MAY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 801

Second-class Pastoral Country, Canterbury, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 16th May, 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 8th July, 1896, at the yearly rental noted below. In case of more than one application being received on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

ASHLEY COUNTY, WAITOHI AND WAIPARA SURVEY DISTRICTS.—PART OF PATOA SETTLEMENT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Sections 36577, 36579, 36580, and 36581: 3,846 acres 3 roods; annual rent, £133 11s. 4d.

Locality and Description of Run.

These sections are situated between the Hurunui and Waitohi Rivers, to the west of the Northern Railway, near Medbury Station, and comprise open plain light stony land, partly covered with stunted manuka scrub. The elevation is from 850ft. to 950ft. above sea-level, and, except where covered with manuka, the country is fairly well grassed with tussock.

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, with approval of the Land Board, 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.

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

Pastoral Lands, Westland, open for Lease on Application.

Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 8th May, 1896.

IN accordance with section 197 of “The Land Act, 1892,” I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned pastoral runs, having been submitted to public auction and not sold, will be open for application at the upset rental, on and after the 30th day of June, 1896:—
Run No. 39, Lake Brunner, 7,000 acres.
Run No. 92, Miserable Ridge.

Subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”
Term, ten years; annual rental, £1 per 1,000 acres.
Possession to be given on the date of granting of application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 9th April, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village-homestead allotments will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on and after Wednesday, the 10th day of June, 1896, upon the terms and conditions stated hereunder.

SCHEDULE.

Generally speaking, this is fairly good agricultural land, with tops of spurs even. The quality of the soil varies from poor mossy to very good. The land carries heavy timber—kamai, red-pine, silver-birch, &c.—and is well watered. Altitude, 300ft. to 500ft. above the sea-level. Owaka lies within ten miles and Glenomaru Railway-station seventeen miles of these sections.

Woodland | 5 | X. | 21 2 0 | 0 11 0 |
" | 6 | " | 20 3 0 | 0 10 6 |
" | 8 | " | 28 2 0 | 0 14 6 |
" | 9 | " | 17 3 0 | 0 9 0 |
" | 10 | " | 21 0 0 | 0 10 6 |

Undulating agricultural land; all bush, consisting of kamai, red-pine, broadleaf, and ribbonwood; soil, a heavy loam, well watered. Situated five miles from Ratanui Post-office by a good summer road, and twenty-three miles from Glenomaru Railway-station. Altitude, 300ft.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.

Maniototo | 17 | XVI. | 18 2 5 | 0 10 6 |

Fairly good land, ploughable, adjoining the Otago Central Railway; about seven miles from Hyde and twenty-seven miles from Middlemarch.

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.