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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 license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1901.
4. The license 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 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. 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.

Full particulars, plans, forms of declaration, &c., may be obtained on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Grazing-lease of Forest Reserve, Mangahao Survey District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned forest reserve will be submitted to public auction, for lease for grazing purposes, at the Olympic Theatre, Pahiatua, on Wednesday, 16th January, 1901.
If not sold on 16th January, 1901, the lease of this reserve will remain open for application at upset annual rental.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—PAHIATUA COUNTY.—MANGAHAO SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 129, Block III., 180 acres; upset annual rental, £35.
Term of lease, five years.
This reserve is situated east of Ballance, on the right bank of the Mangahao River, and comprises flat, low-lying land of good quality, with good alluvial soil, on a shingle formation; part is subject to floods.
About 90 acres were sown in grass about two years ago; the remaining area is covered with green and partly scorched, bush, scrub, swamp, &c. The milling timber has been removed.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of one half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease fee must be made on the fall of the hammer.
2. The land comprised in the lease shall remain under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” subject only to the right of the lessee to use it for grazing purposes.
3. The lessee shall have no right to fell or remove from the land any live or dead trees or timber, whether standing or lying on the ground.
4. All persons duly authorised in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress for any of the purposes of the Act last aforesaid, or for felling or removing from the land any trees or timber.
5. The lessee shall have no claim for compensation for improvements at any time, but at the expiration of his lease may remove all fencing and buildings erected by him on the land.
6. The Commissioner of State Forests may issue licenses at any time during the currency of grazing-lease to the lessee or other persons to cut and remove either standing or felled timber under the State Forest Regulations, without compensation to lessee of grazing-right.
7. In the event of any of the timbered or cleared portions of the land leased being damaged by fire, the area so burned shall be sown by the lessee with approved English grasses and clovers to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Land in Papakaio Survey District, Otago Land District, open for Sale or Selection.

Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, 6th December, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on Wednesday, the 6th day of March, 1901.
In the event of more than one application being received for the section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m. If the land be not applied for on the date mentioned, it will remain open for application thereafter at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Surveyed Land.

Light open land, gravel formation. Situated about four miles from Papakaio Railway-station.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.