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3. The leases will be for the terms stated in the Schedule, dating in each case from 1st January, 1900, except in the case of Reserve No. 60, the lease of which will date from 1st April, 1900.

4. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease, or any portion thereof, by giving to the lessee twelve months’ notice in writing of his intention so to do.

5. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed upon the land, nor on account of the aforesaid resumption, nor for any other cause.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the whole or any portion 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 be used for grazing purposes only, and shall not be broken up or cropped without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

8. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and 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, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

10. The rent shall be payable half-yearly, in advance, free of all deductions whatsoever.

11. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall 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.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Waimate County, Canterbury, for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th January, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the Land Office, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 27th February, 1900, at the annual rental noted below.

If the run be not applied for on the 27th February, 1900, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

In case of more than one application on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 o’clock a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — WAIMATE COUNTY. — SMALL GRAZING-RUN No. 66.

First-class Pastoral Country.

This run is situated on the slopes of the Station Peak Range, which extends from the junction of the Hakataramea and Waitaki Rivers to the north branch of the Waihao River. It comprises high open hill country, the spurs being intersected by deep rough gullies, making the block 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.

The run faces the Waitaki River, about eight miles south-easterly from the Hakataramea Railway-station; the distance from Waimate being about twenty-three miles, and from Hakataramea about fourteen miles.

The run is weighted with the valuation of £468 10s. for good six-roomed dwellinghouse, yards, boundary and subdivision fencing, and surface-sowing.

Possession of the run will be given to the successful applicant for the same as soon as the application has been approved by the Land Board, and the necessary deposit and valuation paid.

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 of a small grazing-run 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.

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 whomsoever.

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

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands, Otago, for Sale by Public Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 16th January, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that licenses of the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be submitted to public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 27th day of February, 1900, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Runs 121a and 121k, Taieri County: Area, 7,757 acres 2 roods 34 perches; term, ten years; upset annual rental, £130; valuation for improvements, £290 14s. 6d. Situated about four miles from Middlemarch. Possession on 1st March, 1900.

Run 261k, Maniototo County: Area, 1,005 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £16 15s.; valuation for improvements, £17 10s. High pastoral country. Situated about fifteen miles from Ranfurly Railway-station. Possession on day of sale.

Run 244p and commonage, Vincent County: Area, 3,298 acres and 11 perches; term, 14 years; upset annual rental, £27 9s. 8d.; valuation for improvements, £89 5s. Situated about one mile from Ophir Township. Possession on day of sale.

Run 11a, Waitaki County: Area, 300 acres; term, thirteen years; upset annual rental, £3. Situated on the Waianakarua River, about five miles from Waianakarua Railway-station. Possession on day of sale.

The runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declaration required by section 62 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of the half-year’s rent, license-fee, and valuation for improvements if any) on the fall of the hammer.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,