Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2003

Conditions of Lease.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on lease in perpetuity under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”).

2. The day on which the lands shall be open for selection shall be Thursday, the 23rd day of February, 1899.

3. The rentals stated above shall be the price at which the lands shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as provided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Invercargill; and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

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

6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent, together with the lease- and registration-fee, immediately the application has been approved or declared successful 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 each 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 lessees under these regulations. The provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

9. No lessee shall 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 the limit prescribed above, and all allotments 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 lands affected by these regulations, 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 provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Marlborough, open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 8th November, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease, upon application at this office, on Wednesday, the 4th January, 1899, at the half-yearly rental stated.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—TENNYSON SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

Steep and broken country, principally covered with birch timber; situated at Nydia Bay, Pelorus Sound; well watered; accessible by bridle-track. Distance from Havelock, about thirty miles.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Clarence Run, Marlborough, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 22nd November, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral land will be offered for lease by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Monday, the 9th January, 1899, at 2 p.m.

If the run be not leased at auction on the 9th January, 1899, then it will be open for selection for the term and at the rental stated herein.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
Survey Districts of Kaitarau, Tone, and Greenburn.

Situate mainly in the Clarence Valley. It is excellent country, a large portion being on limestone. The run is difficult of access, sheep having to be driven over the range to the Kaikoura side to be shorn at the reserve on the main road. This reserve is now included as part of the run, and on it are the wool-shed, yards, and other buildings, ample for homestead purposes. These buildings go with the run as part of the leasehold.

The above run will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Possession will be given on the 1st April, 1899.

Purchasers must deposit a statutory declaration, required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent and license-fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in the County of Ashley for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 15th November, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 11th January, 1899, at 12 noon.

SCHEDULE.

Runs Nos. 222 to 225, inclusive, are situated on the eastward slopes of Mount Oxford, at altitudes ranging from 1,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level, and comprise hilly and mountainous country, with rocky spurs and clay faces, the greater portion of the country being covered with live and dead standing bush, through which a fire swept in January, 1898. The distances from West Oxford vary from two and a half to ten miles. Special attention is drawn to the fact that the pastoral licenses confer upon the holders thereof no rights of felling, splitting, sawing, or in any way using or removing any of the live or dead timber upon the lands; and the licenses are offered subject to the rights of any persons now or hereafter to be authorised by the Canterbury Land Board to split or saw timber upon any portions of the lands.

Runs Nos. 227, 228, and 229 are situated on the south side of the Eyre River, near the junction of Schofield and South Eyre Roads, at distances of from three to four miles southward from West Oxford, and consist of open land of inferior quality, partly covered with manuka scrub.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchaser of the license on the day of sale.

2. No person or company may become the holder of more than one run under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892”: Provided that the holder of any run under the said Act of a carrying-capacity of less than ten thousand sheep or two thousand head of cattle may become the lessee of an aggregate area sufficient to carry such a number of sheep or