In pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred [unclear: up] me by "The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893," I, John [unclear: McKenzie] Minister of Lands for the time being, appointed under "The Land [unclear: and] 1892," do hereby declare and determine that the 5,000 acres [unclear: of] described in the First Schedule hereto, together with the mansion-[unclear: house] on the Cheviot Estate, and other buildings specified in the said [unclear: Schedule] will be offered for sale by public auction at Christchurch on the 17th[unclear: day] of November, 1893, at the upset price of £25,000, and upon the [unclear: term] stated in the said First Schedule.

And I do further declare that if the said land, mansion-house, [unclear: and] other buildings are not sold at the public auction on the day [unclear: afores] the portions thereof enumerated in the Second Schedule hereto [unclear: shall] open for sale on application upon the terms and conditions and at [unclear: the] prices stated in the Second Schedule hereto.

First Schedule.

All that area in the Land District of Canterbury, containing by [unclear: ad] surement 5,000 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks VII. and [unclear: II] Cheviot Survey District, and Block XVI., Lowry Peaks Survey [unclear: Distr] and bounded generally towards the east by the summit of the [unclear: Seaw] Range to Mount Maccoimich, thence by the summit of a spur to the [unclear: Range] Jed at a point about 26 chains from its mouth, by that river to a [unclear: po] about 1 chain above the "Brothers," by a right line across the Jed [unclear: to] dray-track at its nearest part, by that track in a north-westerly [unclear: direct;] to a fence which forms the eastern boundary of the Dingle [unclear: padded] thence by that fence in a north-westerly direction to the Jed River, [unclear: the] by the right bank of that river to a point north-west of where the [unclear: west] boundary-line of Section 7, Block IX., Cheviot Survey District, [unclear: meets] Jed Road, thence by Section 7 aforesaid, and by Section 2, [unclear: Block] Cheviot Survey District; towards the south-west generally by [unclear: Section] Block XI., Cheviot Survey District, Sections 17, 16, 15, and 13, [unclear: Block] XVI., Lowry Peaks Survey District; towards the west generally [unclear: by] Homestead Road; and towards the north generally by the River [unclear: Jed,] fence forming the north-west boundary of the Pine Walk by the [unclear: Well] shed Stream, again by the Jed River to and across the main road, by: [unclear: the] road, by the South Deer Park to where the south-east boundary [unclear: of] said park crosses a spur of the Seaward Range near McQueen's [unclear: cott] and thence by the summit of the said spur to the summit of the [unclear: Seaward] Range first mentioned: be all the aforesaid distances more or [unclear: less] excluding from the above-described area all lands which may be [unclear: reqire] for public purposes, together with the buildings thereon known [unclear: as]

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mansion-house, and the stables, water-supply, dairy, apple-house, woodshed, store, strawberry-house, manager's house, Marchlaw buildings, Sinclair's cottage, the blacksmith's and carpenter's workshops, the laundry, cowsheds and yards, cart-shed, colt-house, and all other buildings and creations of what nature soever upon the said land. Price for the whole, £25,000.

Terms of Sale.

One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee £1, within thirty days thereafter; or, at the option of the purchaser, to be declared in writing at the close of the auction, one-fourth part of the purchase-money may be paid on the fall of the hammer, one-fourth part thereof within thirty days next after the date of sale, and one-half part thereof, together with Crown-grant fee, £1, in five years from the date of sale, such part to bear interest at the rate of £5 per centum per annum until payment, such interest to be paid by the purchaser at the expiration of every half-year following the date of sale.

The certificate of title shall not issue to the purchaser until full payment of his purchase-money, interest, if any, and fees; and in case the purchaser shall make default in payment of such purchase-money or interest any part thereof respectively, for a period of sixty days after the same has become due, as the case may be, the Minister may cause possession of such land and of all improvements thereon to be recovered on behalf of the Crown, as provided by "The Land Act, 1892," and thereafter may sell or dispose of such land and improvements by public auction on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, and either for cash or partly for cash and partly upon like terms as the same was originally sold. If the original purchaser has paid any part of the purchase-money before default, the Minister may repay the same to the purchaser with the value of any improvements made on the land, or such part of such purchase-money or value as the Minister thinks fit, and less any loss occasioned to the Crown by such resale, together with the costs and expenses the Crown may have been put to in recovering possession and reselling such land.

Should the purchaser elect to allow one-half of the purchase-money to remain unpaid for five years, then he must insure the buildings on the said land against destruction by lire for the sum of not less than £6,000.

Second Schedule.

First and Second-Class Land.^*

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Teems of Sale.

One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of [unclear: and] hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, £1, within [unclear: than] days thereafter; or, at the option of the applicant, declared in [unclear: write] one-fourth part of the purchase-money shall be paid in cash [unclear: immediate] on the close of the sale, one-fourth part thereof within thirty days [unclear: near] after the date of sale, and one-half part thereof, together with [unclear: Crown] grant fee, £1, in five years from the date of sale, such part to bear [unclear: interest] at the rate of £5 per centum per annum until payment, such interest [unclear: to] paid by the purchaser at the expiration of every half-year following [unclear: at] date of sale.

No certificate of title shall issue to any purchaser until full [unclear: payment] his purchase-money, interest, if any, and fees; and in case any [unclear: purchase] shall make default in payment of such purchase-money [unclear: or] interest, on part thereof respectively, for a period of sixty days after the [unclear: same] become due, as the case may be, the Minister may cause [unclear: possession] such land and of all improvements thereon to be recovered on [unclear: behalf] the Crown, as provided by "The Land Act, 1892," and [unclear: thereafter] sell or dispose of such land and improvements by public [unclear: auction] such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, and either for cash or pa for cash and partly upon like terms as the same was [unclear: originally] If the original purchaser-[unclear: money] has paid any part of the purchase-money before default, the Minister may repay the same to such [unclear: purchase] with the value of any improvements made on the land, or such of such purchase-money or value as the Minister thinks fit, [unclear: and] any loss occasioned to the Crown by any such resale, [unclear: together] the costs and expenses the Crown may have been put to in [unclear: recoved] possession and reselling such land.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this tenth day of [unclear: October,] the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [unclear: ninty] three.

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