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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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, and the sum of £233 7s., being the value of fencing and sheep-yards, 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 exercised without compensation.

NOTE.—One-fourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen years is returned to the local body, to be spent in improving the access to the land.

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 purchaser 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 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 __, 189, before me—
__, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.
  J. W. A. MARCHANT,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve, Oamaru Survey District, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 7th April, 1896.

THE lease of the under-mentioned section will be offered for sale by public auction on Thursday, the 14th May, 1896, immediately after the ballot for sections in the Ardgowan Estate is concluded, at the Weir Street Hall, Oamaru.

SCHEDULE.

EDUCATION RESERVE, OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—ARDGOWAN ESTATE.

Section 134, Block II.: Area, 40 acres; upset half-yearly rental, £29.

Term, fourteen years from 1st July, 1896.

The purchaser must pay half-year’s rent and the lease-fee of £1 1s. upon the fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Notice under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is under and by virtue of the said Act vested in me as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of April, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

All those pieces or parcels of land, each containing 1 rood, more or less, being Sections numbered respectively 2, 3, 6,
7, 8, 20, 21, and 22, Block V., on the map of the Town of Hampden, in the Provincial District of Otago.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 35 perches, more or less, being Lot No. 112 on deposited plan No. 302, and being part of Rural Section No. 48, at North Opawa, in the Borough of Linwood, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, having a frontage to Charles Street of 100 links by a depth of 221·5 links. The result of the inquiries made is that the land was sold by the late R. H. Rhodes to one John Roberts in 1880, who resold to one John Ireland in 1880, of whom nothing is traceable since 1883, and neither purchaser has obtained a legal title.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony.

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish, to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee, his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 13th day of April, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 14th April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Mary Lagan, late of Raincliff Station, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, housekeeper. Filed on the 28th day of March, 1896.

William Fayle, late of Shotover, in the Provincial District of Otago, gold-miner. Filed on the 8th day of April, 1896.

William Harry Ingram, late of Frasertown, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, cook. Filed on the 8th day of April, 1896.

Charles Adams, late of Nelson, in the Provincial District of Nelson, settler. Filed on the 8th day of April, 1896.

Alexander Blackwood, late of Fairlie, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, carpenter. Filed on the 8th day of April, 1896.

John Wars, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 8th day of April, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice.

Education Board,
Auckland, 8th April, 1896.

IN pursuance of “The Auckland College and Grammar School Act, 1877,” and of the regulations thereunder, for the election of Governors by the Education Board of the District of Auckland, it is hereby notified that

RICHARD UDY

has been duly re-elected a Governor of the Board of Governors constituted by the said Act.

R. UDY,
Chairman of Meeting.

Native Land Court Notices.

Notice of Dismissal of Application under Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

Chief Judge’s Office, Wellington.

I HEREBY give notice that the application of Wikitoria Hukanui, made on behalf of herself and her children, under section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” to be included as owners in the Pukenui No. 1 Block, which application was inquired into by the Court sitting at Kihi-kihi on the 23rd day of July, 1895, has been dismissed.

Dated this 14th day of April, 1896.

GEO. B. DAVY,
Chief Judge.