MAY 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1111

shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christ-
church; and a lease will be issued in accordance with the
provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupa-
   tion, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
   single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
   scribed in Schedule C of the said Act.

6. The successful applicant shall pay the first half-year's
   rent, together with the lease and registration-fee, imme-
   diately the application has been approved or declared suc-
   cessful at the ballot.

7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
   1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in
   section 157 of the said Act; and the first half-year's rent is
   payable as before provided.

8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
   the lease shall be as provided in Part III. of the said Act.
   The provisions of section 144, and all other provisions of the
   said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall
   apply accordingly to a lessee under these regulations. The
   provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
   Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accord-
   ingly to a lessee under these regulations.

9. The lessee shall not subdivide, sublet, or transfer the
   land held by him under these regulations, except under and
   subject to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.

10. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, and
    such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and
    benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person
    whomsoever. No married woman shall be eligible as a
    selector; but this provision shall not apply to any married
    woman who may become a transferee under a will or by
    virtue of an intestacy.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
    shall extend and apply to the land affected by these regula-
    tions, and to the applications and leases to be made and
    issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created,
    and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are
    thereby affected; and the mention of any particular pro-
    vision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
    other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
    case.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 6th April, 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, Blenheim, on
and after Wednesday, the 9th June, 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.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Description of Land.

Run No. 80: Pastoral country, fair soil, well watered; 100
acres broken, remainder moderate slopes; 280 acres mixed
bush, balance fern and scrub. Accessible by water, four
miles from Havelock; and by bridle-track, eight miles from
Havelock.

Run No. 83: Broken country, fit for pastoral purposes
only; small grass flat adjoining Section 1; south-west corner
partly grassed, north and east portions poor soil. About
thirteen miles from Picton by bridle-track.

Run No. 84: Broken country with steep slopes, covered
generally with stunted manuka and fern, mixed bush in
gullies, birch on higher slopes; well watered. Distant from
Blenheim about seventeen miles; accessible by road for
eleven miles, remainder bridle-track.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Marlborough for Sale and Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 26th April, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for sale by auction at the Lands and Survey
Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 9th day of June,
1897, at 11 o'clock a.m. :

FOR SALE BY AUCTION.

Hundalee Survey District, on Ferniehurst Run: Sec-
tions 1, Block XVI.; 1, Block XVII.; 1, Block XIX.;
1, Block XX.: 9,400 acres; upset price, £4,700. Weighted
with £400 as value of improvements.

Section No. 400, Town of Kaikoura: Area, 3 acres
2 roods 5 perches; upset price, £70 12s. 6d.

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

Arapawa Survey District, Run No. 9: 250 acres; term,
10 years; upset annual rent, £2.

Onamalutu Survey District, Run No. 11: 60 acres; term,
10 years; upset annual rent, £1.

Hodder Survey District, Run No. 15: 296 acres; term, 14
years; upset annual rent, £5. Weighted with £150, value of
improvements, consisting of buildings and fencing.

Clifford Bay Survey District, Run No. 20: 550 acres;
term, 10 years; upset annual rent, £5.

Cloudy Bay Survey District, Run No. 76: 250 acres;
term, 10 years; upset annual rent, £1.

Cloudy Bay Survey District, Run No. 5: 180 acres; term,
10 years; upset annual rent, £2.

Cloudy Bay Survey District, Run No. 132: 50 acres;
term, 10 years; upset annual rent, £1.

Cloudy Bay Survey District, Run No. 133: 70 acres;
term, 10 years; upset annual rent, £1.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. license-fee must be paid
on the fall of the hammer.

RESERVE FOR LEASING (UNDER “THE PUBLIC RESERVES ACT,
1881”).

Heringa Survey District, Section 1, Block II.: 50 acres;
term, 14 years; upset annual rent, £2 10s. Conditions will
be inserted in this lease as to travelling stock. Particulars
may be obtained on application at this office. One half-
year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on the fall of
the hammer.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Eketahuna Native Reserve to be sold by Auction
for Cash.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1897.

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to
public auction, for sale for cash, at the Public Hall,
Eketahuna, on Friday, the 25th June, 1897, at 1.30 o'clock
p.m.

SCHEDULE.

EKETAHUNA NATIVE RESERVE, MANGAONE SURVEY DISTRICT.

This section is weighted with £384 15s. for improvements.

| 2B | X. | 578 1 5 | 3 5 0 | 1,879 8 4 |

This section is weighted with £778 7s. 6d. for improve-
ments.

These sections are situated within a mile and a half of
Eketahuna Railway-station, and front on the Main Forty-
mile Bush Road, and extend from the Makakahi River in-
land, and comprise hilly, undulating, and flat land of good
quality. The formation of the hills is sandstone; portions
of the flats consist of alluvial deposit. On Section 2A there
are about 60 acres of practically flat land, the cleared area
being 140 acres, well grassed. The balance, of forest, con-
sists chiefly of rimu and tawa and the usual undergrowth.

Section 2B comprises 150 acres of flat and 220 acres of
cleared and well-grassed land, the forest on the back portion
and a small area near the Makakahi River consisting of
rimu, tawa, hinau, kahikatea, and usual undergrowth.

The general elevation of the country ranges from 700 ft.
to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Both sections are well watered.

The improvements on Section 2A consist of—42 chains of
fence at 12s. 6d. (seven black wires, posts chiefly rimu),
£26 5s.; 58 chains of fence at 15s. (seven black wires, new
fence, well put up, posts chiefly rimu), £43 10s.; 140 acres of
good grass at £2 5s., almost clear of logs, £315: total, £384
15s. Those on Section 2B include the homestead, compris-
ing—house with iron roof and brick chimneys, £150; cow-
shed, &c., £9; slaughterhouse, &c., £7: also fencing valued
as follows—45 chains at 18s. 6d. (seven galvanised wires,
good new fence), £41 12s. 6d.; 16 chains at 10s. (old black
wire and stab fence), £8; 60 chains of subdivisional fences