Jan. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 63

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.

Pastoral Lands in the Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 18th December, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral lands in the Otago Land District will be offered for lease by public auction, at this office, on Monday, the 24th day of February, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m., for the terms and at the upset annual rentals stated.

SCHEDULE.

PASTORAL LANDS.

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

Run 140b (Class I.), Tuapeka County: Area, 3,258 acres; term, nineteen years; upset annual rental, £10. Situated about one mile from Tapanui.

Run 11, Wakatipu (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 13,320 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £7 10s. Situated about ten miles from Queenstown.

Runs 17, 20, 21, 22, Wakatipu (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 98,600 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated about thirty-two miles from Queenstown.

Run 419 (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 11,200 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10. Situated about thirty miles from Queenstown.

Possession of the above runs will be given on 1st March, 1903.

Runs 337 and 337A (Class I.), Lake County: Area, 48,940 acres; term, fourteen years; upset annual rental, £5. Situated about twenty-two miles from Pembroke.

Possession of this run will be given on 1st March, 1902.

TERMS OF SALE.

Valuations for improvements in respect of the above runs must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Dunedin, before the licensee will be let into possession.

Such valuations shall, exclusive of the value of a rabbit-proof fence, in no case exceed three times the amount of the average annual rental paid under the expired or expiring license during the term thereof, and five times such amount in cases where the annual rental does not exceed £50.

The above runs will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Purchasers must deposit statutory declarations required by section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the first half-year’s rent, together with license fee (£1 1s.) on fall of the hammer.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited or surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 15th January, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases and licenses of the undermentioned Crown lands having been voluntarily surrendered by the lessees and licensees thereof, or forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.