Sept. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1613

First-class Land, Selwyn County, open for Selection on
Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 24th August, 1896.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selec-
tion on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 14th
October, 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.

BRACO SETTLEMENT. — SELWYN COUNTY. — CHRISTCHURCH
SURVEY DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

The Braco Settlement is situated on the Fendalton Road,
about three miles and a half from Christchurch Post-office,
and comprises open, flat grass-land. The soil is deep and of
very good quality, resting on a loamy subsoil. The access
is by excellent roads, the lot fronting on the metalled Ilam
Road. The settlement is admirably adapted for occupation
by market-gardeners, artisans, labourers, and others who
seek an opportunity of settling on small areas in the vicinity
of Christchurch.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE FOR LAND WITHIN THE
BRACO SETTLEMENT.

1. The land enumerated 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 14th day of October, 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. The next payment will become due on the 1st July,

5. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the prepara-
   tion of the lease and the registration thereof.

6. No person shall be allowed to acquire or to hold more
   than one section, 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.

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

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 10 per cent. of the price of the
   land;
   (b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, to a
   value equal to another 10 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 10 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.
   Substantial improvements of a permanent character mean
   and include reclamation from swamps, clearing of bush,
   gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or scrub, cultivation, planting
   gardens, fencing, draining, making roads, sinking wells or
   water-tanks, constructing water-races, sheep-dips, making
   embankments or protective works of any kind, in any way
   improving the character or fertility of the soil, or the erec-
   tion of any non-movable building.

9. The lessee must fence the land leased with a ring-fence
   within the second year of the term; and such fence must
   be sufficient to comply in all respects with “The Fencing
   Act, 1895,” or any other law to regulate the fencing of land
   which shall for the time being be in force.

10. 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.

11. 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
    Commissioner of Crown Lands or any Crown Lands Ranger
    of the district shall have the power at any time to enter
    upon and make any drain through the land that he may
    deem necessary.

12. 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 said Commissioner to have such work
    done, and to recover the cost of the same from the lessee.

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

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

15. Subject as aforesaid, the provisions of “The Land Act,
    1892,” and regulations made thereunder with respect to ap-
    plications for and the grant of leases in perpetuity, shall
    apply, so far as applicable, to all applications for leases
    under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

Schedule.—Declaration on applying for a Lease under “The
Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

I, A.B., , do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of
   “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” am applying for the
   purchase of a lease of Section , Block ,
   Survey District.
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 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.”
   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.

Land in Marlborough for Sale for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 24th August, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for sale by auction at the Lands and Survey
Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 21st day of October,
1896, at 11 o’clock a.m.

AVON SURVEY DISTRICT.—ON BANK HOUSE RUN.

Section 1, Block III.: 3,810 acres; upset price, £1,524;
weighted with £127, cost of survey, and £160, value of im-
provements.

Section 1, Block V.: 2,564 acres; upset price, £1,538 8s.;
weighted with £85 9s. 4d., cost of survey, and £194, value of
improvements.

Description of Land.—About 740 acres flat, generally open,
and covered with tussocks and other native grasses, with a
few patches of manuka scrub, portions stony; remainder
stony, covered with fern and stunted manuka scrub; well
watered in winter, but dry in summer. Accessible by road
up Black Creek from the main Wairau Valley Road; dis-
tance, about fifteen miles from Blenheim.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall
of the hammer, and the balance, together with the Crown-
grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit at auction will
be forfeited.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.