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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1900.

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, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 26th June, 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., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington. If the runs be not applied for on or before the 26th June, 1900, they will be open for application thereafter at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

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

Second-class Pastoral Country.

Locality and Description of Runs.

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 Waitotara 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 successful; 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 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 †__.

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.

• Place of abode or occupation.
  † Here specify.

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 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 __, 190 , before me— ____, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

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

Sections in Pohangina Suburbs for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1900.

THE under-mentioned sections, part of Wanganui Harbour Board Endowment, will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, the 26th June, 1900, at 12 o’clock noon.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—POHANGINA COUNTY.—POHANGINA SUBURBS.

Term, seven years.

Section 26: The section is all flat land, mostly in bush, consisting of tawa, rewarewa, a few rimus, &c.; most of the trees are dead. The soil is of good alluvial deposit, resting on shingle formation. A drain has been cut on the south-west side of the section.

Section 27: The section is all flat land, covered with rushes, raupo, and manuka; part is rather swampy, part fairly dry land in grass. A drain has been cut at the south-west side of the section. This section fronts on to the main road.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with lease-fee of £1 1s., must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government, or by the Wanganui Harbour Board.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up, except with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee should fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

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