Feb. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 213

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 purchaser 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 indirectly 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 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.” (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.

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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 section 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.

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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, distant 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.

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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 successful, 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. He shall also pay the sum of £1 1s. for the preparation 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.

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 erection of any non-movable building.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. The lessee must not take more than three crops, one of which must be a root-crop, from the same land in succession; and either with or immediately after a third crop of any kind the land must be sown down with good permanent cultivated grasses and clovers, and be allowed to remain as pasture for at least three years from the harvesting of last crop before being again cropped.

11. At all times during the lease the land must be so farmed that not less than one-third of the farm be maintained in permanent pasture.

12. The lessee must not cut the cultivated grass or clovers for hay or seed during the first year from the time of sowing as aforesaid.

13. The lessee must not burn any straw grown upon the land.

14. 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 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.

15. 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.

16. All buildings, fences, and other improvements erected upon the land shall be kept in good order and repair.

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

18. Subject as aforesaid, the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and regulations made thereunder with respect to applications 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.

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.