JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 917

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 licence 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 , 18 , before
   me—
   , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony
   of New Zealand.
   G. W. WILLIAMS,
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.

First-class Agricultural Land, Cheviot Estate, open for Selec-
tion on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 25th April, 1896.
THE under-mentioned lands in the Cheviot Estate will be
open for selection on lease in perpetuity at the Dis-
trict Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the Land
Office, Cheviot, on Wednesday, the 24th June, 1896.
If more than one application be received for the same
section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be
decided by ballot on Friday, the 26th June, at 11 a.m., at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.
CHEVIOT COUNTY.
First-class Land.

These sections are situated on the north-west side of the
Homestead Road, adjacent to the Mackenzie Township, the
village settlement, and the properties of Messrs. Gick,
Houghey, and Lewis, and comprise generally rich agricul-
tural land, in English grass, with a good deal of rushes in
places, due to portions of the land being low-lying and
subject to being covered with flood-water after heavy rains.
Owing to the elevation of these sections being only about
200ft. above sea-level, the proved excellent productiveness
and carrying-capacity of the land, the fact that their posi-
tion is equal to any on Cheviot, that the Cheviot Cheese-
factory is only distant from one to three miles, and that the
shipping-place at Port Robinson—between which and Wel-
ington and Lyttelton there is constant communication—is
distant about seven miles, these sections are admirably
adapted for occupation by gardeners, small farmers, and
dairymen.
The sections will be disposed of subject to the right of the
Crown to cut the new channels for facilitating the discharge
of the Jed and branch streams. Full particulars relating to
the character and extent of this work may be obtained on
application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and leases
for the occupation of the lands will issue subject to the
condition that the licensees shall make no claim, and that
the Land Board and Government will not allow any claim,
in connection with the execution or effect of these works,
and that licensees must provide crossings or bridges over the
said channels if necessary or required by them for the better
occupation or use of the lands.
The successful applicants shall be responsible for and shall
refund to the adjacent owners half the cost of all boundary-
fences not previously paid for.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE OCCUPATION OF LANDS ON
LEASE IN PERPETUITY IN THE CHEVIOT ESTATE.

1. The lease shall be for a term of 999 years, to be reckoned
   from the next 1st day of January or July following the date
   thereof, and shall in addition include the period between the
   date of lease and such day.
2. The yearly rental in respect of such lease shall be the
   amount equal to 5 per cent. on the capital value of such
   land, and shall be payable in equal parts, half-yearly, in
   advance, on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in
   each year, to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Christchurch.
3. Every applicant shall make the declaration prescribed,
   and shall, immediately after the application has been ap-
   proved, deposit a sum equal to one half-year's rent of the
   land applied for. Such payment shall be in discharge of the
   half-year's rent due on the 1st day of January or July follow-
   ing the date of application. He shall also pay the sum of
   £1 1s. for the preparation of the lease and the registration
   thereof.
4. A selector may apply for any number of sections,
   whether contiguous or not, up to the limit of 640 acres;
   but he can become the owner or occupier of 640 acres only
   in contiguous sections, including the land already owned by
   him. Sections on both sides of a road are considered con-
   tiguous or touching each other.
5. A married woman may become the owner of 320 acres
   of land in contiguous sections, notwithstanding any land
   that her husband may be entitled to acquire or may hold,
   and a married woman may also become a lessee under a will
   or by virtue of an intestacy.
6. When applications are made on the same day for the
   same land, or part of the same land, then the order of selec-
   tion shall be decided by ballot.
7. The lessee must reside on the land selected within one
   year from the date of selection, and thereafter such resi-
   dence shall be continuous for a period of ten years. The
   Land Board may dispense with residence if the lessee reside
   and continue to reside on lands contiguous to the lands held
   under lease.
8. The lessee shall put on the land comprised in his lease
   substantial improvements as under:—
   (a.) Within one year from the date of his lease to a value
   equal to 2½ per cent. of the price of the land;
   (b.) Within two years from the date of his lease to a
   value equal to another 2½ per cent. of the price of
   the land;
   (c.) And within six years from the date of his lease to a
   value equal to another 2½ per cent. of the price of
   the land;
   and in addition thereto shall, within six years from the date
   of his lease, put substantial improvements of a permanent
   character to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land,
   and 10s. per acre on second-class land.
   Improvements existing on the land at the time of lease
   shall be deemed to be improvements made under this clause.
   Substantial improvements of a permanent character mean
   and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of gorse,
   broom, sweetbriar, or scrub, cultivation, planting gardens,
   fencing, draining, making roads, sinking wells or water-
   tanks, constructing water-races, sheep-dips, making em-
   bankments or protective works of any kind, or in any way
   improving the character or fertility of the soil, and include
   the erection of any building.
9. The lessee must once a year properly cut and trim all
   live fences now on the land, or which may be planted upon
   the land during the term, and stub all gorse not growing as
   fences, and also stub all broom, sweetbriar, and other
   noxious plants.
10. The lessee must take alternately white crops and
    green or root crops; and on the removal of the third crop
    the land must be sown down with good permanent culti-
    vated grasses and clovers, and be allowed to remain as
    pasture for at least two years from the harvesting of last
    crop before being again cropped.
11. The lessee must not cut the cultivated grass for hay
    or seed the first year of the course.
12. At all times during the lease the land must be so
    farmed that not less than one-third of the farm shall be
    maintained in permanent pasture.
13. The lessee must not burn any straw grown upon the
    land.
14. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from
    weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and water-
    courses which now are or may be upon the land, and the
    Land Board shall have the power at any time to enter upon
    and make any drain through the land that it may deem
    necessary.
15. In the event of the lessee failing to comply with any
    of the covenants hereinbefore mentioned relating to the
    trimming of live fences, and stubbing gorse, broom, and
    sweetbriar, and to the cleaning, clearing from weeds, and
    keeping open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses,
    it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Crown Lands to
    have such work done, and to recover the cost of the same
    from the lessee.
16. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in good
    order and repair.
17. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and as-
    sessments during the term.
18. The Government reserves a right of ingress and egress
    to the telegraph-line which passes through some of the lands
    to be disposed of.