May 14. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZEITE. 769

5. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the lea se, and the sum
   of £233 7s., being the value of f encing and shee p-yards, must
   be paid immediately the application is declared successful ;
   the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term of
   the lea se. 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 a c res around the homestea d through
   which no road can be taken or other public privile ge exer -
   cised without comp ensation.

Note.—One-f ourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen
yea rs is returned to the local body, to be spent in improv ing
the access to the land.

Declarat i on.

I,*, of , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seve nteen years and upwa rds.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the prov isions of
   " The Land Act, 1892," am desirous of becoming the pur -
   chaser of a lea se of Run No.†
3. That I am purcha sing such lea se sole ly for my own use
   and benefit, and not, directly or indir e c tly, for the use of
   any other person or persons whatever.
4. That I am not already the holder of any such lea se in
   any part of the colon y, nor have I any interest in any such
   lea se.
5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part V I. 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
   lea se 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 purcha sing the lea se
   of, will exceed in area 1,000 a c res.

And I make this solemn declarat i on consci entiously be -
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zea land intituled " The Justices
of the Pea ce Act, 1882. "
(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 189 ,
before me— , a Justice of the Pea ce in and for the
Colony of New Zea land.

J. W. A. MARCHANT ,
Comm issioner of C rown Lands.

• Place of abode or occupa t i on. † Here specify.

Sma ll Grazing -run, Southland, open for Lea se on Application.

District Lands and Surve y Office ,
Invercargill, 24th April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereb y given that the under-mentioned
small grazing -run will be open for lea se on applica -
tion, at this office, on and after the 17th June, 1896, at the
half-yearly renta l 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 ba llot on the following day ,
at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE C OUN T Y.—SMALL
GRAZING-RUN No. 39.

First -class Pa stor al C oun try.

| Surve y | Sec - | Block. | Area. | R ent per | Ha lf -yea rly |
| District. | t i on. | | | Acre. | R ent. |
| | | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| Centre Hill | 1 | I V . | 261 3 5 | | |
| | 2 | " | 298 2 29 | | |
| | 3 | " | 295 2 15 | | |
| | 4 | " | 246 2 19 | 0 3 | 11 4 9 |
| | 5 | " | 249 2 16 | | |
| | 6 | " | 249 0 31 | | |
| | 11 | " | 196 2 33 | | |
| | | | 1,798 0 28 | | |

Veg etation, red tussock; low parts of land subject to be
flooded; distance about two miles from Mos sburn Railway -
stat i on. Burdened with valuation for improv ements, con -
sisting of f encing, £150.

Conditions of Lea se.

1. The term of lea se is tw enty -one years, with the option
   of renew al for a further period of tw enty -one years, at a rent
   to be fixed by valuation, and improv ements being sec ured to
   lessee as provided by " The Land Act, 1892," section 132.
   Each lessee is required to make the declarat i on as per form
   printed below.

2. No person can lea se more than one run.

3. Residenc e on the run is compulsory, and commences
   within three years in brush or swa mp land, and within one
   year in open or pa r t ly open land, unless the lessee obtain
   the consent of the Land Board to res ide on other land in his
   occupation.

4. Permanent improv ements must be effec t ed equal to one
   year's renta l by the end of the first year, two years' renta l
   by the end of the second year, and four years' renta l at the
   end of the six th year ; and on brush land, in addition thereto ,
   improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an a c re if
   first-class land, or of 5s. an a c re if second-class land.

5. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the lea se must be
   paid immediately the application is declared successful ;
   the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term
   of the lea se. 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 a c res around the homestea d
   thr ough which no road can be taken or other public pri -
   vile ge exercised without comp ensation.

Note.—One-f ourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen
yea rs is returned to the local body, to be spent in improv ing
the access to the land.

Declarat i on.

I, , of* , do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seve nteen years and upwa rds.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the prov isions of
   " The Land Act, 1892," am desirous of becoming the pur -
   chaser of a lea se of Run No.†
3. That I am purcha sing such lea se sole ly for my own use
   and benefit, and not directly or indir e c tly for the use of any
   other person or persons whatever.
4. That I am not already the holder of any such lea se in
   any part of the colon y, nor have I any interest in any such
   lea se.
5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part V I. 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
   lea se 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 purcha sing the lea se of, will
   exceed in area 1,000 a c res.

And I make this solemn declarat i on consci entiously be -
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zea land intituled " The Justices
of the Pea ce Act, 1882. "
Signa ture.
Declared at , this day of , 18 , before
me— , a Justice of the Pea ce in and for the
Colony of New Zea land.

• Place of abode or occupa t i on. † Here specify.

G. W. W ILL I A MS ,
Comm issioner of C rown Lands.

Rural Land, Canterbury, open for Selec t i on on Lea se in Per -
petuity.

District Lands and Surve y Office ,
Christchurch, 25th April, 1896.

THE under-mentioned land will be open for selection, in
terms of sections 107 and 136 of " The Land Act ,
1892," upon lea se in perp etuity, on and after Wednesday ,
24th June, 1896.

If more than one application be received upon the same
day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ba llot on
the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and
Surv ey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERB URY LAND DISTRICT.—SELYWN C OUN T Y.—H A L SW E L L
SURVEY DISTRICT.

First -class Surve yed Land.

| | | | Lea se in Perpetuity. |
| Section. | Block. | Area. | R ent | Ha lf -yea rly |
| | | | per Acre. | R ent. |
| | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 29 | I X . | 300 0 0 | 1 1.2 | 8 5 0 |
| Res erve 959 | | | | |

This section is situat ed on the nor thern shor e of La ke
Ellesmere, about two miles and a quarter to the south-west -
wa r d of the Greenpa rk Railway-sta t i on on the Little River
bra nch line of railway, and comp r ises a r eas both above and
below the f lood-level. The portion above f lood-level cons ists
generally of light sa ndy so il carrying medium pastur e, chiefly
rye -grass and clover. The area below f lood-level comp r ises
light sa ndy so il with inferior pastur e.