JULY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1429

Pastoral Run, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 24th June, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered for lease at this office on Wednesday, 21st August, 1901, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

(Under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”)

PASTORAL RUN No. 532, Centre Hill District (formerly Small Grazing-run 38): Area, 2,744 acres; upset annual rental, £22 17s. 4d.; term, seven years. Burdened with £133 19s. 6d., valuation for improvements consisting of hut, sheep-yards, and fencing.

Possession will be given on the day of sale.

The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the amount of the half-year’s rent and license-fee, together with the valuation for improvements, on the fall of the hammer.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands in Westland for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 24th June, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral run will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Wednesday, the 21st August, 1901, at 2.30 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Term, 10 years.

Subject to the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.” Possession will be given on the day of sale.

The purchaser must deposit the statutory declaration as required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the amount of the half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land in the Wellington Land District will be offered for sale by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 14th August, 1901, at 12 o’clock noon. If not sold on that date it will remain open for sale thereafter at upset price.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

These sections are situated on the western side of Whiteman’s Valley Road. The access is from Silverstream, which is about four miles distant via the Whiteman’s Valley Road, which is formed and metalled. The sections comprise rough, barren, hilly country, with about 15 acres of flat land. The soil is of poor quality, resting on a sandstone-and-clay formation. There are about 5 acres of bush, comprising mostly birch; dead timber through which the fire has run is standing or lying on the remainder of the sections, fern having sprung up wherever the fire has been. The sections are well watered by permanent springs. The elevation ranges from about 1,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

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 shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plan obtained at this office.

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

Small Grazing-runs, Auckland, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 22nd June, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on and after Wednesday, the 21st August, 1901, for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at the annual rentals noted below.

In the event of more than one application being 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.

SCHEDULE.

RAGLAN COUNTY, PARISH OF KARAMU.

(Subdivisions of Section 174, Auckland University College Endowment.)

First-class Pastoral Country.

Run No. 1: 1,214 acres; annual rent, £15 3s. 6d.

Run No. 2: 1,829 acres; annual rent, £22 17s. 3d.

Run No. 3: 612 acres; annual rent, £7 18s.

Run No. 4: 1,296 acres; annual rent, £16 4s.

Run No. 5: 611 acres; annual rent, £7 12s. 9d.

Run No. 7: 969 acres; annual rent, £12 2s. 3d.

Run No. 8: 1,477 acres; annual rent, £18 9s. 3d.

Run No. 9: 1,006 acres; annual rent, £12 11s. 6d.

Locality and Description of Runs.

Situated from two to four miles from Whatawhata, and about ten miles from Raglan, and comprising nearly all broken forest land, of limestone formation and of good quality. The runs will make good grass country when cleared.

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 is required to make the declaration as per form printed below.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run 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 Run No.† __.

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use 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.

6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by

• Place of abode, and occupation. † Here specify.