Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1339

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th August, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned singed and green kauri timber, in Block X., Mangakahia Survey District, Hobson County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 30th day of September, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.:

Ninety-seven singed kauri-trees, containing about 274,052 superficial feet; ten green kauri-trees, containing about 35,000 superficial feet. Upset price, £159 10s. 6d.

Timber situated in the Oue State Forest, about half a mile from the Tangiteroria-Kaikohe Main Road.

One-half the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter. Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sections in Kaimakau Township for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th August, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections in the Township of Kaimakau will be offered for lease under the provisions of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” and the Land Acts, by public auction, for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 14th day of October, 1898, at 11 a.m. Sections not disposed of on that date will be open for application on the same terms and at the same upset rentals as advertised.

SCHEDULE.

COROMANDEL COUNTY.

Township of Kaimakau.

(For Lease under “The Native Townships Act, 1895.”)

Situated at Kennedy Bay, Coromandel.

The terms and conditions of sale are the regulations under “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” as set forth in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th February, 1896, the following being a condensed form of them:

1. The respective allotments will be offered by auction at the Land Office, Auckland.

2. The bidder of the highest rent will be declared to be the lessee, and if any dispute arises as to the last or highest bidding for any allotment the allotment will be put up again at the last-preceding bidding.

3. The highest bidder for each allotment shall on the fall of the hammer pay to the auctioneer the first half-year’s rent in advance by way of deposit, which shall represent the half-year’s rent as from the 1st January next, and lease-fee of £1.

4. The second half-year’s rent shall become payable on the 1st July, 1899, and thenceforth shall be paid half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland.

5. The lease shall be for a term of twenty-one years commencing from the 1st day of January, 1899, and the lessee shall execute the same in triplicate at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, or at any of the District Postmasters’ offices, whenever requested to do so.

6. Should the highest bidder neglect or fail to comply with any of the conditions, his deposit shall thereupon be forfeited to the Commissioner, who shall be at full liberty either to enforce the letting or to relet the premises at such time and place and in such manner as he thinks fit.

7. All rates, charges, taxes, and assessments whatsoever to be paid by the lessee.

8. The lessee shall not nor will at any time during the said term assign, underlet, or part with the possession of the demised land or any part thereof without the previous consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

9. The lessee, faithfully observing and performing all the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained or implied, shall on the expiration by effluxion of time of term hereby granted have the right to renewal of the lease, or to valuation for all substantial improvements of a permanent character made or owned by him and then existing on the demised land, as fully set forth in regulations, pages 276 and 277 of Gazette, 1896.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th August, 1898.

THE under-mentioned lands, being portions of Auckland University College endowment, will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 5th October, 1898, under and subject to sections 121 and 136 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

If any of the sections are not applied for on the 5th October they will remain open for selection thereafter.

In case of more than one application for the same section, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

Subdivision of Section 463, Parish of Taupiri.—Auckland University College Endowment.

| Taupiri Parish | Lot 13 | 100 2 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 0 3 |
| | " 15 | 100 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 0 0 |
| | " 21 | 122 3 5 | 0 4·8 | 1 4 8 |
| | " 22 | 77 3 34 | 0 4·8 | 0 15 8 |

Open fern and tea-tree land at Kimihia, Huntly.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.