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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

situated about four miles from Middlemarch. Valuation for improvements, payable with application, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £868 15s.

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

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Leases, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 18th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction, for lease, on Thursday, the 25th February, 1897, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS (UNDER PART VI., “THE LAND ACT, 1892”).

Run No. 150B, Wallace County: Area, 1,601 acres; term, fourteen years; annual upset rental, £20.

This run, at present held by Messrs. Rowley and Hamilton, is situated on the north-east end of Taringatura Range. The northern and eastern slopes are sound and fairly-grassed sheep-country, and the contiguity of the run to small settlement gives it a considerable value.

Run No. 323, Lake County: Area, 23,930 acres; term, 14 years; annual upset rental, £150.

The present lessee of this run is Mr. W. S. D. Trotter. The run is bounded by the Invercargill–Kingston Railway for several miles, and, with the exception of the northern portion, has good natural boundaries on the remaining sides. In some of the gullies there are patches of bush and scrub, and the north side is rocky, and somewhat difficult to muster, and to clear of rabbits. Altogether the land may be classed as fairly good sheep-country. A considerable area of the lower-lying land is capable of great improvement by cultivation and surface (grass-seed) sowing.

Run No. 491B, Southland County: Area, 883 acres 2 roods; term, 14 years; annual upset rental, £11.

This small run is now held along with the old Isla Station P.R., and some additional freehold, and about one-third of it is covered with scrub, the remainder being cold but well-grassed sheep-country.

Run No. 352B, Southland County: Area, 5,250 acres; term, 10 years; annual upset rental, £8 15s.

This run consists of high broken country, with poor vegetation, but well watered. Distance from Athol, about seven miles.

Run No. 394A, Southland County: Area, 21,345 acres; term, 10 years; annual upset rental, £45.

This run is situated about eight miles from Lumsden. The country is high and broken, and partly covered with scrub and bush. The height above sea-level is from 300ft. to 4,000ft.

Possession to be given on the 1st March, 1898, except in the case of Runs 352B and 394A, possession of which will be given on 1st March, 1897.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for Lease.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 25th day of February, 1897, at 11 a.m.

PASTORAL LANDS.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

Sections 5 to 9, and 11 to 15, Block VII., Tuapeka East District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 2,644 acres 1 rood; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £50. Situated between Bungtown Creek and the Waitahuna River, about six miles west of Lawrence. Highest point, 1,340ft. Present licensee, John Sutherland.

Section 16, Block X., Teviot District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 462 acres 1 rood 29 perches; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £3. Situated two miles west of Roxburgh. Highest point, 3,149ft. Present licensee, Matthew Elliott.

Run No. 446 (Class II.), Clutha County: Area, 2,500 acres; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £30. Situated in the valley of the Tahakopa River, about ten miles north-east of Waikawa. Altitude, 700ft. Present licensee, Murdoch McLellan.

Section 5, Block VIII., Teviot District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 181 acres 2 roods 6 perches; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £4 11s. Situated on the west bank of the Clutha River, about ten miles north of Roxburgh. Altitude, about 1,200ft. Present licensee, James Elliott.

Section 10, Block VIII., Teviot District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 221 acres and 38 perches; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £5 10s. 6d. Situated on the west bank of the Clutha River, about eight miles north of Roxburgh. Altitude, about 1,200ft. Present licensee, William McLoughlin.

Sections 1 and 18 to 20, Block IV., Crookston District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 212 acres 2 roods 17 perches; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £2. Situated about one mile and a half north-west of Bastings. Altitude, about 1,000ft. Present licensee, James Mackay.

Sections 35 to 38, Block IV., Crookston District (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 206 acres 2 roods 25 perches; term, seven years; upset annual rental, £2. Situated half a mile west of Bastings. Altitude, about 1,000ft. Present licensee, James Bennett.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1898.

Valuations for improvements in respect of the above runs must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession.

Such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount of the average annual rental paid under the expired or expiring license, during the term thereof, and five times such amount in cases where the annual rental does not exceed £50.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license-fee (£1 1s.), on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.