50.
G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Lands in Auckland forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd January, 1896.
IT is hereby notified that, the leases and licenses of the
under-mentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by
resolutions of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have
reverted to the Crown under the provisions of "The Land
Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run, Canterbury and Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 7th January, 1896.
IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral
lands, situated in the Canterbury and Otago Land Dis-
tricts, will be submitted to public auction at the Crown
Lands Office, Dunedin, on Friday, the 28th day of February,
1896, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
PASTORAL LANDS.
(Under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892.")

Run No. 94, Canterbury Land District, grouped with Runs
Nos. 429 and 429c, Otago Land District, Waitaki County:
Area, 50,770 acres; term, five years; upset annual rental,
£30; valuation for improvements, £50.
These runs contain from 18,000 to 23,000 acres of fair
grazing-land, but the remaining portion is bush land, or
rather high rough country.
The improvements consist of a four-roomed house, wool-
shed, and outbuildings, all of which are rather out of repair.
The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with
the provisions of Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892."
Possession will be given on day of sale.
Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required
by section 62 of "The Land Act, 1892," and pay the sum of
the half-year's rent, license-fee, and valuation for improve-
ments on the fall of the hammer.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Otago.
J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Canterbury.