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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.

Lands in Town of Napier for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 9th January, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction, for sale for cash, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Wednesday, the 13th day of March, 1901.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
Napier Suburban Sections.

Terms of Sale.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on the purchasers of these sections.

Full particulars may be ascertained at this office.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Limehills Township, Southland Land District, for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th December, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale for cash by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday, the 6th March, 1901, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—LIMEHILLS TOWNSHIP.
Village Land.

Block I. is burdened with £40, valuation for buildings. Sections 1 to 6 and 15, Block XXX., are burdened with £40, valuation for buildings.

One-fifth of the purchase-money, together with valuation for improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee of £1, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Hawke’s Bay, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 20th November, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application on and after Wednesday, 30th January, 1901, at the half-yearly rental noted. In the event of more than one application being received on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIROA AND COOK COUNTIES
Second-class Pastoral Country.

These runs are hilly forest country. About 2,500 acres of Run 75A and 800 acres of Run 76A are good soil, covered with tawa, rimu, totara, kahikatea, matai, rewarewa, mahoe, miro, and the balance being black-birch country with poor soil.

Both runs are well watered. Distance from Wairoa by road, thirty-six to thirty-eight miles.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.