Nov. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1851

Small Grazing-run, Canterbury, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th October, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-run will be open for lease on applica-
tion, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch,
on and after Wednesday, the 2nd December, 1896, at the
annual rental noted below. In case of more than one appli-
cation for the run on the same day, priority of selection
will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

ASHLEY COUNTY. — WAITOHI SURVEY DISTRICT. — PART OF
PATOA SETTLEMENT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Section 36569: 293 acres; annual rent, £11.

Locality and description: This run is situated between
the Hurunui and Waitohi Rivers, to the west of the
Northern Railway, near Medbury Station, and comprises
open plain light land.

Conditions of Lease.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option
   of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, at a rent
   to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to
   lessee as provided by "The Land Act, 1892," section 182.
   Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form
   printed below.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run is compulsory, and commences
   within three years in bush or swamp land, and within one
   year in open or partly open land, unless the lessee obtain
   the consent of the Land Board to reside on other land in
   his occupation.

4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one
   year's rental by the end of the first year, two years' rental
   by the end of the second year, and four years' rental at the
   end of the sixth year; and on bush land, in addition thereto,
   improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an acre if
   first-class land, or of 5s. an acre if second-class land.

5. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the lease must be
   paid immediately the application is declared successful;
   the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term of
   the lease. The next payment of rent will become due on
   the 1st September, 1897.

6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the land;
   but he can select, with approval of the Land Board, 150
   acres around the homestead through which no road can be
   taken or other public privilege exercised without compen-
   sation.

Declaration.

I, , of* , 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 Act, 1892," am desirous of becoming the pur-
   chaser of a lease of Run No.†

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use
   and benefit, and not, directly or indirectly, for the use of
   any other person or persons whatever.

4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in
   any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such
   lease.

5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of
   the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such
   run.

6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by
   lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the
   colony, either by myself or jointly with any other person,
   which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease
   of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

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 , 189 ,
before me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the
Colony of New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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

Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 29th September, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at
the Land Office, Dunedin, on and after Wednesday, the 25th
November, 1896, at the half-yearly rental noted below. If
more than one application be received for the run on the
same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on
the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
Otago Land District.
Small Grazing-runs.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Waitemo County.

A. R. P. S. d. £ s. d.
Highlay .. |3 and 6| VII. | 2,533 3 24| 0 6 | 31 13 6
Fair ridgy land, partly arable, well watered. Situated
about ten miles from Dunback Railway-station. Valuation
for improvements, payable with application or immediately
the result of the ballot is declared, £1,135 6s.

Clutha County.

Kuriwao { | 22 | IX. | } 1,407 3 24| 0 3 | 8 16 0
{ | 5 | X. | }
High country, rather cold, and well watered. Situated
about twelve miles from Clinton. Valuation for improve-
ments, payable with application or immediately the result
of the ballot is declared, £161 19s. 3d.

Tairi County.

Nenthorn { | 4 | VI. | } 4,784 0 0| 0 6 | 59 16 0
{ | 3 | VII. | }
{ | 5 | VIII. | }
Ridgy country of a dry nature, but well watered by run-
ning streams. Situated about twelve miles from Middle-
march. Valuation for improvements, payable with appli-
cation or immediately the result of the ballot is declared,
£451 10s.

Conditions of Lease.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option
   of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, at a rent
   to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to
   lessee as provided by "The Land Act, 1892," section 182.
   Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form
   printed below.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run is compulsory, and commences
   within three years in bush or swamp land, and within one
   year in open or partly open land, unless the lessee obtain
   the consent of the Land Board to reside on other land in
   his occupation.

4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one
   year's rental by the end of the first year, two years' rental
   by the end of the second year, and four years' rental at the
   end of the sixth year; and on bush land, in addition thereto,
   improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an acre if
   first-class land, or of 5s. an acre if second-class land.

5. One half-year's rent and £1 1s. for the lease must be
   paid immediately the application is declared successful;
   the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term
   of the lease. The next payment of rent will become due on
   the 1st September, 1897.

6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the land;
   but he can select 150 acres around the homestead through
   which no road can be taken or other public privi-
   lege exercised without compensation.

Note.—One-fourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen
years is returned to the local body, to be spent in improving
the access to the land.

Declaration.

I, , of* , 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 Act, 1892," am desirous of becoming the pur-
   chaser of a lease of Run No.†

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use
   and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use of any
   other person or persons whatever.

4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in
   any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such
   lease.

5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of
   the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such run.

6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by
   lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the colony,

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.