Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 449

Pastoral Runs in the Counties of Ashley and Selwyn, Canterbury, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th January, 1899.

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 Monday, the 27th February, 1899, at 11 a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Pastoral Licenses under “The Land Act, 1892.”

Run No. 136 is situated principally on the southward slopes of Mount Grey, about eight miles west of Amberley, and comprises hilly land ranging from about 900ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level, with tussock pasture and considerable areas of scrub.

Run No. 139 is situated in the forks of the Grey River, south-west of Mount Grey, and about fifteen miles northward from Rangiora, and comprises tussock pasture and scrub.

Runs Nos. 145, 145A, and 146 comprise the country now occupied by the Assets Realisation Board in the upper valley of the Ashley River, the nearest portion being about seven miles northward from West Oxford. They comprise generally open tussock country, with some areas of bush, the elevation ranging up to about 4,360 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 230 comprises a small flat of somewhat inferior character; situated at the junction of Glentui Stream with Ashley River, about six miles northward from Bennett’s Railway-station.

Runs Nos. 150, 150A, and 151 comprise open level tussock country of inferior quality; situated between the Eyre and Waimakariri Rivers, about five miles southwestward from West Oxford, and at present occupied by Messrs. D. G. Matheson and Joseph Pearson.

Runs Nos. 158, 158A, 159, 161, 169A, and 231 are situated in the upper valleys of the Selwyn and Hororata Rivers, and between those rivers and the Rakaiā, at distances varying from one to fifteen miles westward from Whitecliffs and Glentunnel. They comprise generally open tussock country, principally of hilly and mountainous character, now occupied by Messrs. Phillips, Comyns, Wallace, Cordy Brothers, and George Rutherford respectively.

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CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers of the licenses on the 1st March, 1900.

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 cattle. The holder of any small grazing-run under Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892,” shall not be the holder of any run under Part VI. of the said Act.

3. The licenses shall be dated on the 1st March, 1900, and shall in each case be for the years specified above, from that date.

4. The licenses shall be subject to the following conditions amongst others:—

(1.) That, if the licensee, or any person claiming an interest through or under him, shall make or cause to be made any agreement or contract, or shall give or cause to be given or taken any negotiable security, for the purpose of defeating or evading the provisions of, or shall in any way whatsoever, directly or indirectly, commit or be privy to a fraud upon, “The Land Act, 1892,” the license shall be liable to be forfeited and revoked;

(2.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license;

(3.) That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner;

(4.) That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground; and

(5.) That during the months of December to June, inclusive, or such other months, not exceeding altogether seven in any one year, as the Commissioner shall from time to time determine, the licensee shall not burn the grass on the land comprised in the license.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no right to the soil, or timber or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year’s rent and a license-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the purchaser shall make a declaration in terms of section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892.” The rent shall be paid half-yearly in advance, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in each year during the term of the license, the half-year’s rent paid on the fall of the hammer being for the half-year commencing on the 1st March, 1900. Should the half-yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced.

7. No liability is accepted by or on behalf of the Crown in respect of any fencing existing upon the Crown lands offered for license. The runs are sold subject to the rights of the present licensees to valuation for improvements in terms of section 207 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and to the other provisions of the Land Acts relating to improvements effected by licensees. Where fences form the boundary between Crown lands offered for license and freehold lands, the purchaser of such license will be liable to the provisions of any law now or hereafter in force relating to boundary-fences.

8. The Crown reserves a right, at any time, on notice to the purchaser, to resume possession of any run, either in whole or part, which may be selected by the New Zealand Midland Railway Company (Limited), in virtue of any right which the said company, or any person or body lawfully claiming through or under it, may have to or in respect of any unsatisfied land claim. The effect of any such resumption shall be to determine the lease or license, wholly or in part, as the case requires: if the resumption be only as to part, then the rent in future shall be reduced in proportion to the area resumed.

No compensation will be paid or payable by or on behalf of the Crown by reason of the exercise of the power hereby reserved. Provisions to the purport of this condition, and necessary to give effect to the same, will be inserted in each lease or license granted to a purchaser.

DECLARATION.

I, __, of __, __, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease or license of pastoral lands.

2. That I am purchasing the lease or license of such lands solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

3. That I am not the holder of any lease or license in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any lease or license in contravention of section 193 of the said Act.

4. That I am not the holder of a small grazing-run in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such run.

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 __, 18 __, before me— __, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.