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:

WITHIN PUHIPUHI STATE FOREST.

Kauri.

Totara.

DEAD KAURI ON SECTION 4, BLOCK XV., HUKERENUI SURVEY
DISTRICT (A RESERVE).

GREEN KAURI ON SECTIONS 2 AND 3, BLOCK XVI., HUKERENUI
SURVEY DISTRICT.

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 148 and 149 of "The Land Act, 1892."