1850
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84
SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND COUNTY.-WENDONSIDESURVEY DISTRICT.
First-class Land.
Sec. Block. Area.
Rent Half-yearly Valuation
per Acre. Rent.
for
Impro-
ments.
A. R. P.
s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
13 II. 263 0 13 1 0 6 11 7 106 10 0
This section is situated about ten miles from Riversdale
Railway-station by road. Open land, soil good. About 60
acres in English grasses, and 90 acres ploughed, first furrow.
134 chains of fencing.
The improvements have to be paid for in cash on the day
on which the application is approved; if balloted for, at
the time of ballot.
G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Pastoral Runs, Canterbury, to be offered for Lease at Public
Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th October, 1896.
NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-
mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for sale by
public auction at the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru,
on Thursday, 7th January, 1897.
SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.-MACRENZIE COUNTY.-HALDON
AND GRAY'S HILLS STATIONS.
First-class Pastoral Country.
Run No. 69, part of Haldon Station, Mackenzie County:
About 19,025 acres; term of lease, fourteen years fixed
tenure from the 1st March, 1897; upset annual rental,
£350 for the first four years, and £400 per annum for the
remainder of the term.
Run No. 71, Gray's Hills Station, Mackenzie County:
About 29,862 acres; term of lease, fourteen years fixed
tenure from the 1st March, 1897; upset annual rental,
£350 for the first four years, and £450 per annum for the
remainder of the term.
Possession of these runs will be given to the purchasers of
the licenses on the 1st March, 1897.
WAIMATE COUNTY.
Parts of Education Reserve No. 1574, Hakateramea District.
Section. Block. Area. Upset Annual Total Upset Term.
Annual Rental per Acre. Annual Rental
A II. 835 0 0 1 0 41 15 0 13 yrs.
B II., V., VI. 672 0 0 1 3 42 0 0 "
C V., IX. 226 0 0 1 3 14 2 6 "
D IX. 570 0 0 1 0 28 10 0 "
E IX. 525 0 0 1 0 26 5 0 "
G III., IV. 204 0 0 0 9 7 13 0 "
H V., VI. 27 0 0 1 6 2 0 6 "
I X. 100 0 0 0 6 2 10 0 "
J IX., XIII. 32 2 0 1 0 1 12 6 "
K III., IV., 639 0 0 1 0 31 19 0 "
VII., VIII.
Possession of these blocks will be given on the 1st Septem-
ber, 1897. The term of lease dates from the 1st March,
1898, and shall include in addition thereto the period
between the date of possession and the date of lease.
The leases will be sold subject to the general provisions
relating to pastoral leases of "The Canterbury Educational
Reserves Sale and Leasing Act, 1876," and "The Land Act,
1892," and any Acts amending the same. The leases--all
costs whereof shall be borne by the purchasers--will be from
the Canterbury College. The lease shall be subject to the
right of the Canterbury College or the Crown to dispose of
the freehold of the whole of the runs or any part thereof by
way of sale. Provision is made in the memorandum of
lease to meet this contingency. The rent will be payable
half-yearly, on the 1st days of March and September in
each year, six months' rent being paid on the fall of the
hammer.
Plans and full particulars as to terms of lease may be
obtained at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christ-
church, or from the Registrar of Canterbury College.
J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(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 pastur-
age 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. 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.
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."
   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.
   Lands in the Town of Cambridge for Lease by Public
   Auction.
   District Lands and Survey Office,
   Auckland, 27th October, 1896.
   NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
   reserves in Cambridge West Town will be submitted
   at auction, for leasing under "The Public Reserves Act,
   1881," for a term of fourteen years, at the Crown Lands
   Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 18th day of December,
   1896, at 11 a.m.
   Town of CAMBRIDGE WEST.
   Lots 69 and 70: 5 acres 1 rood 27 perches; upset annual
   rent, 16s. 6d.
   Lots 148, 150: 2 acres 1 rood 20 perches; upset annual
   rent, 9s.
   Lot 198: 3 acres; annual rent, 9s.
   Lot 570: 8 acres; annual rent, £1 4s.
   Lot 569: 17 acres; upset annual rent, £2 11s.
   Term of lease, fourteen years, without right of renewal.
   No compensation will be allowed for improvements during
   either the currency or at the termination of the lease.
   Lessees will have the right to remove all fences or buildings
   erected during tenancy.
   GERHARD MUELLER,
   Commissioner of Crown Lands.
   Rural Land, Southland, open for Selection on Perpetual
   Lease.
   District Lands and Survey Office,
   Invercargill, 30th September, 1896.
   THE under-mentioned Crown land, having been sur-
   dered in terms of section 156 of "The Land Act,
   1885," will be open for selection on perpetual lease on and
   after Thursday, the 10th December, 1896. If more than
   one application be received for the section on the same day,
   then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the
   following day, at 11 a.m.