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For any larger area at the rate of five shillings per acre, or any portion of an acre.

And thirty shillings per diem extra when the time occupied in such survey extends beyond one day.

8th. Leases will be cancelled if the land is sublet or transferred without the sanction and authority of His Honor the Superintendent; or if cultivation is not commenced within three months after the issue of the lease; or if at any time during the currency of the lease the land shall be neglected for a period of six months.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, this tenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

JOHN HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

By His Honor's command,

THOMAS DICK,
Provincial Secretary.

NOTICE.

Agricultural Leases on Gold Fields.

NOTICE is hereby given, that His Honor John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, acting under the powers in that behalf vested in him by delegation from His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, will on and after the date hereof receive applications from persons desirous of leasing land for agricultural purposes, within those parts and portions of the Tuapeka, Dunstan, and Wakatipu Gold-fields, as hereinafter described, that is to say—

TUAPEKA GOLD-FIELD.

All the Crown Lands formerly known as Runs Nos. 53 and 54, situated within the Mining Districts of Gabriel’s and Waitahuna, and being a part of the Tuapeka Gold-field, which lands are bounded on the north-west by the Tuapeka River; on the north and north-east by the boundary of Run No. 52; on the east by the west branch of the Tokomairiro River; on the south-east by the boundary of the Tokomairiro Hundred; and on the south-west by the boundary of the Tuapeka Gold-field.

DUNSTAN GOLD-FIELD.

All those Crown Lands estimated to be twelve thousand and five acres, lying within the area bounded on the north by the Leaning Rock Creek; on the east by the eastern terraces of the Wai Keri Keri Creek, thence by the Wai Keri Keri Creek to the River Clutha; and on the west by the River Clutha; and lately held with other lands, for depasturing purposes, by Watson Shennan, under License No. 221, and situate within the Dunstan Gold-field.

WAKATIPU GOLD-FIELD.

All that Block or Section of Land, being Run No. 356, lately occupied by Messrs. Grant and Gammie, and containing about one hundred thousand acres by estimation, and situated within the several mining districts of the Wakatipu Gold-field.

Persons applying for Agricultural Leases must strictly observe the following Regulations:—

1st. Leases will be granted for a term not exceeding seven (7) years, in accordance with the provisions of the “Gold Fields Act, 1862.”

2nd. Every application for an Agricultural Lease must be made (in the form of the Schedule hereunto annexed, or to the like effect) to the Warden of the District wherein the Land is situate, and must be accompanied by a deposit of five pounds (£5), to cover the costs of survey. The balance, if any, of such deposit will be returned after the application has been finally dealt with.

3rd. The boundaries of the area applied for must be marked out on the ground by trenches, and substantial posts at each corner thereof.

4th. Every such area must be rectangular in form, unless a creek or river, or other natural obstacle renders a deviation from the rectangular form necessary.

5th. As soon as possible after the receipt of any application and deposit as aforesaid, the Warden will instruct a Surveyor to proceed to the ground for the purpose of examining, surveying, and reporting upon the same.

6th. Agricultural Leases will not be granted for lands within the boundaries of proclaimed Townships or public reserves, nor for any area including a permanent water-course, or which may present auriferous indications upon survey; and in all cases a public roadway, one chain in width, will be reserved along the margins of streams and rivers.

SCHEDULE REFERRED TO.

No. (Place and Date.)

To the Warden at

I hereby apply for a lease of land for Agricultural purposes, situate at [here state the locality] and comprising acres, or thereabouts; and