May 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 843

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.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.

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.

Officers appointed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 15th May, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department.
J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

PERMANENT.

NON-PERMANENT.

POSTMASTERS AND TELEGRAPHISTS.

| Ayre, George (Railway officer) .. | Normanby .. | Wanganui .. | 28 Mar., 1896. |
| Taylor, Alexander Robert (Railway officer) .. | Ellesmere .. | Christchurch .. | 25 Mar., " |

POSTMASTERS.

| Aicken, Jessie .. .. | Aicken’s .. | Hokitika .. | 1 April, 1896. |
| Bird, Eva Smith .. .. | Lismore .. | Christchurch .. | 1 April, " |
| Gills, John .. .. | Spotswood .. | Christchurch .. | 1 April, " |
| Hilliar, Mary Ann .. .. | Wangaehu .. | Wanganui .. | 10 April, " |
| Mabbett, Herbert William .. | Weber .. | Napier .. | 1 April, " |
| Scott, George .. .. | Papatowai .. | Dunedin .. | 21 Mar., " |
| Williams, Richard .. .. | Kaiwaiwai .. | Wellington .. | 1 Jan., " |
| Young, George .. .. | Rongahere .. | Dunedin .. | 1 April, " |

POSTMASTERS AND TELEPHONISTS.

| Friar, William Ashwood .. | Ormond .. | Gisborne .. | 1 April, 1896. |
| Robertson, John .. .. | Otamita .. | Invercargill .. | 10 April, " |

TELEPHONISTS.

| Aldridge, John .. .. | Ocean Bay .. | Blenheim .. | 30 Mar., 1896. |
| Chalmers, Marguerite Eleanor .. | Mount Linton .. | Invercargill .. | 7 Feb., " |
| Stace, Henry Joseph .. .. | Robin Hood Bay | Blenheim .. | 25 Mar., " |
| Stephenson, Alice Elizabeth .. | Skipper’s .. | Invercargill .. | 21 Mar., " |
| Watson, Thomas Cameron .. | Island Bay .. | Wellington .. | 19 Mar., " |

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