THIRD SCHEDULE.

SYNOPSIS OF CONDITIONS OF LEASES.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years.
2. Rents payable annually in advance.
3. Leases not to be transferred or holdings subdivided or sublet without the consent of the Minister of Mines.
4. No transfer will be allowed until lessee has been twelve months in legal occupation, and complied with the conditions of his lease.
5. A fee of £1 1s. shall be paid for recording every transfer of any lease.
6. The lessee will be required to occupy his leasehold in a bonâ fide manner for business purposes or residence within six months from the commencement of the term of lease.
7. Any lessee who shall fail to comply with any of the conditions of lease in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Warden of the district, forfeit his interest in the said lease and his right to hold the land thereunder.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Warden.

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.

Land in Auckland for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1896.
IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned rural land will be submitted for sale at this office on Friday, the 4th September, 1896, at 11 a.m.:—
Parish of Okura, adjoining Wade Village, Section 30, 1 acre 2 roods 30 perches; upset price, £3 7s. 6d.
Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee £1, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Marlborough for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 4th June, 1896.
THE under-mentioned section, known as portion of Warwick Run, will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 12th August, 1896, at noon.
ORIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.—WARWICK RUN.
Section 3, Block IX.: Area, 474 acres; upset price, £296 5s. Weighted with £39 10s. cost of survey, and £700 value of improvements.
Broken pastoral country; fairly good soil; moderately well watered; 225 acres open and grassed, 65 acres bush, felled; 42 chains fencing, and cottage; accessible by 4ft. track from Torea Neck, about twenty miles.
Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.
Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment, Cheviot County, open for Selection.

District Land Office,
Christchurch, 30th June, 1896.
The under-mentioned village-homestead allotment will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the Land Office, Cheviot, on Wednesday, the 26th August, 1896. If more than one application be received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.
CHEVIOT COUNTY.
Surveyed First-class Land.

This section is situated in the suburban village settlement on the west side of the Township of Mackenzie; it has frontage to Steward Road, and is bounded on the south by a plantation. It comprises flat agricultural land, with from 12in. to 18in. of black soil, at an elevation of about 200ft. above sea-level.
The successful applicant 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 OF LEASE OF VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD LANDS.

1. The lands to be dealt with under these conditions are first-class lands, and are 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"), and "The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893."
2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the 26th day of August, 1896.
3. The rental stated opposite each allotment shall be the price at which it shall be open for selection.
4. Every applicant shall make the declaration prescribed, and shall, immediately after the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot, pay 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 following the day of application. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the preparation of the lease and the registration thereof.
5. When applications are made on the same day for the same land, or part of the same land, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.
6. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or single), and shall make the declaration prescribed.
7. Each applicant shall also undertake to pay the first half-year's rent, together with the lease and registration fee of £1 1s., immediately upon being declared the successful applicant.
8. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year.
9. The lessee must reside on the land selected within one year from the date of selection, and thereafter such residence 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 land held under lease.
10. 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 land.
    Improvements existing on the land at the time of lease shall be deemed to be improvements made under this clause.