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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

The sections are weighted with valuations for improvements as follows:—
Sections 36458 and 36459 with £134 10s. 6d., being valuation of boundary and subdivision fencing.
Sections 36460 and 36461 with £843 5s. 10d., being valuation of good eight-roomed dwellinghouse, outbuildings, yards, garden, boundary and subdivision fencing, &c.
Section 36462 with £225 15s. 10d., being valuation of small dwellinghouse, yards, and boundary-fencing.
Section 36463 with £193, being valuation of three-roomed dwellinghouse, outbuildings, and boundary and subdivision fencing.
Sections 36464 and 36465 with £141 10s., being valuation of small dwellinghouse, yards, and boundary-fencing.
These sums must be paid on allotment, in addition to the usual deposit of a half-year’s rent, and lease-fee of £1 1s.
Possession of the sections will be given to the successful applicants for the same on the 1st March, 1897.

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 small grazing-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, and the sum fixed for valuation of improvements, 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.

NOTE.—One-fourth of the rent paid during the first fifteen years is returned to the local body, to be spent in improving the access to the land.

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.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Villages of Tongaporutu and Purangi, Taranaki, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 4th January, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned village lands will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, the 24th February, 1897, at noon.

SCHEDULE.
VILLAGE OF TONGAPORUTU.

• Weighted with £180 valuation for improvements.

This village is situate on the northern side of the Tongaporutu River, at the mouth. The smaller sections are mostly flat, on a high terrace above the river, with good sunny position and sandy soil. The larger sections comprise light sandy soil, with sandhills on the seaward side. A small quantity of scrub may be found on the sections, principally akeake and rewarewa. There is some light bush on Sections 28, 29, and 30. The distance from Mokau to the village is seven miles and a half.

VILLAGE OF PURANGI.
Village Sections.

| 1 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 | 10 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 |
| 2 | 0 0 39 | 7 10 0 | 11 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 |
| 3 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 14 | 0 2 30 | 10 0 0 |
| 4 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 15 | 0 2 0 | 10 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 1 0 | 7 10 0 | 17 | 0 3 22 | 10 0 0 |
| 6 | 0 1 0 | 10 0 0 | 18 | 0 3 31 | 5 0 0 |
| 7 | 0 1 8 | 10 0 0 | 19 | 0 3 39 | 6 0 0 |
| 8 | 0 2 14 | 12 0 0 | 20 | 1 0 0 | 7 10 0 |
| 9 | 0 1 0 | 10 0 0 | 21 | 1 0 0 | 7 10 0 |

This village lies about twenty-two miles to the east of Inglewood, on the Junction Road, which connects about eight miles farther on with the main road from Stratford to Ongaruhe. The sections comprise rich alluvial soil, and entirely flat, open land.

Suburban Sections.

| 31 | 5 0 0 | 25 0 0 | 38 | 5 3 10 | 23 5 0 |
| 32 | 4 3 30 | 24 13 9 | 41 | 2 3 39 | 14 19 5 |
| 35 | 6 0 20 | 24 10 0 | 42 | 7 3 30 | 39 13 9 |
| 36 | 5 3 10 | 29 1 3 | 43 | 12 1 0 | 49 0 0 |
| 37 | 4 3 0 | 23 15 0 | 45 | 15 0 0 | 60 0 0 |

These sections comprise small river-flats of rich alluvial deposit from the papa country through which the Waitara River runs, with easy and sunny slopes. There is a little scrub and light bush on some of the sections.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, together with valuation for improvements; the balance, together with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be absolutely forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void. Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber, Auckland, for Sale.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 4th January, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned kauri and totara timber, situated on the Waitaroto Block, in Blocks I. and II., Omapere Survey District, Bay of Islands County, about seven miles from Okaihau, will be submitted for sale by public auction, at this office, on the 19th February, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m. :—
Lot 1: 361 kauri-trees, containing about 1,219,000 superficial feet; and 117 totara-trees, containing about 107,000ft. Upset price, £663.
Lot 2: 164 kauri-trees, containing about 356,000 superficial feet. Upset price, £178.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash or marked cheque upon the fall of the hammer, the balance within twelve months thereafter.

Timber to be removed within three years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.