696
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

fences, and also stub all broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious plants.

10. The lessee must take alternately white crops and green or root crops; and on the removal of the third crop the land must be sown down with good permanent cultivated grasses and clovers, and be allowed to remain as pasture for at least two years from the harvesting of last crop before being again cropped.

11. The lessee must not cut the cultivated grass for hay or seed the first year of the course.

12. At all times during the lease the land must be so farmed that not less than one-third of the farm shall be maintained in permanent pasture.

13. The lessee must not burn any straw grown upon the land.

14. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses which now are or may be upon the land, and the Land Board shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make any drain through the land that it may deem necessary.

15. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the trimming of live fences, and stubbing gorse, broom, and sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee.

16. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in good order and repair.

17. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term.

18. The Government reserves a right of ingress and egress to the telegraph-line which passes through some of the lands to be disposed of.

19. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads from any of the lands disposed of is reserved. Payment to be made for surface damage only.

20. The lease shall contain a clause providing that the lessee shall hold the land comprised in his lease subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,” unless otherwise provided by these regulations.

DECLARATION ON APPLYING FOR A LEASE UNDER “THE LAND ACT, 1892,” AND “THE CHEVIOT ESTATE DISPOSITION ACT, 1893.”

I, A.B., , 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 applying for a lease of land forming part of the Cheviot Estate.

3. That I am acquiring such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

4. That, including the lands now applied for, I am not the owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person or persons, of any lands anywhere in the colony exceeding in the whole 640* acres of first-class land.

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.”

A.B.

Declared at , this day of , 189 , before me—C.D., a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

• 320 acres in the case of a married woman.

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, £12 10s.

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.

Small Grazing-run, Southland, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 24th April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at this office, on and after the 17th June, 1896, at the half-yearly rental noted opposite the run. In case of more than one application for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—SMALL GRAZING-RUN NO. 39.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Vegetation, red tussock; low parts of land subject to be flooded; distance about two miles from Mossburn Railway-station. Burdened with valuation for improvements, consisting of fencing, £150.

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 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.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.