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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 license shall be dated on the 1st March, 1900, or on the 1st March next following the date of selection.

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, 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.”

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 19 __, before me— __, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in the Canterbury Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 1st February, 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, Christchurch, and the local Land Office, Timaru, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1900, at the half-yearly rentals noted below. Runs not applied for on the 1st March, 1900, may be selected at the Land Offices, Timaru and Waimate, up to Thursday, the 8th March, 1900, after which date they will be open at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

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SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMATE COUNTY.—ELEPHANT HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.—TAKITU SETTLEMENT.

NOTE.—Messrs. Wait and Burbury, the former owners, have the right to acquire 640 acres of Run No. 85 on lease in perpetuity under section 4 of “The Land for Settlements Act Amendment Act, 1895,” up to 15th February, 1900.

NOTE.—Each section is a run with the exception of Sections 2A and 2B, which together form one run.

• Interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £490, repayable in twenty-one years, by half-yearly instalments of £19 2s. 2d. Total half-yearly rent for Run No. 85, £159 12s. 11d.

General Description.

The Takitu Settlement, formerly known as Clarkesfield Estate, was recently acquired from Messrs. Wait and Burbury, and has been subdivided for settlement purposes. It is situated on the Waitaki River, the south-west corner of the settlement being about nine miles and a half from the Hakataramea Railway-station, the south-east corner about nineteen miles from Glenavy, and the north-east corner about nine miles from the Waihao Downs Railway-station.

Station Peak and Mount Parker Estates bound the settlement on the west, Waihaorunga and Elephant Hill on the north, Elephant Hill and Grassy Hills Estates on the east, and the River Waitaki on the south.

There are about 1,000 acres of flat land on the Waitaki, varying from rich to light stony land, well-grassed undulating and rolling downs, and steep rough terraces and gullies. The quality of the soil on the ploughed land is generally good—in places very good—with a fair depth of soil. Some of the ridges are stony. The altitude of Takitu Settlement ranges from about 400 ft. to 2,020 ft. above sea-level.

The climate is mild and bracing, snow rarely lying for more than a few days on the highest parts. The country is well watered: during the summers of 1897 and 1898, probably two of the driest known here, there was ample in the gullies for stock.

The sections are to be disposed of as small grazing-runs, for which they are admirably adapted. A large portion of each has been ploughed and laid down with English grasses, and many of the gullies and spurs of the unploughed portions have been surface-sown with English grasses, which have taken freely.

Excellent crops of rape and turnips have been grown all over the settlement. About 4,400 acres have been ploughed and cultivated; the whole, with the exception of two paddocks, being now in English grass.

Each section is ring-fenced (with the exception of river paddocks and about 23 chains of the northern boundary of Section 1, Block I.), and subdivided into several paddocks with substantial iron fencing.

The improvements generally are of a substantial character; fences in a fair state of repair, and paddocks well laid down.

The property is well roaded, and easily accessible from Waimate, Glenavy, and Hakataramea.

Detailed Descriptions of Runs.

Run No. 81; 2,527 acres 3 roods 36 perches: Pastoral land. Altitude, from about 1,300 ft. to 2,020 ft. above sea-level. Comprises undulating, rolling, and broken downs. About 941 acres have been ploughed and cultivated, and, with the exception of about 240 acres, have been laid down in English grass nine years. About 150 acres of deep black soil; would grow any crop. Of the remainder, or the unploughed portion, part is splendidly grassed with native grasses, and another 500 acres might be ploughed, if thought desirable; it would grow excellent crops of turnips and grass. This run is divided into three paddocks, and, with the exception of about 23 chains of the northern boundary, is well and substantially fenced with rabbit-proof iron and wire fencing, with wooden posts. Distance from Waihao Forks Railway-station, about twelve miles, and a quarter of a mile