JAN. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 263

Small Grazing-runs, Canterbury, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 23rd January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on applica-
tion, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch,
on and after Thursday, the 25th February, 1897, at the
annual rentals noted below. In case of more than one
application for a run on the same day, priority of selection
will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
WAIMATE COUNTY.

Sections 36117, 36205, 36388, 36389, and 36390, in the
Hakateramea, Nimrod, and Waihao Survey Districts, are
situated on the slopes of the Station Peak Range, which
extends from the junction of the Hakateramea and Waitaki
Rivers to the north branch of the Waihao River. They
comprise high, open hill-country; the ridges are generally
broad and flat, and intersected by deep gullies, the slopes of
which are easy and undulating in parts, and in others steep
and broken. The soil varies in quality from fair to good,
and the vegetation comprises native and English grasses.
The country is fairly well watered by springs and streams,
and its general elevation varies from about 1,000ft. to about
3,500ft. above sea-level. The two first-named sections are
situated near the southern end of the range; Section 36117
has frontage on the Hakateramea Valley Road, and Section
36205 is accessible by a branch from the same road. Sec-
tions 36388, 36389, and 36390 are situated at the northern
end of the range; the first-mentioned section has access by
the Pentland Hills Road to Waimate, a distance of about
twenty-six miles, the others connect with the Hakateramea
Valley Road to the westward.

The sections are weighted with valuations for improve-
ments as follows, these amounts being payable in full at the
time of application:—
Section 36117, £299 10s. for hut, boundary and subdivision
fencing, cultivation, &c. Section 36205, £309 10s., for
boundary and subdivision fencing, sheep-yards, &c. Section
36388, £1,384 4s. 9d., for good dwelling-house, woolshed,
stable and other outbuildings, sheep-yards and dip, boundary
and subdivision fencing, cultivation, &c. Sections 36389 and
36390, £407 5s., for boundary and subdivision fencing and
sheep-yards.

Sections 36220 and 36503 are situated on the eastern slopes
of the Mount Nimrod Range, at the back of and adjacent to
the Cannington and Pareora Estates, and comprise hilly
and mountain open country, ranging from about 1,500ft. to
5,000ft. above sea-level, with bush in some of the gullies.
The lower slopes include land of fair average quality, carry-
ing good tussock, native, and some English grasses. The
high portions of the range are rocky, and subject to heavy
falls of snow in the winter season. The run is watered by
branches of the White Rock River, and is well adapted for
pastoral purposes; is connected with the Cave Railway-sta-
tion by formed road, and is distant therefrom about eleven
miles. This run is weighted with a sum of £552 for dwell-
ing-house, boundary and subdivision fencing, planting, &c.

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 small grazing-runs is compulsory, and com-
   mences 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, and the
   amount of valuation for improvements, must be paid im-
   mediately 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 Sep-
   tember, 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 privilege exer-
   cised without compensation.

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.
  SIDNEY WEETMAN,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Crown Land Office,
Dunedin, 19th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at
the Land Office, Dunedin, on and after Thursday, the 25th
February, 1897, 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-run.

Fairly good country, partly pastoral and partly agricul-
tural; well watered; situated about twelve miles from
Naseby. Valuations for improvements, payable with appli-
cation or immediately the result of the ballot is declared:
Section 2, Block V., £442; Sections 2 and 3, Block XI., and
21 and 22, Block III., £1,285 19s. 6d.

Taieri County.
Strath- | 3 and 9 | XII. | 2,302 1 16 0 4½ | 21 11 8
Taieri |
Ridgy pastoral country, low-lying, soil poor; well watered;