164 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 7

Run 179: About 18,000 acres (5,000 acres grass), part of
Lake Coleridge Station, Selwyn County; upset rental, £25
per annum.

Run 180: About 36,400 acres, Glenthorne Station, Selwyn
County; upset rental, £160 per annum.

Run 181: About 41,400 acres, Rakaia Forks Station,
Selwyn County; upset rental, £365 per annum.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers
   of the licenses on the 1st March, 1897.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more
   than one run under Part VI. of "The Land Act, 1892":
   Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a
   carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two
   thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggre-
   gate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or
   cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V.
   of "The Land Act, 1892," shall not be the holder of any
   run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The licenses shall be dated on the 1st March, 1897, and
   shall in each case be for a period of twenty-one years from
   that date.

4. The license shall be subject to the following conditions
   amongst others:—

(1.) That if the licensee, or any person claiming an
interest through or under him, shall make or
cause to be made any agreement or contract, or
shall give or cause to be given or taken any
negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or
evading the provisions of, or shall in any way
whatsoever, directly or indirectly, commit or be
privy to a fraud upon, "The Land Act, 1892," the
license shall be liable to be forfeited and revoked;

(2.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or
burning of timber or bush on the land comprised
in the license;

(3.) That the licensee shall prevent the growth or
spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the
land comprised in the license, and shall with all
reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed
all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious
weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Com-
missioner; and

(4.) That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the
land comprised in the license, and shall prevent
their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to
inspect the ground.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage
   over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no
   right to the soil or timber or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year's rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be
   paid on the fall of the hammer and the purchaser shall
   make a declaration in terms of section 195 of "The Land
   Act, 1892." The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance,
   on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in
   each year during the term of the license, the half-year's rent
   paid on the fall of the hammer being for the half-year com-
   mencing on the 1st March, 1897. Should the half-yearly
   rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty
   of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in
   respect of any fencing existing upon the Crown lands offered
   for license. The runs are sold subject to the rights of the
   present licensees to valuation for improvements in terms of
   section 180 of "The Land Act, 1885," and to the other provi-
   sions of the Land Acts relating to improvements effected by
   licensees. Where fences form the boundary between Crown
   lands offered for license and freehold lands, the purchaser of
   such license will be liable to the provisions of any law now
   or hereafter in force relating to boundary-fences.

8. The Crown reserves a right to resume possession of any
   run, either in whole or part, which may be selected by the
   Midland Railway Company in virtue of any right or unsatis-
   fied land claims which they may have.

DECLARATION.

I , of , , do solemnly and sincerely
declare,—

1. 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 or license of pastoral lands.

2. That I am purchasing the lease or license of such land
   solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or in-
   directly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons
   whomsoever.

3. That I am not the holder of any lease or license in any
   part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any lease or
   license in contravention of section 193 of the said Act.

4. That I am not the holder of a small grazing-run in any
   part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such run.

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 for the Colony of
New Zealand.

Full particulars, plans, forms of declaration, &c., may be
obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey
Office, Christchurch.

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

Land in Waimate County open for Selection on Lease in
Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th December, 1895.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands
and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 12th
February, 1896.

If more than one application be received for the same sec-
tion 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.

PAREORA SETTLEMENT.—PATITI SURVEY DISTRICT.

The Pareora Settlement is situated on the New Zealand
and Australian Land Company's Pareora Estate, to the
south of the Pareora River, and west of the main line of
railway, the nearest station on which is St. Andrew's, dis-
tant about two miles. The block is also connected with
Timaru by the Main South Road, the distance being about
eight miles. The section comprises open, level, agricultural
land of good quality, and is intersected by the Otaio water-
race. Wire and gorse fences surround three sides of the
section, and the fourth is also fenced; the section is weighted
with a sum of £5 4s., being valuation of fencing, which sum
must be paid on allotment, in addition to the usual deposit
and fees.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The land described above is first-class land, and is 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 land shall be open for selection
   shall be Wednesday, the 12th day of February, 1896.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the
   land shall be open for selection.

4. Every applicant shall make the declaration hereinafter
   prescribed, and shall, immediately on being declared success-
   ful, 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 fol-
   lowing. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the pre-
   paration of the lease and the registration thereof.

5. No person shall be allowed to acquire or to hold more
   than one section in the settlement, and no person who is the
   owner or occupier of land under the said Act which with the
   land applied for would exceed in area 640 acres shall be
   capable of applying for or holding any section.

6. The lessee must reside on the land leased within one
   year from the date of lease, and thereafter such residence
   shall be continuous.

7. 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 thereafter, but 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.