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is also connected with the Sandhurst Railway-station by the Hakateramea Valley and branch roads. The land is adapted only for pastoral purposes, and during the winter is subject to heavy falls of snow.

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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 small grazing-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, 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.

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

• Owing to the altitude of the country and the absence of a suitable homestead-site, the Land Board will be prepared to consider an application from the successful applicant for exemption from residence in terms of sections 142 and 143 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

† Place of abode or occupation. ‡ Here specify.

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

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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.

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Sale of Kauri Timber in Waitawheta Bush, Auckland.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th March, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri timber, situated on the Waitawheta River, within Blocks VI., VII., and X., Te Aroha Survey District, and Blocks III. and XI., Katikati Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 15th May, 1896:—

17,500,000 feet kauri timber. Upset price, £8,750.

This timber can be easily got into the Waitawheta River and floated down to Franklin’s Flat.

Conditions of sale: One-fourth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer; one-fourth on the 1st January, 1898; one-fourth on the 1st January, 1900; and the balance on the 1st January, 1902. Timber to be removed within seven years from date of sale.

Plans, &c., can be seen at this office, and at the Post-offices at Thames, Paeroa, Waihi, Te Aroha, and Tauranga.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Land in Ardgowan Estate, Oamaru Survey District, for Lease on Application.

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

APPLICATIONS for leases of the under-mentioned sections will be received up to 4 p.m. on and after Tuesday, the 12th May, 1896, at the office of Mr. Henry MacIntosh, Oamaru, and at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin. If there be more than one application on the first day for any of the sections a ballot will be taken on Thursday, the 14th May, at 11 a.m., at the Weir Street Hall, Oamaru.

No deposit is required with the application, but the successful applicant must be prepared to pay a half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee immediately on his application being approved.

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SCHEDULE.

OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—ARDGOWAN ESTATE.

Term of Lease: From year to year until required by the Government. The lessee of Section 84 will have to give up possession on one month’s notice should it be required for a school.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Southland Land District.—Pastoral Leases in the District of Centre Hill, Wallace County, 10,281 Acres, to be offered for Lease by Public Auction.

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District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 7th April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction for lease, on Wednesday, the 27th May, 1896, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m.:—

PASTORAL LANDS, UNDER PART VI. OF “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

Run No. 198A, known as “Dunrobin,” 8,181 acres: Upset rental, £68 3s. 6d. yearly; distance, about ten miles from Mossburn; term, twenty-one years.

Run No. 198C, known as “Jim Crow,” 2,100 acres: Upset rental, £26 5s. yearly; distance, about twelve miles from Mossburn; term, twenty-one years.

The above runs consist of hilly and broken land, mostly open, covered with silver-tussock and fern, and well watered. Height above sea-level, from 1,000ft. to 3,000ft.

Run No. 198A is burdened with valuation for improvements, £92 4s.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

Valuation for improvements must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill, before the licensee will be let into possession.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.