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Term of Lease.

One year; renewable from year to year, under section 219 of "The Land Act, 1892.

Applications will be received up to 4 p.m. on and after Tuesday, the 12th May, 1896, at the office of Mr. Henry Macintosh, Tyne Street, Oamaru, and at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin. If there be more than one applicant on the first day for a section, a ballot will be taken on Thursday, the 14th May, at 11 a.m., at the Weir Street Hall, Oamaru.

No deposit is required with the applications, but the successful applicant must be prepared to pay a half-year's rent and license-fee immediately on his application being approved at the ballot. This will be taken as the rent due on the 1st July, 1896. The next payment will become due on the 1st January, 1897.

The conditions and restrictions of the Land Act and Land for Settlements Acts do not apply.

Possession will be given on the 1st June, 1896.

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