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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

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

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

Land in Puhuka Hamlet, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th June, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity as workmen’s homes, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, and the Land Office, Timaru, on Monday, the 29th July, 1901.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — LEVELS COUNTY. — PUHUKA SETTLEMENT.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Pawaho Hamlet, Canterbury, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 3rd July, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity as a workmen’s homes allotment, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, 20th August, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and the regulations made thereunder, and the general conditions set forth in the pamphlet for the disposal of the Pawaho Hamlet in 1898. If more than one application be received for the allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — SELWYN COUNTY. — CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT. — PAWAHO HAMLET.

First-class Land.

This section lies near the western end of the Pawaho Hamlet, about three-quarters of a mile from the Heathcote Railway-station, on the hillside between the Lyttelton Borough Reservoir and Hills Road, and comprises rather steep land, the altitude ranging from 11 ft. to 150 ft. above sea-level, with from 3 in. to 9 in. of fairly good soil on clay. The section is weighted with a valuation of £2 10s. for boundary-fencing, which sum must be paid on selection, in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,