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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are divided into village-homestead allotments, open for selection on lease in perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 10th day of June, 1896.

3. The rental stated hereon shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as provided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin; and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or single), and will be required to make the declaration prescribed in Schedule C of the said Act.

6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease- and registration-fee, immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot.

7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 157 of the said Act; and the first half-year’s rent is payable as before provided. The next payment will become due on the 1st July, 1897.

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, 7th April, 1896.

THE under-mentioned clumps of dead timber situated in the Puhipuhi State Forest, and dead and green timber situated in Blocks XV. and XVI., Hukerenui Survey District, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Tuesday, the 26th May, 1896:—

Conditions of Sale.—One-half 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 at this office, at the County Office, Whangarei, and post-offices, Whangarei, Hikurangi, and Kawakawa.

GERHARD MUELLER,
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, Canterbury, open for Lease on Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on and after Wednesday, the 20th May, 1896, at the annual rental noted below. 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.

WAIMATE COUNTY.—NIMROD AND WAIHAO SURVEY DISTRICTS.

First-class Pastoral Country.

This run is situated on the dividing-range between the Hakateramea and Waihao Rivers, inland of Waimate, and comprises high open hilly country, with generally broad and flat ridges, intersected by deep gullies. The soil varies in quality from fair to good—that on the main tops and southern faces having a cold appearance, whilst other parts are very rocky. The vegetation comprises the ordinary silver-tussock and other native grasses, with an admixture of English grasses; snow-grass is common on the higher lands and southern faces. The general elevation of the country ranges from about 1,500ft. to about 3,500ft. above sea-level. The distance from Waimate by the Pentland Hills road is about twenty-eight miles, all but about three miles of the distance being practicable for drays. The run 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.

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.

*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.”