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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

tained, together with the expense of ascertaining such loss,
shall be borne in equal shares between the purchaser and the
Government.

Pamphlet containing description of locality of timber,
conditions of sale, and maps may be had on application to
any Land Office in New Zealand.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands open for Sale or Selection in the Hawke's Bay Land District.

Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 13th November, 1899.

THE under-mentioned lands will be open for selection at
the Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Friday, 5th
January, 1900.

If more than one application be received for the same
section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be
decided by ballot on the following day, at 10 a.m., at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Napier.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Village Allotments, opened under the Optional System.

WEBER DISTRICT.

V. | 29* | A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
| 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 4 0

WHETUKURA VILLAGE.

.. | 39 | 0 2 5 | 7 10 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 6 0
.. | 45 | 0 2 27 | 10 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 8 0

• Weighted with £5 for improvements.

On Section 29, Block V., Weber Survey District, there is a
small hut, erected two years ago, while the land is laid down
in grass, and the section is ring-fenced.

The two Whetukura Village sections have both been occu-
pied, but no improvements have been effected of any value.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Wellington Land District, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, in
terms of section 39 of “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on and
after Wednesday, the 10th January, 1900, at the half-yearly
rentals noted below. In case of more than one application
for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will
be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT. — PATEA COUNTY. — NUKUMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

This land is situated on the Waitotara River. Section 1
contains 2,200 acres, and Section 1B 1,780 acres, consisting of
good birch ridges but very narrow valleys. The timber is
tawa, rata, rimu, &c., with the usual undergrowth, and the
land will make good sheep-country, estimated to carry two
sheep to the acre. On Section 1 there is a good homestead-
site north of the road dividing the lots, where there is a
clearing of from 5 to 7 acres. On Section 1B there are two
good flats on the Waitotara River, estimated to contain 15 to
20 acres each, one of which has from 8 to 10 acres cleared
and in grass, which would enable a homestead to be erected
immediately. There is a dray-road already made for seven
miles from Waitotara Township, and a 6-ft. bridle-track
formed on to the Waitotara River, dividing the two blocks.
The nearest part of the reserve is about ten miles from Wai-
totara by the formed road.

CONDITIONS.

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, must
   be paid immediately the application is declared success-
   ful; the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during
   the term of the lease.

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 exer-
   cised 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 pur-
   chaser of a lease of† .
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 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 be-
lieving 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.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Section in Ongo Survey District, Wellington, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1899.

THE under-mentioned section will be offered for lease
by public auction, at the Survey Office, Wanganui, on
Wednesday, the 3rd January, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—KIWITEA COUNTY.

License to occupy under Section 116, “Land Act, 1892.”

Term: Year to year.

This section is situated in the Otamakapua Block, on the
Tapuae Ridge Road. The access is from Feilding and Wai-
tuna Village. The section is about twenty-four miles dis-
tant from the former and seven miles from the latter by a
good dray-road. It comprises hilly land, with a few acres
level. The soil is of good quality, resting on papa forma-
tion. The forest has suffered from fires; a few rimu, hinau,
and tawa trees are still standing. The section is fairly well
watered at present by small streams.