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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

fern ; height above sea-level, from 50ft. to 2,000ft. ; good
access from Port Pegasus, and well watered.

Term, 21 years; upset annual rental, £5.

Conditions of Sale.

A declaration in accordance with Schedule E of “The
Land Act, 1892,” is required from intending purchasers.
Half-year's rent, together with lease-fee, £1 1s., must be paid
on the fall of the hammer.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber in Auckland Land District for
Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th February, 1896.

THE under-mentioned clumps of dead timber, situated
in the Puhipuhi State Forest, will be offered for sale
by public auction at this office, on Tuesday, 7th April, 1896,
at 11 o'clock a.m. :

TOTAL.

| 8 | 28 | .. | 28 0 0 |
| 9 | 42 | .. | 42 0 0 |
| 10| 52 | .. | 52 0 0 |
| 11| 82 | .. | 82 0 0 |
| 12| 42 | .. | 42 0 0 |

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer; the balance to be paid
within twelve months. Timber to be removed within three
years from date of sale. Plans can be seen and obtained at
this office, at the County Office, Whangarei, and Post-offices,
Whangarei, Hikurangi, and Kawakawa.

The railway-rate for carriage of kauri timber from
Whakapara to Whangarei will be 1s. 3d. per 100 super-
ficial feet.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown 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 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 132.
   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.

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
Run No. 2, about 2,100 acres are open fern land, the balance
being bush. The soil on both runs is light pumice, and
they are well watered. They are accessible by pack-track
from Wairoa, distant forty-eight miles, and from Mohaka,
about twenty-eight miles.

Runs Nos. 9 and 10 are very much broken, and the land
is of poor quality, carrying fern with bush in gullies; well
watered, and fit for grazing purposes, though the carrying-
capacity of the land is light. The runs are accessible from
Wairoa, distant about twenty-three miles.

Run No. 9 has some land which would carry good grass,
but it exists in patches. Run No. 10 contains about 6,000
acres of pumice land, with clay subsoil, and little or no
vegetation on it.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.