Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 101

Possession will be given on day of sale.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent, license-fee, and valuation for improvements (if any) on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for Lease by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 7th January, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Friday, the 28th day of February, 1896, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LANDS.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Run No. 171d, Waikouaiti County: Area, 4,150 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £69 3s. 4d. Fair grazing-country, lying between Waikouaiti and Nenthorn; highest point, 2,100ft. This land is a subdivision of the pastoral runs lately held by Margaret and A. S. Orbell.

Runs Nos. 171c and 171g (grouped), Waikouaiti County: Area, 5,690 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £118 10s. Fair grazing-country, lying between Waikouaiti and Nenthorn; highest point, 2,400ft. This land is a subdivision of the pastoral runs lately held by Margaret and A. S. Orbell.

Run No. 433, Vincent County: Area, 24,100 acres; term, fourteen years: upset annual rental, £5. Situated about twelve miles north of Gladstone, and lying to the west of Lake Hawea. The Dingle Valley is included in this run, and the land is well watered by the Dingle Burn and its branches, as well as by the tributaries of the Hunter River. Last licensee, Harriet Dowling.

Run No. 34, Class I., Wakatipu, Lake County: Area, 7,180 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated on the Shotover River, about fifteen miles above Arthur’s Point; altitude, 1,600ft. to 3,000ft. Last licensee, James Commins.

Section 13, Block VII., Table Hill District, Bruce County: Area, 200 acres and 19 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated on the Lawrence Branch railway-line, about three miles from Round Hill. Last licensee, Alexander Sutherland.

Sections 14 and 15, Block VII., Table Hill District, Bruce County: Area, 300 acres and 27 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £7 10s. Valuation for improvements, £35 2s. Description similar to Section 13.

Sections 76 and 77, Block IV., Table Hill District, Bruce County: Area, 176 acres 1 rood 35 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £13 4s. Valuation for improvements, £59 12s. 6d. Adjacent to the Lawrence Branch railway-line, and lying about one mile and a half above Manuka Creek. Last licensee, Patrick Callanan.

Sections 23, 24, and 25, Block VII., Table Hill District, Tuapeka County: Area, 441 acres 2 roods 5 perches; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £12 18s. Valuation for improvements, £65 15s. Situated about three miles and a half north-east of Round Hill Railway-station, on the Lawrence Branch railway-line. Last licensee, Patrick Callanan.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on day of sale.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent, license-fee, and valuation for improvements (if any) on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Cheviot Estate open for Sale upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th January, 1896.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,” that the under-mentioned lands will be open for application on and after Thursday, the 27th February, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CHEVIOT SURVEY DISTRICT.

GRAZING-FARM OPEN FOR LEASE ON APPLICATION.

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This section comprises open, hilly, flat, low downs, and undulating land, flat-topped easy spurs, and some rough and ferny gullies with scrub near the bottom. The sea-faces are steep and broken. The formation comprises sandstone, slate, limestone, and clay; the soil is fairly deep, and generally of good quality. The vegetation consists of tussock, clover, cocksfoot, and other native and cultivated grasses. The section is watered by intersecting gullies; its elevation ranges from sea-level to about 1,100ft., the mean being 600ft., and it has a generally good aspect. There is a homestead-site situated on the flat near the mouth of the River Jed, about four miles by road from the Township of Mackenzie. The land is well adapted for grazing. The section is weighted with a sum of £50 1s., being half-value of fencing on the boundaries adjoining Lots 13, Block VII., and 2, Block VIII., Cheviot Survey District, which sum must be paid on allotment.

Possession of the section will be given to the successful applicant on the 1st March, 1896.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE OF GRAZING-FARMS.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years.

2. Every applicant shall make the declaration prescribed, and shall, immediately after the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot, 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 September or 1st day of March following the date of application. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the preparation of the lease and the registration thereof.

3. In case of more than one application being lodged on the same day for the same farm, priority of selection shall be decided by ballot.

4. No person can lease more than 5,000 acres, or an area of leasehold and freehold combined which shall exceed 5,000 acres.

5. Residence on the farm is compulsory, and shall commence within one year, unless the lessee obtain the consent of the Land Board to reside on other land in his occupation.

6. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one year’s rental by the end of the first year, to one and a half years’ rental by the end of the second year, and to two and a half years’ rental at the end of the sixth year. The improvements which have been already made upon the land shall be reckoned as improvements under this clause.

7. The lessee must once a year properly clean, clear from weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses which now are or may be upon the land, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make any drain or road through the land that he may deem necessary.

8. 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.

9. In the event of the lessee cultivating any of the land included in his lease, he must take alternately white and root or green crops, or three green crops; and on the removal of the third crop the land must be sown with good permanent cultivated grasses and clovers, and be allowed to remain as pasture for at least two years from the harvesting of the last crop before being again cropped; and he must not cut the cultivated grass for hay or seed the first year of the course.

10. 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.

11. All buildings erected upon the land shall be kept in good order and repair.

12. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term.

13. Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance during the term of the lease.

14. The lessee shall have no right to purchase any part of the land.

15. The Government reserves a right of ingress and egress to the telegraph line which passes through some of the lands to be disposed of.

16. A right to search for and take gravel for making or maintaining roads from any of the lands disposed of is reserved; payment to be made for surface damage only.

17. On the expiration or other determination of the lease the former lessee shall not have any right of renewal, but shall be entitled to full valuation from the incoming lessee for improvements of a substantial character, appropriate to the lease, effected on the land.

18. In any case where it is determined that any lands included in any lease shall not again be offered for further