APRIL 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 905

Rural Land in the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 13th March, 1901.

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 and after Tuesday, the 30th April, 1901.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then priority of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MASTERTON REFORM BLOCK.

First-class Surveyed Land.

Weighted with £81 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated on the North Range Road; the access is from Makuri, which is about seventeen miles distant, nine miles being dray-road and eight miles bridle-track. The section comprises easy spurs on road-frontage, rising steeply to 2,500 ft. on back line. The soil is of medium quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of a mixed character, comprising rimu, rata, tawhero, and birch on ridges, with an undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, rangiora, &c. The section is watered by a small creek at present. The elevation ranges from about 1,800 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise felling and grassing, 70 acres; fencing, 20 chains: total, £81 10s.

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

Pastoral Runs in Amuri County, Canterbury, open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 19th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 30th April, 1901.

If more than one application be received 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, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—SKIDDAW, MYTHOLM, TEKOA, AND MANDAMUS SURVEY DISTRICTS.

Pastoral Licenses under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

These runs are situated at the head-waters of the George and Mandamus Rivers and the Gorge Stream, between the Glynn Wye Run on the west, the Glens of Tekoa Run on the south, and the Pahau Run on the east, at a distance of about fifteen miles westward from Upper Waiau, and comprise rough and mountainous country, ranging in elevation from about 1,570 ft. to about 5,600 ft. above sea-level. The country carries good summer pasture.

CONDITIONS.

1. Possession of the runs will be given to the purchasers of the licenses on the approval of application by the Land Board.

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 licenses shall be dated on the 1st March next following the date of selection.

4. The licenses 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 deposited with the application, 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 , 19 , before me— , a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.