NOTICE. AGRICULTURAL LEASES ON THE TUAPEKA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 240, 26 September 1862, Page 6

NOTICE. AGRICULTURAL LEASES ON THE TUAPEKA

peka Gold Field. I, hereby give notice, that I am prepared to receive applications for Leases of lands, in sections not exceeding Ten (10) acres each, for agricultural purposes, within the following area:— All those lands situated within the Mining Districts of Gabriel's and Waitahuna, being a part of the Tuapeka goldfield, formerly known as Runs No. S(J and 54, and 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 tlie Tokomairiro Hundred, and on the South-west by the boundary of the Tuapeka gold-field. Leases, will be granted for a term not exceeding seven (7) years, in-accordance with the provisions of the Gold-fields Act, 1858-60, and,subject to the^ following Regulations. Vy. H. Cutten, ■-■■/" Commissioner of Crown.Lands. Dunedin, 23rd Sept, 1802. REGULATIONS. ; J ?

1. Every Application for an ogricultural lease must be made (in the ionn of.tiie Schedule hereunto annexed, or to the like effect) through 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 wfll be returned after the application has been finally dealt with. , i

2. The boundaries of the areaiapplied for must be markeU out on the ground by^ \— trenches, and substantial posts at each' corner thereof • - - v •=

3. Every such area must be rectangular in form,, unless a creek or liver or other natural obstacle renders, a deviation iroin the rectangular form necessaryi r ' < f ; 4. As sbonlas possible after the;receipt* of any.Apph'cation and Depoait as aforesaid, .the^ Warden iwill instruct a Surveyor,

toVproee^*tOithe.ground-for-tlie^ui^»^-of i examining,- surreying, reporting upon the same. ~ : -r, ? -.:*."'.»-.n ; }5. v A^rJsultauraU.JUijaße?. r jpill^ not/be granted for lands within the boundaries of proclaimed"*-townships or .public reserves; nor far,any area including, a permanent watercourse,' or which-may-present auriferous indications upon survey j nrid'in all cases a public roadway, one chain." in width," wilt be reserved along the margins of streams and rivers.' ' ' ,'-<"".-.'•' " 6. Agricultural Leases will not be transferable, without, the special sanction and authority of the Commissioner. of Crown Lands, and for every such transfer a fee or fine of One Pound (£1)^x11 be" charged. 7. The Government reserves to itself the right to survey thrpugh any land held under an agricultural lease, such roads as may- be deemed essential for public convenience, and to throw them open'to pubj lie traffic, subject to.the allowance of vai luation for improvements, and' for any standing and crops which may be in or upon such line of road, at the period when possession thereof is taken by the Government. 8. The rent charged shall be at the rate of Five shillings (55.) per acre, payable yearly in advance, and any fractional part of an acre will be considered as an acre, and charged*accordingly. ' ': 9. The Government" reserves to itself the right of entering upon any land so leased as aforesaid, for the purpose of searching for gold, or any other metal or mineral, and of determining any lease when such metals' or minerals shall have been discovered thereon. -I - : : 10. In the event of the determination of any agricultural lease on account of the highly auriferous nature of the land thereby demised, the j amount of compensation adjudged 4o be paid to the holder thereof, shall (except in special cases), be contributeaSlby the. persons desirous of mining thereon. ■ ■-';■'',,■•''[/■<> y--^_ '■■.■'■■■:-: ■•■.••••■>' '■■-'■: ; 11. The fees charged for Survey will be as follows: v ; For an ordinary Survey, when the area does not exceed four s(4) acres One Pound. j ?. "■■■, . j For any larger area^ at the rate of "..:'■; Five shillings per acre,or anypor r tion of an acre. < •■*"■". And Thirty shillings per diem/extra when .the time occupied in such, survey extends beyond one day. * 12. Leases will be cancelled if the" land is sublet or transferred without the sanction and authority of the Commissioner of Crown. Lands; 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. „ SCHEDULE REFERRED TO. ■ ■ -No. .-. ■<■. ■. ~;, •. • - :"-;■'■■■, -::.-' ;■;. ■* M r ; (Place and Date.) '-■*. To the* Warden at : • 1 hereby apply for a lease of land for agricultural purposes, situate at [here state the locality] and comprising acres, or thereabouts. And I deposit herewith the ram of Five pounds to cover tb c cats of Survey, and I agree to pay the further cost Of .any) of soeh Survey, according to the scale pre" scribed by the Agricultural Leases Regulations. ~ SioisATniiß [name in full and address.'}

j W-H.CUTTEN, Commissioner pf Crown Lands. Approved. " " r J. Richardson, ;» Superintendent. 23rd September, 1802.