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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

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 132.
   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.

Lands in the Cheviot Estate for Lease by Public Auction.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th October, 1896.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of "The Cheviot Estate
Disposition Act, 1893," and "The Land Act, 1892,"
that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto will be
offered for lease on the terms specified, at public auction, at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Cheviot, at 11 o'clock
a.m. on Thursday, the 3rd day of December, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

| Block. | Area. | Upset Annual Rental. | |
| | | Per Acre. | Total Rental. |
| | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| Town of Mackenzie. | | | |
| I. | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| II. | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| III. | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| IV. | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| VI. | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| VII. | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| VIII. | 2 1 16 | 1 0 0 | 2 7 0 |
| IX. | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| X. | 5 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| West and South Belts. | | | |
| Section. | 3 0 25 | 0 12 0 | 1 17 10 |
| 2 | 9 0 12 | 0 12 0 | 5 8 10 |
| 3 | 5 2 16 | 0 12 0 | 3 7 2 |
| 4 | 5 0 27 | 0 12 0 | 3 2 0 |
| Jed Gardens Reserve. | | | |
| 1 | 7 1 21 | 0 10 0 | 3 13 9 |
| 2 | 5 0 27 | 0 10 0 | 2 11 8 |
| 3 | 2 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 1 5 0 |
| Park and Gardens Reserve. | | | |
| .. | 5 2 13 | 0 8 0 | 2 4 7 |
| Domain Reserve. | | | |
| .. | 15 1 20 | 0 6 0 | 4 12 3 |

In event of any of the blocks or sections not being disposed
of at auction, they will remain open for selection, in terms
of "The Land Act, 1892," on lease, at the upset rental.

Conditions.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the num-
   ber of blocks or sections which one person may acquire, and
   no declaration is required. Residence and improvements
   are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by
   the lessees, nor shall any be allowed by the Government on
   account of improvements effected by the lessee, nor from
   any other cause; but lessees shall be allowed one month
   from the date of determination of their leases within which
   to remove any buildings or fences which they may have
   erected upon the lands comprised in their leases.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The licenses shall be for the term of twelve months.

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

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

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

(3.) 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 of Crown Lands 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 the lease-fee of £1 1s. shall be
   paid in every instance on the fall of the hammer. The next
   rent shall be paid on the 1st day of September, 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.
   The half-year's rent payable on the fall of the hammer shall
   be considered the rent due on the 1st March, 1897, from
   which date the leases shall commence.

7. The lessee shall not cut or trim the live fences now on
   the land without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands, and he shall stub all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and
   other noxious plants.

8. The lessee must 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 shall have the power at any time to enter upon
   and make any drain through the land that he may deem
   necessary.

9. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assess-
   ments during the term.