Feb. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 389

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

Run 141: About 37,900 acres, Esk Head Station, Ashley County; upset rental, £330 per annum.

Run 142: About 30,000 acres, The Lakes Station, Ashley County; upset rental, £350 per annum.

Run 144: About 47,000 acres (30,000 acres grass), Snowdale Station, Ashley County; upset rental, £365 per annum.

Run 145: About 19,040 acres, parts of Glentui and Wharfdale Stations, Ashley County; upset rental, £305 per annum.

Run 145A: About 11,260 acres, part of Wharfdale Station, Ashley County; upset rental, £185 per annum.

Run 149: About 9,000 acres, Woodstock Station, Ashley County; upset rental, £180 per annum.

Runs 167 and 168: 15,800 acres, Grassdale and Benmore Stations, Selwyn County; upset rental, £235 per annum.

Run 169: About 18,020 acres, part of Snowdon Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £425 per annum.

Run 171: About 21,200 acres, Brookdale Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £335 per annum.

Run 172: About 33,800 acres, Castlehill Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £280 per annum.

Run 173: About 8,300 acres, Avoca Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £75 per annum.

Run 174: About 43,200 acres (15,000 acres grass), Cora Lynn Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £150 per annum.

Run 175: About 22,000 acres, Riversdale Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £260 per annum.

Runs 176 and 177: About 122,000 acres (70,000 acres grass), Mount White and Lochinvar Stations, Selwyn County; upset rental, £800 per annum.

Run 178: About 12,200 acres, Acheron Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £250 per annum.

Run 179: About 18,000 acres (5,000 acres grass), part of Lake Coleridge Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £25 per annum.

Run 180: About 36,400 acres, Glenthorne Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £160 per annum.

Run 181: About 41,400 acres, Rakaia Forks Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £365 per annum.

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CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers of the licenses on the 1st March, 1897.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”: Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The licenses shall be dated on the 1st March, 1897, and shall in each case be for a period of twenty-one years from that date.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions amongst others:—

(1.) That if the licensee, or any person claiming an interest through or under him, shall make or cause to be made any agreement or contract, or shall give or cause to be given or taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever, directly or indirectly, commit or be privy to a fraud upon, “The Land Act, 1892,” the license shall be liable to be forfeited and revoked;

(2.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license;

(3.) That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner; and

(4.) That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no right to the soil or timber or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year’s rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid on the fall of the hammer and the purchaser shall make a declaration in terms of section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892.” The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in each year during the term of the license, the half-year’s rent paid on the fall of the hammer being for the half-year commencing on the 1st March, 1897. Should the half-yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any fencing existing upon the Crown lands offered for license. The runs are sold subject to the rights of the present licensees to valuation for improvements in terms of section 180 of “The Land Act, 1885,” and to the other provisions of the Land Acts relating to improvements effected by licensees. Where fences form the boundary between Crown lands offered for license and freehold lands, the purchaser of such license will be liable to the provisions of any law now or hereafter in force relating to boundary-fences.

8. (1.) Every license shall be subject to the rights (if any) of the New Zealand Midland Railway Company (Limited), or any person or body lawfully claiming under that company, to select land under the provisions of “The East and West Coast (Middle Island) Railway and Railways Construction Act, 1884,” by virtue of the contract made between that company and the Crown by deed dated the 3rd day of August, 1888, a copy whereof is open for inspection at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Christchurch.

(2.) Provisions to give effect to this condition shall be inserted in every license.

(3.) Intending licensees must satisfy themselves as to the nature and extent of the aforesaid rights (if any), but it is believed that, for the purposes of this auction, they are sufficiently indicated by the following extracts:—

(a.) Clause 17 of the aforesaid contract provides that it shall be optional for the company at any time to select lands within the authorised area which are held under lease or license for pastoral purposes, but in any such case such selection shall be subject to all existing rights affecting the same.

(b.) Subsection (4) of section 8 of the aforesaid Act provides that whenever any land for which the company is entitled to a grant thereunder is in the lawful occupation of any person as a tenant or licensee of the Crown, the company shall, before receiving the grant thereof, be required by the Minister for Public Works either to pay to the owner for the time being the value of improvements, to be determined as therein mentioned, or to select, instead of that land, an equal area of available Crown land adjacent thereto.

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 purchaser 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 indirectly 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 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 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.

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Notice under “The Companies Act, 1882.”

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the affidavit and application of John Jackson and Robert Heaton Rhodes, of the Mount Cook Hermitage Company (Limited).

I HEREBY notify that, no objection to such application having been made and lodged with me, as by the said Act required, I do now declare such company to be dissolved.

A. R. BLOXAM,
Registrar.

Dated at Christchurch, this 10th day of February, 1896.