Aug. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1615

directly 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.

Land in Poerua Estate, Westland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Hokitika, 5th August, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 15th October, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—POERUA ESTATE.

First-class Land.

The section contains three-fourths swamp; one-eighth hill, thickly timbered; one-eighth pines and scrub. Only a few acres of the section is open land. It is proposed to offer the lease of the island in Crooked River bed, immediately opposite, to the lessee of this section at a peppercorn rent.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Barnego Settlement, Otago, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 30th July, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Monday, the 16th September, 1901, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—BRUCE COUNTY.—HILLEND SURVEY DISTRICT.—BARNEGO SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Undulating agricultural land; each section containing good building-sites. There is access by a good road. Situated close to the Hillend School and Post-office, and distant about seven miles from Lovell’s Flat.

D. BARRON,
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 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.