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Otago Witness, Issue 1640, 28 April 1883, Page 15

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS. LEASES OF RURAL LAND, WITH PERPETUAL RIGHT OP RENEWAL. 26,000 ACRES SUTTON, MANIOTOTO, RTRATH-TAIERI, LOWER WANAKA. LOWER HAWEA, AND BLACKSTONE DISTRICTS. LEASES FOR THIRTY YEARS. WRITTEN TENDERS (in Bealed covers) are invited for the Sections in the Dist.i iets as given in the Schedule hereunder, in accordance with "The Land Act, 1877, Amendment Act, 1832." TENDERS : Tho price tendered must be given in writing as well ai in figuics, accompanied by a statutory declaration, together with r,ix months' rent at the rate lundc-ed, and thirty shillings fee for lease and registration, to lie lodged wit.h the Commissioner of Crown Lands, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, not later than 4 o'clock p.m. On TUESDAY, 29th MAY, ISB3. Tho Tenders will be opened at the Meeting of the Land B"ard On WEDNESDAY, the 30Hi M^Y (tho following xlay), at 11 o'clock a m., when tho highest tenderer (if tho tender shall equal or exceed the upset annual rental per acre fixed by the Board) will be declared the lessee. The tenderers must appear at tho fand Board, either in person or by an agent authorised in writing, on the day on which thetenders are opened. Forms of tender and declaration (with covers or envelopes) can bo had upon application at the Crown Lands Orlire, Dunedin, or at any of the respective District Land "ffices-viz. : Invercargill, Lawrence, Clyde, Quoenstown, Swirzera (Waikaia), and N.weby. The nuin erg of the section and block, with the name of district, must be written on the covers. The letter being on " Public Service Only," and addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, need not be stamped, being free of postage ; neither does the declaration require to be stamped. Any person of the age of 18 years and upwards may become a lessee under this system. In the event of any person tendering for two or more leases, the deposit of a sum equal to one half-year's rent of tho tender largest in amount shall be sufficient, Together with the sum of thirty shillings, to p*y for the lease and registration thereof, paid e ; ther in cash, marked cheque, or bank draft, made payable to the Receiver of Laud Revenue, Dunedin. Provided that in the case of a person tpnderint* for two or more leases, such a3 ho may in the aggregate become the lessee of undor the Act namely, in the case where the lands comprised in the several leases adjoin each other- in such case the deposit j-hal be a half-year's rent at tho rate tendered for each siich lease, and also the sin i of thirty shillings in respect of each Buch lease, the fee for preparation and registration of same. Notb. — Limits of area for each lessee. — No lease shall bo made to any person owning, nor shall any perßon be capable of becoming the lessee under a lease, or a sub-lessee who owns any freehold land, or land held under lea o or license under the Crown whoreby such person shall become either ttie owner, tenant, or occupier in the whole, either by himself, or jointly with any other person t r persons, including the lands comprised in the lease of a greater area than six hundred and forty acres anj where in the Colony. FORMB OF TKNDER, DECLARATION, AND COVER, REFERRED TO ABOVE:— [Form of Tender.] TENDER FOR LEASE OF LAND UNDER THE PERPETUAL LHASING SYSTEM, " The Land Act, 1877, Amendment Act, 1582." To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin. I, the undersigned, do hereby offer and tender as annual rental the sum of pounds shillings, and pence (£ : : ) per acre for Section Block District. Name Address Dated this ' " day of 158 . AUTHORITY TO ACT AS AGENT. £ !t3"o £ \ I her.' by authorise o ° « „ to represent me at the Land Board on tegl day of 188, ££ gi g when my tender for Land on Perpetual go a Leasing is advertised to be opened, to £ja-8.« Wake any election of section or sec9 *!■» "" sions for me, to make all necessary pay- „ §*§ 0.. ments on my behalf, and.to receive and 2-d °° " I £ ive effec t U!l l receipts for any' deposits r< .2 ■« "So.S o. returnable to me. aSs§7 Name Address Dated this day of 188 . [Form of Declaration.] DECLARATION ON TAKING A LEASE, OR BECOMING THE TRANSFEREE OR SUB-LESSEE OF A LEASE. Sections 4, 23, 24, and 25 of " Tho Land Act, 1877, Amendment Act, lfcS2." I> , of , in tha Otago Land, District, and Colony of New Zealand,, do solemnly and sincerely declare :— 1. That I am of tho ago of eighteen years and upwards. 2. That I am the person who, subject to the provibions of "The Land Act, 1877, Amendment Act, 1882," am tendering for the purchase [or is debirom of becoming theTransferee or Sub-lessee] of a lease of Section , Block , District. 3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and for the purpose of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever. 4. That, including the lands stated above, I am not the owner, tenant, or occupier, directly or indirectly, either by m\ self or jointly with any other person, or persons, of any lands an\ where in the Colony of New Zealand exceeding in the whole bix hundred and forty acres. 5. That I have not within seven years from tho date hereof surrendered a leaso granted under " The Land Act, 1877, Amendment Act, 1882," of the lands for a lease of which I am now tendering. 6. That I am at the present time the owner, tenant, or occupier directly or iudireetly of only acres anywhere in the Colony of Now Zealand. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the Eame to be true, and by vlrtuo of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled " The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882." Declared at "\ • this " day of ISS j Before me }• I Justice of the Peace. J [Form of C'- O t3iuil ON PUBLIC BKJOkTpE ONLY;. (Free. TENDER FOR LAND. VW>ER THE PERPETUAL. Section. Block. District. To the CWAM/SSIONER OF CROWN LANDS r . DunetVTry. I"V" AE ' IOU^ Samß of Money to Lend at r/., «u«ent rates on Ereehold Security.— Keid Bros M Solicitors, Dowling street, Dunedin - 10m