Feb. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 281

Crown Lands in Canterbury open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th January, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned allotment of Crown land will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity at this office, on Wednesday, 15th February, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments, and the special regulations relating to the disposal of allotments for workmen’s homes.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SELWYN COUNTY.—WHARENUi HAMLET.

First-class Land.

This section is situated on the western side of the Wharenui Hamlet in the Riccarton Road District, having frontage to Bowen’s Lane, a few chains back from the Riccarton Road, about three miles and a half from the Christchurch Post-office. The soil is deep and of a rich quality, with a clay subsoil, and, being within the artesian area, a water-supply is obtainable. The selector of this allotment will be liable to pay the holders of the adjoining Lots, Nos. 1 and 3, one-half of the cost of the boundary-fences adjoining those lots.

Applications must be made only on the special forms, which are obtainable at the Land Office, and must be accompanied by a deposit of a half-year’s rent, and lease fee, £1 1s. Applicants will be required to attend in person at the meeting of the Canterbury Land Board at which their applications are to be considered, for the purpose of answering any questions which the Board may see fit to put to them. Should there be more than one eligible applicant for the section on the same day, then the right of selection will be determined by ballot.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th January, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will be offered for sale under section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892,” on or after Wednesday, the 19th April, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—HALSWELL SURVEY DISTRICT.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in the County of Waimate for Lease on Application.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 21st February, 1899, at the annual rental noted below. If the runs be not applied for on the 21st February, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch. In case of more than one application for the same run on the 21st February, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at Timaru, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SMALL GRAZING-RUNS, WAIMATE COUNTY.

First-class Pastoral Country.

SMALL GRAZING-RUN No. 66.

Hakateramea } 36206 { XV.XVI. } 3,208 2 | 9 | 120 6 4
Meyer { II. }

SMALL GRAZING-RUN No. 67.

Hakateramea } 36395 { XVI. } 3,577 0 | 7 | 104 6 8
Waihao { IX.XIII. }

Locality and Description of Runs.

These runs are situated on the slopes of the Station Peak Range, which extends from the junction of the Hakateramea and Waitaki Rivers to the north branch of the Waihao River. They comprise high open hill-country, the spurs being intersected by deep rough gullies, making the blocks in general difficult of access. The country is throughout of purely pastoral character, the vegetation consisting of native and English grasses, with snow-grass only on the higher altitudes; it is fairly well watered by springs and streams, but is liable to burn up in a dry season, and, as the elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. up to 3,500 ft. above sea-level, it is liable to heavy falls of snow in winter.

Section 36206 faces the Waitaki River, about eight miles south-easterly from the Hakateramea Railway-station. Section 36395 lies southward from the Meyer’s Pass Road, the distances from Waimate being about twenty-three to twenty-six miles, and from Hakateramea about fourteen to fifteen miles.

The sections are weighted with valuations for improvements as follows: Section 36206, £458 for good six-roomed dwellinghouse, yards, boundary and subdivision fencing, and surface-sowing; Section 36395, £431 for hut, boundary and subdivision fencing, and sowing.

Possession of the lands will be given to the successful applicants as soon as their applications are approved by the Land Board.

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-runs 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 amount of valuation for 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 March, 1899.

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.

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 or benefit of any other person or persons whatsoever.

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.