Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1949

Pastoral Runs in the Counties of Ashley, Ashburton, and Waimate for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 3rd October, 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 Wednesday, 22nd November, 1899, at 11 a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LICENSES UNDER “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

Run No. 136, part of the Broomfield Station, is situated on the Mount Grey Range, about nine miles from Amberley Railway-station by metalled and formed road; it is well watered by the sources of the Kowai River, and comprises hilly country ranging from 800 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. While there is fair tussock feed on the top and slopes of Mount Grey, the lower spurs are principally covered with manuka scrub.

Run No. 136A is situated between the last-mentioned Run No. 136 and the South Kowai River, and comprises open tussock land, about 700 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 136B is situated on Crampton’s Bush Road, to the eastward of Run No. 136, and comprises manuka-covered land, about 850 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 225 is situated on the eastward slopes of Mount Oxford, extending across the range from Cooper’s Creek to the River Ashley, and comprises country varying in elevation from 1,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. above sea-level, with rocky spurs and clay faces, the greater portion of the country being covered with live and dead standing timber, through which a fire swept in January, 1898. The pastoral license confers upon the holder thereof no rights of felling, splitting, sawing, or in any way using or removing any of the live or dead timber upon the land; and the license is 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.

Run No. 103 is situated about four miles from Springburn Railway-station, on the south-eastern slopes of Mount Somers. The upper half is rough, broken, rocky country; the front is comparatively low country, fairly well grassed, and easy of access. The run is bounded on three sides by forest, and intersected by deep gullies covered with birch forest. Altitude, from 2,000 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 67, Akatarawa Station, is situated about sixteen miles from Hakateramea Railway-station, South Canterbury, and consists of high broken country, running up to 4,150 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 205 is situated about twenty miles up the Hakateramea River from the railway-station of that name, and consists of a narrow strip of land lying between the river and the road.

In the event of any of the runs not being sold at the auction, they will immediately thereafter be open for application at the upset rents herein specified.

Special attention is directed to clause 2 of the conditions to be embodied in the license, providing that the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on the land comprised in the license. This condition will be strictly enforced.

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CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchaser of the license on the 1st March, 1900, or on approval of application by the Land Board.

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, or on the 1st March next following the date of selection.

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; and

(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.

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, a license-fee of £1 1s., and the amount of valuation for improvements 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. 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.

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.

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Sale of Timber, Auckland Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 27th August, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kahikatea (white-pine) and kauri timbers, situated on the Tokatoka Marsh lands, Tokatoka Survey District, Otamatea County, will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 12th January, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.:—

52,116 kahikatea-trees, containing about 97,509,000 superficial feet.

122 kauri-trees, containing about 312,900 superficial feet.

Total number of trees, 52,238, containing a total of about 97,821,900 superficial feet.

Upset price for the whole of the timber, £24,533 14s.; equal to 6d. per hundred superficial feet for the kahikatea or white-pine, and 1s. per hundred superficial feet for the kauri timber.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF LOCALITY OF TIMBER.

The kahikatea (white-pine) and kauri timbers are situated on the Tokatoka Marsh lands, a considerable part of which