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aforesaid land to the main Kaikora North and Te Aute
Road; thence northerly along that road to a road running
through the Poupoutahi Block; thence easterly along that
road to where it crosses the railway-line; thence northerly
along the railway-line to the point of commencement.
All that piece or parcel of land, called or known as the
“Flukey Paddock,” containing about 74 acres, situated in
the Te Mahanga Run, Te Mata Survey District, Hawke's
Bay County.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Examination for Mine-managers' and Battery-superintend-
ents' Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 7th December, 1896.

A N examination of candidates for certificates as First-
and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-super-
intendents under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and Amendment
Act, 1894, and First- and Second-class Mine-managers
under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday,
the 26th January, 1897, and three following days, at places
to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary cer-
tificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary
of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-
mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the
20th January, or they will not be dealt with until the fol-
lowing examination.
T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Crown Lands Notices.

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

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

N OTICE 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.

Survey Section. Block. Area. Rent Half-
District. per yearly
Acre. Rental.

FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL COUNTRY.
Maniototo County.

Gimmer- 2 V. 3,148 3 10 0 5 32 16 0
burn
Ditto .. 2 & 3 XI. 7,456 0 18 0 6 93 4 0
21 & 22 III.

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.

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 pri-
   vilege 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 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.

Pastoral Runs, Otago, for Lease.

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

I T 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.

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

Run 334c, Lake County: Area, 14,030 acres; term, fourteen
years; upset annual rental, £25; valuation for improve-
ments, £268 1s. 6d.
Run 334b, Lake County: Area, 6,662 acres; term, fourteen
years; upset annual rental, £12 10s.; valuation for improve-
ments, £109 18s.
Run 334, Lake County: Area, 7,308 acres; term, fourteen
years; upset annual rental, £10; valuation for improve-
ments, £254 14s. 9d.
Run 240a, Lake and Vincent Counties: Area, 14,315 acres;
term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £40; valuation
for improvements, £141 8s. 6d.
Run 334a, Lake County: Area, 22,078 acres; term, fourteen
years; upset annual rental, £30; valuation for improve-
ments, £365 13s. 6d.
Run 340b, Lake County: Area, 13,720 acres; term, fourteen
years; upset annual rental, £30; valuation for improve-
ments, £337 8s. 6d.
Run 334b, Lake County: Area, 42,913 acres; term, fourteen
years; upset annual rental, £10; valuation for improve-
ments, £554 19s. 6d.
The foregoing runs comprise the Wanaka Station, and
extend south-west from the southern shores of Lake Wanaka
to the watershed. Altitude, from 700ft. to 7,000ft. Present
licensees, Messrs. R. M. and C. A. Turnbull.
Sections 1 and 2, Block III., Cairnhill District, Vincent
County: Area, 5,216 acres and 11 perches; term, fourteen
years; upset annual rental, £50; valuation for improve-
ments, £22 10s. Pastoral land, extending from the main
road to the west bank of the Clutha River to the summit of
the Old Man Range. Situated about eleven miles north of
Roxburgh. Last licensee, Matthew Elliott.
Possession will be given on the 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 statutory declarations required
by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first
half-year's rent, together with license-fee and valuation for
improvements, on fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.