JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 919

3. That I am acquiring such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

4. That, including the land now applied for, I am not the owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by myself or jointly with any other person or persons, of any land acquired under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” or of any lands anywhere in the colony, exceeding in the whole 640 acres of land (or 320 acres in the case of a married woman).

5. That I have not, within one year from the date hereof, surrendered a lease in perpetuity of the lands for a lease whereof I am now applying.

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.”

A.B.

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 189__, before me—C.D., a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

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

Reserve in Raglan County, Auckland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 1st June, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned reserve at Karioi, Raglan, will be submitted for lease by public auction for a term of fourteen years, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” on Friday, the 21st day of August, 1896, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland:—

Raglan County, Parish Karioi: Pilot and Signal Station Reserve, Section 15, containing 228 acres; upset annual rent, £5; term of lease, fourteen years.

No compensation for improvements will be allowed during either the currency or at the termination of the lease, but the lessee will have the right, on the termination of the lease, to remove any fences and buildings that he may have erected during the term of the lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st May, 1896.

THE under-mentioned clumps of dead timber, situated in the Puhipuhi State Forest, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 26th June, 1896:—

TOTARA.

| 17 | 52 | .. | 52 0 0 |
| 18 | 60 | .. | 60 0 0 |
| 19 | 71 | .. | 71 0 0 |

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.

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, 5,000 acres.

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.

“The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”

Department of Agriculture, 9th June, 1896.

THE Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of 26th March last contains a return of the acreage under each crop. The present return gives the estimated total yield of wheat, oats, barley, and rye. The yield of the other crops will be obtained so soon as threshing is fairly begun. The yield has been arrived at by taking a few of the average crops in each riding of every county. In one or two districts, owing to the threshing not being sufficiently far advanced, an estimate has been made. A comparison with the figures for former years cannot very well be instituted, as the returns are now collected under a number of headings, viz., for threshing, chaffing, ensilage, and feeding-down.

The acreage under corn-crops is considerably above that of last year, and the average yield is also much higher per acre. The quality of the grain is generally good.

JOHN D. RITCHIE, Secretary.

ACREAGE AND ACTUAL YIELD IN CORN-CROPS.

*Not included in averages. † Fed off.