JUNE 4.

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.

Survey District. | Sec- | Block. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity:
tion. | | | Rent, 4 per Cent.
Half-yearly Rent.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.
A. R. P. | £ s. d.
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 applica-
   tions 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, occu-
   pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
   scribed 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 accord-
   ingly to lessees under these regulations.

9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land
   held by him under these regulations, except under and sub-
   ject 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 regula-
    tions, 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.

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 applica-
tion, 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 pur-
   chaser 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 be-
lieving 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.

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 Dis-
trict, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office,
on Friday, the 12th June, 1896:-

817 kauri-trees, containing 900,000ft.: Upset price, £350.
55 totara-trees, containing 62,000ft.: Upset price, £40.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.