FEB. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 369

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

District Land Office,
Dunedin, 8th December, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on appli-
cation, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on and after Wednes-
day, the 10th February, 1897, at the half-yearly rental noted
below. If more than one application be received for the
same 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.

| Survey | Sec- | Block. | Area. | Rent per | Half- |
| District. | tion. | | | Acre. | yearly |
| | | | | | Rental. |

FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.
Tuapeka County.

Benger .. | 7, 10, | XIII. | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
| and 11 | | 809 3 16 | 0 7 | 11 16 3

Good land, fairly well watered; situated about ten miles
from Miller's Flat Post-office. About 120 acres have been
cultivated, and the remainder is in tussock. Valuation for
improvements, to be lodged with application or paid imme-
diately the result of the ballot is declared, £285 5s. Valua-
tion is also to be allowed for 14 acres of oat-crop at present
on the run. The crop to be valued fourteen days prior to
date of sale. Possession 1st March, 1897.

Waitaki County.

Maerewhen's | Run | .. | 711 3 0 | 0 6·06 | 9 0 0
| 17b |

One of the subdivisions of Run 17 (portion of the Otekaike
Station). This run consists of light pastoral land, well
watered, and sloping toward the Maerewhenua River. Dis-
tance from Livingstone by road, seven miles. Altitude
averages 2,400ft. Valuation for improvements, payable with
application or immediately the result of the ballot is de-
clared, £93. Possession on day of sale.

Maerewhen's | 1 | XVI. | 398 1 9 | 0 10 | 8 5 10

Partly grazing and partly agricultural land; soil fair; well
watered; situated about one mile from the Town of Living-
stone. Valuation for improvements, payable with application
or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £205 9s.
Possession 1st March, 1897.

Vincent County.

Tiger Hill .. | 220E, | .. | 3,903 0 0 | 0 3 | 24 7 10
| 220F |

Undulating to broken pastoral country, situated about
eight miles from Alexandra and adjoining the Galloway
Station. Valuation for improvements, payable with appli-
cation or immediately the result of the ballot is declared,
£260. Possession 1st March, 1897.

Waitaki County.

Domet .. | 1 | XI. | 865 0 0 | 0 8 | 14 8 4
Maerewhen's | 5 | XVI. |

One of the subdivisions of Tapui and Tokarahi Stations.
This run contains good grazing-land, several portions of
which are fit for cultivation; well watered; situated from
five to six miles from Livingstone. Valuation for improve-
ments, payable with application or immediately the result
of the ballot is declared, £376 14s. 6d. Possession, 1st
March, 1897.

SECOND-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.
Waitaki County.

Kurow .. | 3 of 23, | .. | 9,400 0 0 | 0 2 | 39 3 4
| 4 of 23 |

Hilly pastoral land of fair quality; well watered; situated
about eight miles from Kurow Township. Valuation for
improvements, payable with application or immediately the
result of the ballot is declared, £624 3s. Possession 1st
March, 1897.

Vincent County.

Tiger Hill.. | 220 | .. | 7,323 0 0 | 0 2 | 30 10 3
| B.G.H.I. |

| Survey | Sec- | Block. | Area. | Rent | Half-
| District. | tion. | | | per | yearly
| | | | | Acre. | Rental.

Subdivisions of Pastoral Runs 220B and 220C, part of Gallow-
way Station. Undulating to broken country, containing good
pastoral land. The run has frontage to the main Alexandra-
Ida Valley Road; it fronts the Manuherikia River, and is
traversed by the proposed Otago Central Railway. Its dis-
tance from Alexandra is about eight miles. Valuation for
improvements, payable with application or immediately the
result of the ballot is declared, £217 7s. Possession 1st
March, 1897.

Waitaki County.

| A. | R. | P. | s. d. | £ | s. d.
Kakanui .. | 2 | II. | | |
" .. | 1 | III. | | |
" .. | 3 | " | | |
" .. | 1 | VII. | 10,376 0 0 | 0 2 | 43 4 8
" .. | 2 | VIII. | | |
Kyeburn .. | 2 | XIV. | | |

With the exception of 2,000 acres on the south-west end,
this run is well grassed throughout, and is watered by a
number of small streams; the north-east portion contains
some arable land. Distance from Livingstone by formed
road, four miles, and from Tokarahi Railway-station, ten
miles. The average altitude of this country is 2,600ft.
Valuation for improvements, payable with application or
immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £544 12s.

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 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.
  J. P. MAITLAND,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.