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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

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.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Small Grazing-run.

FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.

Maniototo County.

Fairly good country, partly pastoral and partly agricultural; well watered; situated about twelve miles from Naseby. Valuations for improvements, payable with application 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; situated about four miles from Middlemarch. Valuation for improvements, payable with application, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £868 15s.

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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.

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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, which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

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.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Pastoral Licenses, Canterbury, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 19th 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.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Pastoral Licenses (under “The Land Act, 1892”).

To be sold at the local Lands and Survey Office, Timaru, on Thursday, 25th February, 1897, at 12 o’clock noon.

Situated between Lake Pukaki and the summit of the Ben Ohau Range, the elevation ranging from about 1,600ft. to 6,300ft. above sea-level.

87 | Ben Ohau .. | Mackenzie | 54,400 | 200 | 21 yrs.

This run is situated in the forks of the Ohau and Pukaki Rivers, and extends north-westward to the foot of Lake Ohau, and takes in the southern end of the Ben Ohau Range. The south-eastern portion of the run comprises open, level tussock and stony country, at an elevation of from about 1,300ft. to 1,700ft. above sea-level; the western portion of the run is mountainous in character, the Ben Ohau Range rising to an altitude of 5,582ft.

92 | Part of Benmore | Waitaki | 28,000 | 30 | 21 yrs.

Situated between Lake Ohau and the summit of the Barrier Range, the elevation ranging from about 1,700ft. to 7,650ft. above sea-level; about 10,000 acres are fairly-grassed country. This run is weighted with a valuation of £330 on account of homestead buildings, wool-shed, yards, boundary and subdivision fencing, &c., which sum must be paid by the purchaser of the license on the fall of the hammer.

95A | Cotter’s .. .. | Vincent | 28,800 | 5 | 21 yrs.

Situated in the upper portion of the Hawea Valley, including the flats on both sides of the Upper Hunter River, fit for grazing cattle.

99A | Greenbush and Island Flat | Vincent | 25,500 | 5 | 21 yrs.

Situated in the Hawea Valley, including river-flats on the east side of the Hunter River, capable of grazing cattle.

To be sold at the Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, 25th February, 1897, at 12 o’clock noon.

139 | Loburn .. .. | Ashley.. | 1,100 | 30 | 3 yrs.

This run is situated between the east and west branches of the Grey River, about a mile and a half south-west of Mount Grey, and comprises hilly land, partly open tussock country, and partly covered with scrub. The elevation ranges from about 1,300ft. to 1,800ft. above sea-level.

136 | Broomfield .. | Ashley.. | 4,326 | 120 | 3 yrs.

This run is situated on the Mount Grey Range, about nine miles from the Amberley Railway-station; it includes the sources of the Kowai River, and comprises mountainous and hilly open country, with areas of bush and scrub. The greatest elevation varies from about 1,000ft. to 3,000ft. above sea-level.

To be sold at the Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Saturday, 27th February, 1897, at 12 o’clock noon.

159 | Rockwood .. | Selwyn | 6,900 | 200 | 3 yrs.

This run comprises part of the Malvern Hills, lying to the west of the Selwyn River, the nearest point being distant about a mile from Whitecliffs Railway-station. It consists of tussock pastoral country, the hills ranging up to an eleva-