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8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
   each lease shall be as provided in Part III. of the said Act.
   The provisions of section 144, and all other provisions of the
   said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall
   apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The
   provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
   Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accordingly
   to lessees under these regulations.

9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land
   held by him under these regulations, except under and subject
   to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.

10. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, and
    such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and
    benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person
    whomsoever. No married woman shall be eligible as a
    selector; but this provision shall not apply to any married
    woman who may become a transferee under a will or by
    virtue of an intestacy.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
    shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations,
    and to the applications and leases to be made and
    issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created,
    and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are
    thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision
    of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other
    provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public
Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
kauri and totara timber, situated in Block XIV.,
Purua Survey District, and Block V., Tangihua Survey District,
will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office,
on Friday, the 12th June, 1896:-

317 kauri-trees, containing 900,000ft.: Upset price, £350.
55 totara-trees, containing 62,000ft.: Upset price, £40.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run for Lease on Application, Canterbury
Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 13th April, 1896.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Land Act, 1892,"
and "The Land for Settlements Act, 1894," that the
under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for application
on and after Wednesday, 13th May, 1896:-

Section 36589 and Lot 2, Ashley Gorge Settlement, near
East Oxford: Area, 915 acres 2 roods 2 perches; annual
rent, £81 11s.

Forms of application, plans, and full particulars may be
obtained at this office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Lease on
Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 23rd March, 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 27th May, 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. | | | A. R. P. | per | Rental. |
| | | | s. d. | Acre. | £ s. d. |
| 74 | 17 | III. | 715 0 0 | 0 3 | 8 18 9 |
| 78 | 3 | VII. | 113 0 0 | 0 3 | 1 8 3 |

Run 74, about 690 acres mixed bush, balance burnt bush
with a little grass; fair soil on lower slopes, poor on ridges;
well watered; about seventeen miles from Blenheim. Run
78, all forest, very broken, pastoral, birch bush, with a few
rimu; poor soil; well watered; about sixteen 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 exercised
   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 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.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1895.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1897, the period of literature
will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be
George Eliot's "Romola" and Shakespeare's "Tempest."

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

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 Anatipa
Tamihana Tunui, made on behalf of himself and others,
under section 39 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," to
be appointed successors to Raniera Toia in Te Akau No. 3
Block, in lieu of Wirihana te Kapa te Aooterangi, which
application was inquired into by the Court sitting at Waiuku
in February last, has been dismissed.

Dated this 27th day of April, 1896.

GEO. B. DAVY,
Chief Judge.