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hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected
place, from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof,
or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under
the direction of an Inspector of Stock:—
Farm known as "Holmwood," occupied by Mrs. A. L.
Martyn, of Ohaupo, comprising 600 acres, more or less.
Lands in occupation of Mr. D. Turnwald, Ohaupo, and
used as a slaughter-yard, comprising 30 acres, more or less;
and lands in occupation of D. Turnwald, bounded by farm
occupied by Mrs. A. L. Martyn, and shore of Horseshoe
Lake, 3 acres, more or less; lands in occupation of Mr.
G. A. Kusab, near Ohaupo, 250 acres, more or less.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Swine-fever.
—No. 413.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
"swine-fever" exists amongst pigs belonging to Mr.
J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, farmer, and running on his farm-
lands, comprising Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, in Block XIII., North
Molyneux District, I therefore, in accordance with sec-
tion 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock Act, 1893," hereby
declare such lands to be an infected place from which no
swine, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fit-
tings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an
Inspector of Stock.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Anthrax.—
Notice No. 422.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 26th August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
"anthrax" exists amongst stock running on certain
lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance
with section 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock Act, 1893,"
hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected
place from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof,
or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under
the direction of an Inspector of Stock:—
Lands in occupation of Mr. George Watt, situated between
Hautapu and Cambridge, being part of Section 188, Cemetery
Reserve, 10 acres, more or less.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Crown Lands Notices.

Deferred-payment License forfeited in Southland.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned license
was forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land
Board on the date undernoted.

SCHEDULE.

Section 58, Block III., Oteramika Hundred: Held by
William Nicol; forfeited, 27th August, 1895.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, open for Lease on Appli-
cation.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 12th February, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on and
after Wednesday, the 8th April, 1896, at the annual rental
noted below. If more than one application be received for
the runs on the same day, priority of selection will be decided
by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

Marlborough Land District.—Onamalutu Survey District.
First-class Pastoral Country.

| Run | Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent | Annual |
| No. | | | | per Acre.| Rental.|
| | | | A. R. P.| s. d. | £ s. d|
| 76 | {16 | XI., } | 385 0 0 | 0 3 | 4 16 3|
| | { 6 | XII. } | | | |
| 77 | 7 | XII. | 344 0 0 | 0 3 | 4 6 0|

Run 76, broken pastoral country, well watered; about 280
acres birch bush, remainder fern, burnt bush, and grass;
accessible by road, fifteen miles from Blenheim. Run 77,
broken pastoral country, well watered; about 270 acres birch
bush, remainder fern, burnt bush, and grass; accessible by
road, fifteen miles from Blenheim.

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 182.
   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 the run is 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.
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 and £1 1s. for the lease 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 March, 1897.
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.

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.
  SIDNEY WEETMAN,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Hawke's Bay, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 17th February, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pas-
toral runs will be submitted to public auction at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday,
the 15th April, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

| Run | Survey District. | Area. | Upset |
| No. | | | Rent. |
| | | A. R. P. | £ s. d|
| 1 | Mangahopai and Waitara | 9,615 0 0 | 40 0 0|
| 2 | Mangahopai and Waiau | 7,069 0 0 | 30 0 0|
| 9 | Mohaka and Waitara .. | 11,632 0 0| 80 0 0|
| 10 | .. | 11,568 0 0| 60 0 0|

On Run No. 1 there are about 5,600 acres of open fern
country, the remainder being mixed bush. About half the
run is undulating and level, the rest rather broken. On